1996 World Cup of Golf

The 1996 World Cup of Golf took place 21–24 November at the Erinvale Golf Club in Somerset West, Cape Town, South Africa. It was the 42nd 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 South African team of Ernie Els and Wayne Westner won by 18 strokes over the United States team of Steve Jones and Tom Lehman. Els took the International Trophy by three strokes over Westner. It was only the fourth time in the history of the World Cup, two players from the same squad finished first and second individually.

1996 World Cup of Golf

Tournament information
Dates	21–24 November
Location	Somerset West, Cape Town, South Africa
Course(s)	Erinvale Country Club
Format	72 holes stroke play combined score
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,002 yards (6,403 m)
Field	32 two-man teams
Cut	None
Prize fund	US$1,300,000 team US$200,000 individual
Winner's share	US$400,000 team US$100,000 individual
Champion
South Africa Ernie Els & Wayne Westner
547 (−29)
Location map
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22 nations qualified automatically with the remaining 10 nations gaining entry through a qualifying tournament in Jamaica.^[1]

Teams

Country	Players
Argentina	Jorge Berendt and Ricardo González
Australia	Stuart Appleby and Bradley Hughes
Canada	Rick Gibson and Rick Todd
Chile	Guillermo Encina and Roy Mackenzie
China	Cheng Jun and Zhang Lianwei
Chinese Taipei	Chang Tse-Pen and Chen Liang-hsi
Colombia	Albert Evers and Rigoberto Velásquez
Czech Republic	Jiří Janda and Petr Mruzek
Denmark	Thomas Bjørn and Rene Budde
England	Peter Mitchell and Jim Payne
France	Marc Farry and Jean van de Velde
Germany	Alex Čejka and Bernhard Langer
Hong Kong	Derek Fung and Tang Man Kee
Ireland	Darren Clarke and Pádraig Harrington
Italy	Costantino Rocca and Manny Zerman
Jamaica	Delroy Cambridge and Seymour Rose
Japan	Katsunori Kuwabara and Tsuneyuki Nakajima
Mexico	Rafael Alarcón and César Pérez
Namibia	Trevor Dodds and Schalk van der Merwe
New Zealand	Paul Devenport and Phil Tataurangi
Paraguay	Nelson Cabrera and Felix Ramon Franco
Puerto Rico	Wilfredo Morales and Miguel Suárez
Scotland	Andrew Coltart and Paul Lawrie
South Africa	Ernie Els and Wayne Westner
Spain	Diego Borrego and Ignacio Garrido
Sri Lanka	Tissa Chandradasa and Nandasena Perera
Sweden	Jarmo Sandelin and Patrik Sjöland
Switzerland	André Bossert and Paolo Quirici
United States	Steve Jones and Tom Lehman
Venezuela	Henrique Lavie and Federico Sauce
Wales	Mark Mouland and Ian Woosnam
Zimbabwe	Tony Johnstone and Mark McNulty

Source^[1]

Scores

Team

Place	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$) (per team)
1	South Africa	136-144-130-137=547	−29	400,000
2	United States	146-140-140-139=565	−11	200,000
3	Scotland	139-142-142-143=566	−10	125,000
4	Germany	145-144-140-142=571	−5	100,000
5	France	144-141-144-143=572	−4	80,000
T6	Argentina	142-147-140-150=579	+3	52,500
	Denmark	138-147-152-142=579
T8	Italy	143-149-147-141=580	+4	28,000
	Namibia	146-146-143-145=580
	Wales	143-149-143-145=580
T11	Canada	145-142-146-148=581	+5	18,500
	Zimbabwe	151-147-144-139=581
13	Sweden	149-140-146-148=583	+7	15,000
T14	Australia	149-145-147-143=584	+8	11,332
	Mexico	148-143-149-144=584
	Spain	145-151-148-140=584
T17	Colombia	143-147-145-150=585	+9	8,900
	Switzerland	145-146-150-144=585
19	Ireland	145-150-149-142=586	+10	8,500
T20	China	142-145-152-148=587	+11	8,300
	Japan	152-149-146-140=587
22	England	149-151-143-145=588	+12	8,000
23	Chinese Taipei	146-152-151-145=594	+18	7,800
24	New Zealand	147-151-146-153=597	+21	7,600
T25	Jamaica	154-152-152-147=605	+29	7,300
	Sri Lanka	159-150-150-146=605
27	Puerto Rico	150-156-152-148=606	+30	7,000
28	Paraguay	149-148-152-159=608	+32	6,800
29	Czech Republic	149-157-156-150=612	+36	6,600
30	Hong Kong	154-157-154-158=623	+47	6,400
31	Venezuela	157-164-148-158=627	+51	6,000
DQ	Chile

Source^[2]

International Trophy

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Ernie Els	South Africa	68-72-65-67=272	−16	100,000
2	Wayne Westner	South Africa	68-72-65-70=275	−13	50,000
3	Bernhard Langer	Germany	71-68-72-69=280	−8	25,000
T4	Paul Lawrie	Scotland	69-70-70-72=281	−7	12,500
	Ian Woosnam	Wales	70-73-67-71=281
5	Steve Jones	United States	73-70-70-69=282	−6
T6	Tom Lehman	United States	73-70-70-70=283	−5
	Costantino Rocca	Italy	71-71-72-69=283
8	Ricardo Gonzalez	Argentina	71-73-68-72=284	−4
T9	Stuart Appleby	Australia	74-71-70-70=285	−3
	Thomas Bjørn	Denmark	67-74-76-68=285
	Andrew Coltart	Scotland	70-72-72-71=285

Sources^[2][3]