# 1999 World Cup of Golf

The 1999 World Cup of Golf took place 18–21 November at the Mines Resort and Golf Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was the 45th World Cup. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event (32 teams) with each team consisting of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. Individuals also competed for the International Trophy. The prize money totaled $1,500,000 with $400,000 going to the winning pair and $100,000 to the top individual. The American team of Mark O'Meara and Tiger Woods won by five strokes over the Spanish team of Santiago Luna and Miguel Ángel Martín. Woods also took the International Trophy with the best total individual score in tournament history and by a tournament record margin of nine strokes over Frank Nobilo of New Zealand.

## Teams

| Country | Players |
| Argentina | Ángel Cabrera and Eduardo Romero |
| Australia | Paul Gow and Terry Price |
| Canada | Arden Knoll and Ray Stewart |
| Chile | Guillermo Encina and Roy Mackenzie |
| Colombia | Jesús Amaya and Gustavo Mendoza |
| Denmark | Anders Hansen and Søren Kjeldsen |
| England | Peter Baker and Mark James |
| Finland | Mika Lehtinen and Kim Wiik |
| France | Marc Farry and Jean-François Remésy |
| Germany | Sven Strüver and Heinz-Peter Thül |
| Ireland | Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley |
| Italy | Emanuele Canonica and Costantino Rocca |
| Jamaica | Ralph Campbell and Peter Horrobin |
| Japan | Mitsuo Harada and Mamo Osanai |
| Malaysia | Periasamy Gunasegaran and Marimuthu Ramayah |
| Mexico | Rafael Alarcón and Jose Octavio Gonzalez |
| Myanmar | Kyi Hla Han and Soe Kyaw Naing |
| Netherlands | Maarten Lafeber and Joost Steenkamer |
| New Zealand | Frank Nobilo and Stephen Scahill |
| Paraguay | Raúl Fretes and Pedro Martínez |
| Philippines | Felix Casas and Mars Pucay |
| Puerto Rico | Rafael Castrillo and Wilfredo Morales |
| Scotland | Colin Montgomerie and Dean Robertson |
| South Africa | David Frost and Richard Kaplan |
| South Korea | Kang Wook-soon and Kim Wan-tae |
| Spain | Santiago Luna and Miguel Ángel Martín |
| Sweden | Jarmo Sandelin and Patrik Sjöland |
| Switzerland | Carlos Duran and Steve Ray |
| Taiwan | Chen Liang-hsi and Tsai Chi-huang |
| United States | Mark O'Meara and Tiger Woods |
| Wales | David Park and Phillip Price |
| Zimbabwe | Tony Johnstone and Mark McNulty |
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## Scores

Team
| Place | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) (per team) |
| 1 | United States | 140-133-130-142=545 | −23 | 400,000 |
| 2 | Spain | 140-132-138-140=550 | −18 | 200,000 |
| 3 | Ireland | 141-139-139-135=554 | −14 | 125,000 |
| 4 | Argentina | 141-137-138-139=555 | −13 | 100,000 |
| 5 | Sweden | 146-131-140-139=556 | −12 | 80,000 |
| 6 | England | 142-137-141-138=558 | −10 | 60,000 |
| T7 | Japan | 135-149-141-137=562 | −6 | 38,500 |
| T7 | Zimbabwe | 141-143-139-139=562 | −6 | 38,500 |
| 9 | Wales | 139-139-143-142=563 | −5 | 28,000 |
| 10 | New Zealand | 146-138-144-136=564 | −4 | 24,000 |
| 11 | South Africa | 145-140-138-143=566 | −2 | 20,000 |
| 12 | South Korea | 150-139-142-136=567 | −1 | 17,000 |
| T13 | Denmark | 141-148-142-137=568 | E | 14,000 |
| T13 | Mexico | 144-144-139-141=568 | E | 14,000 |
| 15 | Scotland | 145-142-140-144=571 | +3 | 11,000 |
| 16 | Australia | 147-146-141-139=573 | +5 | 10,000 |
| 17 | Myanmar | 149-141-142-142=574 | +6 | 9,000 |
| 18 | Philippines | 144-146-146-139=575 | +7 | 8,800 |
| T19 | Colombia | 147-146-148-135=576 | +8 | 8,500 |
| T19 | Netherlands | 155-143-138-140=576 | +8 | 8,500 |
| 21 | France | 147-146-146-143=582 | +14 | 8,200 |
| 22 | Canada | 148-146-140-149=583 | +15 | 8,000 |
| 23 | Paraguay | 148-150-145-141=584 | +16 | 7,800 |
| T24 | Germany | 143-151-146-145=585 | +17 | 7,500 |
| T24 | Switzerland | 149-144-145-147=585 | +17 | 7,500 |
| T26 | Italy | 150-146-147-143=586 | +18 | 7,100 |
| T26 | Malaysia | 146-151-147-142=586 | +18 | 7,100 |
| 28 | Finland | 146-150-153-143=592 | +24 | 6,800 |
| 29 | Puerto Rico | 148-150-143-152=593 | +25 | 6,600 |
| 30 | Taiwan | 155-142-141-156=594 | +26 | 6,400 |
| 31 | Chile | 156-143-146-150=595 | +27 | 6,200 |
| 32 | Jamaica | 148-155-156-156=615 | +47 | 6,000 |
Source
International Trophy
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| 1 | Tiger Woods | United States | 67-68-63-65=263 | −21 | 100,000 |
| 2 | Frank Nobilo | New Zealand | 69-68-68-67=272 | −12 | 50,000 |
| T3 | Ángel Cabrera | Argentina | 69-69-68-67=273 | −11 | 16,667 |
| T3 | Miguel Ángel Martín | Spain | 69-66-70-68=273 | −11 | 16,667 |
| T3 | Mamo Osanai | Japan | 65-76-67-65=273 | −11 | 16,667 |
| 6 | Kang Wook-soon | South Korea | 69-70-68-68=275 | −9 | |
| T7 | Pádraig Harrington | Ireland | 71-68-70-67=276 | −8 | |
| T7 | Tony Johnstone | Zimbabwe | 68-70-68-70=276 | −8 | |
| T7 | Phillip Price | Wales | 68-67-68-73=276 | −8 | |
| T10 | David Frost | South Africa | 71-69-68-69=277 | −7 | |
| T10 | Mark James | England | 71-67-71-68=277 | −7 | |
| T10 | Santiago Luna | Spain | 71-66-68-72=277 | −7 | |
| T10 | Patrik Sjöland | Sweden | 72-66-69-70=277 | −7 | |
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