1990 World Cup (men's golf)

The 1990 World Cup took place at the Grand Cypress Resort Golf Club in Orlando, Florida, United States. It was the 36th World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 32 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The German team of Bernhard Langer and Torsten Giedeon won by three strokes over the England team of Mark James and Richard Boxall and the Ireland team of David Feherty and Ronan Rafferty in a share of second place. The victory was the first international sports victory for the united country of Germany, since the reunification of East and West Germany a month earlier. The individual competition was won by Payne Stewart, United States.^[1]

1990 World Cup

Tournament information
Dates	November 21–24
Location	Orlando, Florida, U.S. 28.427515°N 81.468462°W / 28.427515; -81.468462
Course(s)	Grand Cypress Resort Golf
Format	72 holes stroke play combined score
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,751 yards (6,173 m)
Field	32 two-man teams
Cut	None
Prize fund	US$1.1 million
Winner's share	$240,000 team $75,000 individual
Champion
Germany Torsten Giedeon & Bernhard Langer
556 (−20)
Location map
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Teams

Country	Players
Argentina	Luis Carbonetti and Miguel Guzmán
Australia	Brian Jones and Peter Senior
Bermuda	Dwayne Pearman and Keith Smith
Brazil	Jorge Pedro Acacio and Rafael Navarro
Canada	Dave Barr and Rick Gibson
Chinese Taipei	Chen Liang-hsi and Yuan Ching-Chi
Czechoslovakia	Miroslav Nemec and Jiri Zavazal
Colombia	Juan Pinzon and Ivan Rengifo
Denmark	Anders Sørensen and Steen Tinning
England	Richard Boxall and Mark James
Fiji	Vilikesa Kalou and Manoa Rosigatale
France	Emmanuel Dussart and Jean van de Velde
Germany	Torsten Giedeon and Bernhard Langer
Iceland	Sigurjón Arnarsson (a) and Úlfar Jónsson (a)
Ireland	David Feherty and Ronan Rafferty
Italy	Alberto Binaghi and Costantino Rocca
Jamaica	Christian Bernard and Seymour Rose
Japan	Katsuyoshi Tomori and Tadami Ueno
Mexico	Carlos Pelaez and Carlos Espinoza
Netherlands	Ruud Bos and Chris van de Velde
New Zealand	Frank Nobilo and Greg Turner
Philippines	Frankie Miñoza and Robert Pactolerin
Puerto Rico	Julio Martinez (am) and Jesus Rodriguez
Scotland	Gordon Brand Jnr and Sam Torrance
Singapore	Samson Gimson and Bill Fung Hee Kwan
South Korea	Choi Sang-ho and Park Nam-sin
Spain	Miguel Ángel Jiménez and José Rivero
Sweden	Mats Lanner and Magnus Persson
Switzerland	André Bossert and Paolo Quirici
Thailand	Sangh Sangsui and Thaworn Wiratchant
United States	Jodie Mudd and Payne Stewart
Wales	Mark Mouland and Ian Woosnam

(a) denotes amateur

Scores

Team

Place	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$) (per team)
1	Germany	141-142-132-141=556	−20	240,000
T2	England	136-140-138-145=559	−17	104,000
	Ireland	142-142-140-135=559
4	Wales	140-145-133-143=561	−15	64,000
5	United States	138-140-141-143=562	−14	50,000
T6	Argentina	138-143-141-144=566	−10	31,333
	Australia	143-145-138-140=566
	Spain	137-140-145-144=566
9	Canada	142-139-144-145=570	−6	18,000
T10	Chinese Taipei	145-147-140-139=571	−5	14,000
	Mexico	145-147-141-138=571
	Scotland	138-146-140-147=571
13	Denmark	144-137-145-146=572	−4	10,000
T14	New Zealand	142-146-147-140=575	−1	7,500
	South Korea	141-150-139-145=575
16	Switzerland	145-143-144-146=578	+2	7,000
17	Sweden	141-147-146-145=579	+3
18	France	145-148-143-145=581	+5
19	Netherlands	150-149-145-138=582	+6
20	Italy	148-143-151-145=587	+11
21	Thailand	139-150-144-156=588	+12
22	Japan	153-145-142-150=590	+14
23	Colombia	151-150-147-146=594	+18
24	Philippines	153-154-145-145=597	+21
T25	Brazil	150-155-147-151=603	+27
	Iceland[a]	156-151-146-150=603
27	Bermuda	150-159-157-154=620	+44
28	Singapore	154-163-152-153=622	+46
29	Jamaica	148-154-167-154=623	+47
30	Puerto Rico[b]	161-151-158-160=630	+54
31	Fiji	160-158-166-151=635	+59
32	Czechoslovakia	164-171-162-170=667	+91

1. No prize money received as both team members were amateurs.
2. Half the listed prize money received as one team member was an amateur.

International Trophy

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Payne Stewart	United States	69-68-68-66=271	−17	75,000
2	Anders Sørensen	Denmark	67-67-70-69=273	−15	50,000
T3	David Feherty	Ireland	70-73-70-63=276	−12	35,000
	Ian Woosnam	Wales	72-69-65-70=276
T5	Torsten Giedeon	Germany	70-71-65-72=278	−10	17,500
	Bernhard Langer	Germany	71-71-67-69=278
7	Mark James	England	68-71-68-72=279	−9
T8	Richard Boxall	England	68-69-70-73=280	−8
	Miguel Guzmán	Argentina	69-72-67-72=280
	Peter Senior	Australia	68-71-70-71=280

Sources:^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

References

1. McCormack, Mark H. (1991). The World of Professional Golf 1991. Chapmans. pp. 407, 408. ISBN 1855925583.
2. "World Cup". Svensk Golf. December 1990. p. 57.
3. "World Cup". Santa Cruz Sentinel. November 25, 1990. p. B6.
4. "This day in golf history". The Irish Times. November 24, 2001.
5. Povtak, Tim (November 25, 1990). "German friends take World Cup". The Orlando Sentinel. p. C-1 – via newspapers.com.
6. Povtak, Tim (November 25, 1990). "Irish team ties English for 2nd". The Orlando Sentinel. p. C-18 – via newspapers.com.