# 1972 World Cup (men's golf)

The 1972 World Cup took place 9–12 November at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. It was the 20th World Cup event. The tournament was a stroke play team event, shortened from 72 holes, after the second round, scheduled on Friday, was cancelled due to bad weather, to 54 holes with 43 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Republic of China team of Hsieh Min-Nan and Lu Liang-Huan won by two strokes over the Japan team of Takaaki Kono and Takashi Murakami. The individual competition was won by Hsieh two strokes ahead of Kono. This was the first team victory for the Republic of China, also known as Taiwan, in the history of the World Cup, founded in 1953 and until 1967 named the Canada Cup.

## Teams

| Country | Players |
| Argentina | Roberto De Vicenzo and Vicente Fernández |
| Australia | Bruce Crampton and Bill Dunk |
| Austria | Oswald Gartenmaier and Rudolf Hauser |
| Belgium | Donald Swaelens and Flory Van Donck |
| Brazil | Jose Maria Gonzalez Jr and Luis Carlos Pinto |
| Canada | Phil Giroux and Bob Panasik |
| Chile | Francisco Cerda and Rafael Jerez |
| Colombia | Alfonso Bohórquez and Juan Pinzon |
| Denmark | Herluf Hansen and Henning Kristensen |
| Egypt | Farouk Badr and Mohamed Said Moussa |
| England | Guy Hunt and Tony Jacklin |
| France | Jean Garaïalde and Bernard Pascassio |
| Greece | John Sotiropoulos and George Vafiadis (a) |
| Hong Kong | Joe Hardwick and Peter Tang |
| Indonesia | Salim Denim and Soeparno |
| Ireland | Jimmy Kinsella and John O'Leary |
| Italy | Roberto Bernardini and Alberto Croce |
| Jamaica | Peter Millhouse and Seymore Rose |
| Japan | Takaaki Kono and Takashi Murakami |
| Libya | Mohammed Salah Ziaani and Muftah Salem |
| Malaysia | Zainal Abidin Yusof and Bobby Lim Yat Foong |
| Mexico | Ramón Cruz and Victor Regalado |
| Morocco | Omar Ben El-Harcha and Benrokia Massaoud |
| Netherlands | Jan Dorrestein and Bertus Van Mook |
| New Zealand | Bob Charles and Walter Godfrey |
| Nigeria | Patrick Okpomu and Paul Osanebi |
| Peru | Bernabé Fajardo and Raul Travieso |
| Philippines | Ben Arda and Ireneo Legaspi |
| Portugal | Henrique Paulino and Joaquin Rodrigues |
| Puerto Rico | David Jimenez and Dan Murphy |
| Republic of China | Lu Liang-Huan and Hsieh Min-Nan |
| Romania | Dumitru Muneanu (a) and Paul Tomita |
| Scotland | Harry Bannerman and Ronnie Shade |
| Singapore | David Milne and Phua Thin Kiay |
| South Africa | Tienie Britz and Gary Player |
| South Korea | Hahn Sang-chan and Kim Seung-hack |
| Spain | Valentín Barrios and Ángel Gallardo |
| Sweden | Eric Ericsson and Jonas Peil |
| Switzerland | Bernard Cordonier and Ronald Tingley |
| Thailand | Sukree Onsham and Long Toyai |
| United States | Jim Jamieson and Tom Weiskopf |
| Wales | Kim Dabson and David Vaughan |
| West Germany | Roman Krause and Gerhard König |
(a) denotes amateur
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## Scores

Team
| Place | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) (per team) |
| 1 | Republic of China | 144-141-153=438 | +12 | 2,000 |
| 2 | Japan | 141-145-154=440 | +14 | 1,000 |
| 3 | South Africa | 149-144-151=444 | +18 | 800 |
| T4 | Australia | 148-148-149=445 | +19 | 100 |
| T4 | United States | 150-142-153=445 | +19 | 100 |
| 6 | England | 151-153-145=449 | +23 | |
| T7 | Belgium | 144-150-158=452 | +26 | |
| T7 | South Korea | 146-148-158=452 | +26 | |
| 9 | Argentina | 151-145-157=453 | +27 | |
| T10 | Italy | 148-156-152=456 | +30 | |
| T10 | New Zealand | 148-153-155=456 | +30 | |
| T12 | Ireland | 164-146-152=462 | +36 | |
| T12 | Spain | 153-156-153=462 | +36 | |
| T14 | Netherlands | 153-149-151=463 | +37 | |
| T14 | Thailand | 151-154-158=463 | +37 | |
| 16 | France | 152-152-160=464 | +38 | |
| T17 | Canada | 148-150-168=466 | +40 | |
| T17 | Philippines | 154-153-159=466 | +40 | |
| T17 | Scotland | 158-154-154=466 | +40 | |
| T17 | West Germany | 156-153-157=466 | +40 | |
| 21 | Mexico | 157-152-159=468 | +42 | |
| T22 | Colombia | 154-154-161=469 | +43 | |
| T22 | Puerto Rico | 159-154-156=469 | +43 | |
| 24 | Egypt | 158-152-160=470 | +44 | |
| T25 | Denmark | 155-155-166=476 | +50 | |
| T25 | Wales | 155-158-163=476 | +50 | |
| 27 | Chile | 160-161-156=477 | +51 | |
| 28 | Brazil | 155-156-167=478 | +52 | |
| 29 | Peru | 162-158-161=481 | +55 | |
| 30 | Hong Kong | 159-162-161=482 | +56 | |
| T31 | Austria | 159-162-166=487 | +61 | |
| T31 | Switzerland | 156-165-166=487 | +61 | |
| 33 | Sweden | 159-170-162=491 | +65 | |
| T34 | Greece | 160-165-167=492 | +66 | |
| T34 | Malaysia | 165-159-168=492 | +66 | |
| T36 | Jamaica | 167-166-164=497 | +71 | |
| T36 | Singapore | 168-166-163=497 | +71 | |
| 38 | Indonesia | 170-167-165=502 | +76 | |
| 39 | Morocco | 167-168-174=509 | +83 | |
| 40 | Portugal | 168-167-175=510 | +84 | |
| 41 | Nigeria | 167-164-182=513 | +87 | |
| 42 | Libya | 181-174-179=534 | +108 | |
| 43 | Romania | 185-188-182=555 | +129 | |
International Trophy
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| 1 | Hsieh Min-Nan | Republic of China | 70-69-78=217 | +4 | 1,000 |
| 2 | Takaaki Kono | Japan | 71-72-76=219 | +6 | 500 |
| 3 | Tienie Britz | South Africa | 73-72-75=220 | +7 | 400 |
| T4 | Bruce Crampton | Australia | 73-70-78=221 | +8 | 67 |
| T4 | Lu Liang-Huan | Taiwan | 74-72-75=221 | +8 | 67 |
| T4 | Takashi Murakami | Japan | 70-73-78=221 | +8 | 67 |
| T7 | Jim Jamieson | United States | 73-73-76=222 | +9 | |
| T7 | Sukree Onsham | Thailand | 71-77-74=222 | +9 | |
| T7 | Donald Swaelens | Belgium | 70-74-78=222 | +9 | |
| T10 | Roberto De Vicenzo | Argentina | 75-69-79=223 | +10 | |
| T10 | Guy Hunt | England | 74-76-73=223 | +10 | |
| T10 | Tom Weiskopf | United States | 77-69-77=223 | +10 | |
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