# 1957 Canada Cup

The 1957 Canada Cup took place 24–27 October on the East Course at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan. It was the fifth Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 30 teams. These were the same 29 teams that had competed in 1956 with the addition of Thailand. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Japanese team of Torakichi Nakamura and Koichi Ono won by nine strokes over the American team of Jimmy Demaret and Sam Snead. The individual competition was won by Torakichi Nakamura, seven shots ahead of Gary Player, Sam Snead and Dave Thomas.

## Teams

| Country | Players |
| Argentina | Antonio Cerdá and Leopoldo Ruiz |
| Australia | Bruce Crampton and Peter Thomson |
| Belgium | Arthur Devulder and Flory Van Donck |
| Brazil | Mário Gonzalez and Juan Querrellos |
| Canada | Al Balding and Stan Leonard |
| Chile | Manuel Morales and Enrique Orellana |
| China | Chen Ching-Po and Hsieh Yung-yo |
| Colombia | Oswaldo de Vincenzo and Miguel Sala |
| Denmark | Henning Kristensen and Carl Paulsen |
| Egypt | Cherif El-Sayed Cherif and Mohamed Said Moussa |
| England | Peter Alliss and Ken Bousfield |
| France | Jean Garaïalde and François Saubaber |
| Ireland | Harry Bradshaw and Christy O'Connor Snr |
| Italy | Alfonso Angelini and Ugo Grappasonni |
| Japan | Torakichi Nakamura and Koichi Ono |
| Mexico | Felipe Galindo and Jose Palacios |
| Netherlands | Cees Cramer and Gerard de Wit |
| New Zealand | John Kelly and Ernie Southerden |
| Philippines | Leony Carrasco and Celestino Tugot |
| Portugal | Henrique Paulino and Fernando Silva |
| Scotland | Eric Brown and John Panton |
| South Africa | Harold Henning and Gary Player |
| South Korea | Park Myeong-chul and Yun Duk-choon |
| Spain | Carlos Celles and Ángel Miguel |
| Sweden | Åke Bergquist and Harry Karlsson |
| Switzerland | Jacky Bonvin and Robert Lanz |
| Thailand | Uthai Dabphavibul and Manb Debphavibul |
| United States | Jimmy Demaret and Sam Snead |
| Wales | Dai Rees and Dave Thomas |
| West Germany | Georg Bessner and Kaspar Marx |
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## Scores

Team
| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Japan | 141-138-135-143=557 | −19 |
| 2 | United States | 136-145-142-143=566 | −10 |
| 3 | South Africa | 144-139-146-140=569 | −7 |
| 4 | Australia | 145-139-145-143=572 | −4 |
| 5 | Wales | 146-140-142-145=573 | −3 |
| 6 | Canada | 145-144-141-146=576 | E |
| 7 | England | 146-140-148-145=579 | +3 |
| 8 | Brazil | 146-145-144-146=581 | +5 |
| 9 | Argentina | 147-146-147-146=586 | +10 |
| 10 | Scotland | 150-150-149-138=587 | +11 |
| T11 | China | 149-151-152-143=595 | +19 |
| T11 | Philippines | 151-148-147-149=595 | +19 |
| 13 | France | 154-148-153-144=599 | +23 |
| T14 | Belgium | 151-151-153-148=603 | +27 |
| T14 | Colombia | 152-151-150-150=603 | +27 |
| T14 | Italy | 150-157-152-144=603 | +27 |
| 17 | New Zealand | 154-149-156-146=605 | +29 |
| 18 | Sweden | 149-154-155-148=606 | +30 |
| T19 | Chile | 154-163-146-148=611 | +35 |
| T19 | Netherlands | 153-153-151-154=611 | +35 |
| 21 | Spain | 154-152-155-152=613 | +37 |
| 22 | Egypt | 156-157-152-150=616 | +40 |
| 23 | West Germany | 155-151-158-159=623 | +47 |
| 24 | Mexico | 158-154-161-153=626 | +50 |
| T25 | Denmark | 156-161-162-154=633 | +57 |
| T25 | Thailand | 154-163-162-154=633 | +57 |
| 27 | Switzerland | 164-157-161-153=635 | +59 |
| 28 | South Korea | 164-161-161-151=637 | +61 |
| WD | Ireland | 148-147-WD | |
| WD | Portugal | | |
Harry Bradshaw of Ireland withdrew after 36 holes due to a broken nose, while Fernando Silva of Portugal withdrew after 54 holes due to illness.
Source
International Trophy
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Torakichi Nakamura | Japan | 68-68-67-71=274 | −14 |
| T2 | Gary Player | South Africa | 73-69-71-68=281 | −7 |
| T2 | Sam Snead | United States | 67-74-71-69=281 | −7 |
| T2 | Dave Thomas | Wales | 73-67-70-71=281 | −7 |
| T5 | Stan Leonard | Canada | 71-71-70-71=283 | −5 |
| T5 | Koichi Ono | Japan | 73-70-68-72=283 | −5 |
| T7 | Bruce Crampton | Australia | 73-71-72-69=285 | −3 |
| T7 | Jimmy Demaret | United States | 69-71-71-74=285 | −3 |
| 9 | Peter Thomson | Australia | 72-68-73-74=287 | −1 |
| T10 | Peter Alliss | England | 73-67-75-73=288 | E |
| T10 | Antonio Cerdá | Argentina | 72-72-73-71=288 | E |
| T10 | Harold Henning | South Africa | 71-70-75-72=288 | E |
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