# 1956 Canada Cup

The 1956 Canada Cup took place 24–26 June on the West Course at the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England. It was the fourth Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 29 teams. The Scandinavian team that had competed in 1954 and 1955 was replaced by teams from Denmark and Sweden, while there were new teams from Chinese Taipei, Portugal and South Korea. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. 18 holes were played on the first two days with 36 holes played on the final day. Because of the time taken to play each round, a cut was introduced after the second day, with only the leading 20 teams competing on the final day. An 18-hole consolation event was held for the remaining 9 teams. There was provision for an individual in one of these 9 teams to complete the 72 holes if they were well-placed after the second day.
The American team of Ben Hogan and Sam Snead won by 14 strokes over the South African team of Bobby Locke and Gary Player. The individual competition was won by Hogan, five shots ahead of Roberto De Vicenzo.

## Teams

| Country | Players |
| Argentina | Enrique Bertolino and Martin Pose |
| Australia | Peter Thomson and Norman Von Nida |
| Belgium | Arthur Devulder and Flory Van Donck |
| Brazil | Mário Gonzalez and Luis Rapisarda |
| Canada | Al Balding and Stan Leonard |
| Chile | Manuel Morales and Alberto Salas |
| China | Chen Ching-Po and Lu Liang-Huan |
| Colombia | Julio Polania and Raúl Posse |
| Denmark | Henry Aafeldt and Carl Paulsen |
| Egypt | Cherif El-Sayed Cherif and Hassan Hassanein |
| England | Ken Bousfield and Harry Weetman |
| France | Roger Cotton and François Saubaber |
| Ireland | Harry Bradshaw and Christy O'Connor Snr |
| Italy | Alfonso Angelini and Ugo Grappasonni |
| Japan | Yoshiro Hayashi and Michio Ishii |
| Mexico | Percy Clifford and Roberto De Vicenzo |
| Netherlands | Gerard de Wit and Piet Witte |
| New Zealand | Frank Buckler and Ernie Southerden |
| Philippines | Ben Arda and Celestino Tugot |
| Portugal | M Lourenco and J Feliciano Da Silva |
| Scotland | Eric Brown and John Panton |
| South Africa | Bobby Locke and Gary Player |
| South Korea | Park Myeong-chul and Yun Duk-choon |
| Spain | Ángel Miguel and Sebastián Miguel |
| Sweden | Harry Karlsson and Arne Werkell |
| Switzerland | Jacky Bonvin and Otto Schoepfer |
| United States | Ben Hogan and Sam Snead |
| Wales | Dai Rees and Dennis Smalldon |
| West Germany | Friedrich Becker and Georg Bessner |
Source:
Note: De Vicenzo was representing Mexico, having played for Argentina in the three previous Canada Cup events.

## Scores

Team
| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | United States | 144-142-145-136=567 | −1 |
| 2 | South Africa | 145-145-145-146=581 | +13 |
| 3 | Canada | 144-139-145-155=583 | +15 |
| T4 | England | 152-141-152-141=586 | +18 |
| T4 | Japan | 152-151-147-136=586 | +18 |
| 6 | Wales | 143-145-156-143=587 | +19 |
| 7 | Scotland | 148-148-149-144=589 | +21 |
| 8 | Belgium | 145-145-154-151=595 | +27 |
| 9 | Mexico | 143-151-150-154=598 | +30 |
| T10 | Australia | 142-152-162-145=601 | +33 |
| T10 | Ireland | 150-153-147-151=601 | +33 |
| T10 | Spain | 151-147-155-148=601 | +33 |
| 13 | France | 151-148-151-152=602 | +34 |
| 14 | Philippines | 151-148-156-150=605 | +37 |
| 15 | Colombia | 150-149-151-159=609 | +41 |
| 16 | Italy | 152-146-155-157=610 | +42 |
| 17 | Argentina | 151-155-153-153=612 | +44 |
| 18 | Netherlands | 151-150-156-157=614 | +46 |
| 19 | Egypt | 155-147-151-168=621 | +53 |
| 20 | Switzerland | 151-154-161-163=629 | +61 |
| 21 | New Zealand | 151-159=310 | |
| T22 | Chile | 152-165=317 | |
| T22 | China | 160-157=317 | |
| 24 | South Korea | 160-160=320 | |
| 25 | Sweden | 161-160=321 | |
| 26 | West Germany | 166-156=322 | |
| 27 | Portugal | 163-163=326 | |
| 28 | Brazil | 163-166=329 | |
| 29 | Denmark | 166-167=333 | |
Source
International Trophy
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Ben Hogan | United States | 68-69-72-68=277 | −7 |
| 2 | Roberto De Vicenzo | Mexico | 69-72-67-74=282 | −2 |
| 3 | Flory Van Donck | Belgium | 71-67-73-72=283 | −1 |
| 4 | Dai Rees | Wales | 74-71-72-67=284 | E |
| 5 | Bobby Locke | South Africa | 71-72-72-70=285 | +1 |
| 6 | Stan Leonard | Canada | 69-67-71-79=286 | +2 |
| 7 | Michio Ishii | Japan | 71-76-74-68=289 | +5 |
| 8 | Sam Snead | United States | 76-73-73-68=290 | +6 |
| 9 | Ken Bousfield | England | 76-71-76-68=291 | +7 |
| 10 | Eric Brown | Scotland | 76-73-75-69=293 | +9 |
Source