# 1976 World Cup (men's golf)

The 1976 World Cup took place December 9–12 at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, United States. It was the 24th World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 48 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Spanish team of Seve Ballesteros and Manuel Piñero won by two strokes over the United States team of Jerry Pate and Dave Stockton. The individual competition for The International Trophy, was won by Ernesto Perez Acosta of Mexico, three strokes ahead of six players, who tied second.

## Teams

| Country | Players |
| Argentina | Juan Gumersindo Quinteros and Juan Carlos Cabrera |
| Australia | Bob Shearer and Greg Norman |
| Austria | Oswald Gartenmaier and Rudolph Hauser |
| Belgium | Sylvain Bouillon and Philippe Toussaint |
| Brazil | Luis Pinto and Antonio Evangelista |
| Burma | Mya Aye and Maung Shein |
| Canada | George Knudson and Dan Halldorson |
| Chile | Patricio Valenzuela and Francisco Cerda |
| Colombia | Alfonso Bohorquez and Juan Pinzon |
| Costa Rica | Francisco Jiminez and Manfred Haehndr (a) |
| Denmark | Per Greve and Herluf Hansen |
| Dominican Republic | Edwin Corrie (a) and Guillermo Gomez |
| Egypt | Mohamed Abdel Halim and Mohamed Said Moussa |
| England | Martin Foster and Tommy Horton |
| France | Jean Garaïalde and Bernard Pascassio |
| Greece | George Vafiadis (a) and John Sotiropoulos |
| Guatemala | Roberto Galindo and Hilario Polo |
| Hong Kong | Lai Wai Che and Joe Hardwick |
| Ireland | Eamonn Darcy and Eddie Polland |
| Israel | Laurie Been (a) and Barry Mandel (a) |
| Italy | Baldovino Dassù and Luciana Grappasonni |
| Japan | Takashi Murakami and Yoshitaka Yamamoto |
| Malaysia | V. Nellan and Zainal Abidin Yusof |
| Mexico | Ernesto Perez Acosta and Margarito Martinez |
| Morocco | Mohammed Gartite and Fatmi Moussa |
| Netherlands | Jan Dorrestein and Bertus van Mook |
| New Zealand | Simon Owen and Barry Vivian |
| Nigeria | Paul Osaebi and Patrick Okpomu |
| Panama | Inocencio Galindo (a) and Jorge Paz-Rodriguez (a) |
| Paraguay | Luis Boschias and Genaro Espinola |
| Philippines | Paterno Braze Dimaano and Eleuterio Nival |
| Portugal | Domingos Silva and Henrique Paulino |
| Puerto Rico | Chi-Chi Rodríguez and Jesús Rodríguez |
| Scotland | Brian Barnes and Sam Torrance |
| Singapore | Lim Swee Chew and Lim Kian Teong |
| South Africa | Bobby Cole and Dale Hayes |
| South Korea | Han Chang-sang and Park Jung–ung |
| Spain | Seve Ballesteros and Manuel Piñero |
| Sweden | Åke Bergqvist and Thure Holmström |
| Switzerland | Jacob Kressig and Franco Salmina |
| Taiwan | Kuo Chie-Hsiung and Hsu Sheng-san |
| Thailand | Sukree Onsham and Pradhana Nganprom |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Robert McKenna and George Phillips |
| United States | Jerry Pate and Dave Stockton |
| Uruguay | Jose Esmoris and Juan Rodriguez |
| Venezuela | Julian Santana and Ramón Muñoz |
| Wales | Craig Defoy and Brian Huggett |
| West Germany | Bernhard Langer and Jurgen Harder |
(a) denotes amateur
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## Scores

Team
| Place | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| 1 | Spain | 146-142-144-142=574 | −2 | 2,000 |
| 2 | United States | 144-147-140-145=576 | E | 1,000 |
| 3 | Taiwan | 144-151-138-148=581 | +5 | 800 |
| 4 | Scotland | 143-148-151-141=583 | +7 | 400 |
| T5 | Japan | 147-144-152-141=584 | +8 | |
| T5 | Mexico | 148-147-143-146=584 | +8 | |
| T7 | Australia | 145-148-145-149=587 | +11 | |
| T7 | South Africa | 149-148-147-143=587 | +11 | |
| 9 | England | 148-147-145-148=588 | +12 | |
| 10 | New Zealand | 145-152-145-148=590 | +14 | |
| 11 | Ireland | 151-151-146-146=594 | +18 | |
| T12 | Colombia | 151-153-147-151=602 | +26 | |
| T12 | Puerto Rico | 151-153-149-149=602 | +26 | |
| T14 | France | 149-151-153-152=605 | +29 | |
| T14 | South Korea | 149-157-145-154=605 | +29 | |
| T14 | Wales | 146-153-153-153=605 | +29 | |
| 17 | Philippines | 150-154-149-156=609 | +33 | |
| 18 | Venezuela | 154-153-149-154=610 | +34 | |
| 19 | Italy | 150-156-155-150=611 | +35 | |
| 20 | Canada | 150-158-154-150=612 | +36 | |
| 21 | Brazil | 154-152-149-158=613 | +37 | |
| 22 | Belgium | 159-150-157-151=617 | +41 | |
| 23 | Egypt | 153-162-153-150=618 | +42 | |
| T24 | Argentina | 157-159-152-152=620 | +44 | |
| T24 | Thailand | 153-162-153-152=620 | +44 | |
| 26 | Denmark | 158-157-157-150=622 | +46 | |
| T27 | Chile | 155-159-155-156=625 | +49 | |
| T27 | Hong Kong | 153-163-157-152=625 | +49 | |
| 29 | Morocco | 151-161-157-157=626 | +50 | |
| 30 | West Germany | 157-157-160-155=629 | +53 | |
| T31 | Malaysia | 155-157-165-153=630 | +54 | |
| T31 | Sweden | 157-160-156-157=630 | +54 | |
| 33 | Austria | 152-162-157-160=631 | +55 | |
| T34 | Burma | 161-160-158-156=635 | +59 | |
| T34 | Guatemala | 159-163-153-160=635 | +59 | |
| T34 | Netherlands | 159-162-155-159=635 | +59 | |
| T34 | Singapore | 158-164-160-153=635 | +59 | |
| 38 | Portugal | 161-161-156-161=639 | +63 | |
| 39 | Switzerland | 157-167-156-163=643 | +67 | |
| 40 | Trinidad and Tobago | 151-168-167-159=645 | +69 | |
| 41 | Dominican Republic | 160-167-168-159=654 | +78 | |
| 42 | Paraguay | 166-165-172-163=666 | +90 | |
| 43 | Israel | 167-176-167-159=669 | +93 | |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 170-169-172-162=673 | +97 | |
| 45 | Nigeria | 162-175-168-170=675 | +99 | |
| 46 | Uruguay | 169-169-161-178=676 | +102 | |
| 47 | Panama | 176-182-173-170=701 | +125 | |
| WD | Greece | | | |
International Trophy
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| 1 | Ernesto Perez Acosta | Mexico | 69-74-69-70=282 | −6 | 1,000 |
| T2 | Brian Barnes | Scotland | 70-73-74-68=285 | −3 | 183 |
| T2 | Dale Hayes | South Africa | 74-69-71-71=285 | −3 | 183 |
| T2 | Kuo Chie-Hsiung | Taiwan | 69-71-70-75=285 | −3 | 183 |
| T2 | Simon Owen | New Zealand | 71-70-70-74=285 | −3 | 183 |
| T2 | Jerry Pate | United States | 70-74-69-72=285 | −3 | 183 |
| T2 | Manuel Piñero | Spain | 75-70-72-68=285 | −3 | 183 |
| 8 | Takashi Murakami | Japan | 71-71-74-70=286 | −2 | |
| T9 | Eamonn Darcy | Ireland | 72-72-72-71=287 | −1 | |
| T9 | Bob Shearer | Australia | 71-74-69-73=287 | −1 | |
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