The 1954 Canada Cup took place August 20–22 at the Laval-sur-le-Lac Golf Club in Laval, Quebec, Canada. It was the second Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 25 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. 18 holes were played on the first two days with 36 holes played on the final day. The Australian team of Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson won by four strokes over the Argentine team of Antonio Cerdá and Roberto De Vicenzo. Canadian Stan Leonard had the lowest individual score with 275, two strokes ahead of Peter Thomson.
Teams Country Players Antonio Cerdá and Roberto De Vicenzo Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson Arthur Devulder and Flory Van Donck Mário Gonzalez and Ricardo Rossi Jules Huot and Stan Leonard Emilio Palacios and Luis Salas Pablo Molina and Raúl Posse Naaman Aly and Cherif El-Sayed Cherif Peter Alliss and Harry Weetman Jean Garaïalde and François Saubaber Harry Bradshaw and Fred Daly Aldo Casera and Ugo Grappasonni Michio Ishii and Torakichi Nakamura AI Escalante and Augustin Martinez Joop Rühl and Piet Witte Eddie Fennell and Ernie Southerden Larry Montes and Celestino Tugot Scandinavia Carl Paulsen and Arne Werkell Eric Brown and Tom Haliburton Bobby Locke and Bert Thomas Carlos Celles and Sebastián Miguel Robert Lanz and Otto Schoepfer Jimmy Demaret and Sam Snead Harry Gould and Dai Rees Georg Bessner and Friedel Schmaderer Source
Scores Team standings Place Country Score To par1 137-144-140-135=556 −202 142-139-138-141=560 −163 144-140-139-142=565 −114 141-143-143-143=570 −65 144-140-138-149=571 −56 147-140-143-143=573 −37 143-143-144-144=574 −28 144-144-141-146=575 −1T9 150-146-143-139=578 +2 145-146-146-141=578T11 143-148-139-149=579 +3 147-149-146-137=57913 144-144-148-150=586 +1014 152-144-149-146=591 +1515 152-151-150-140=593 +1716 149-153-150-143=595 +19T17 148-149-150-151=598 +22 151-151-150-146=598T19 150-148-147-156=601 +25 152-153-151-145=60121 Scandinavia 148-151-158-152=609 +33T22 157-147-155-151=610 +34 152-155-157-146=61024 150-156-160-160=626 +50WD 149-WD
Individual leaders Place Player Country Score To par 1 Stan Leonard 275 −13 T2 Antonio Cerdá 277 −11Peter Thomson2774 Jimmy Demaret 278 −105 Kel Nagle 279 −9 T6 Dai Rees 282 −6Flory Van Donck 2828 Roberto De Vicenzo283 −5T9Jean Garaïalde284−4Bobby Locke284Harry Weetman284 Note: There was no official recognition for the lowest individual 72-hole-scores, but bonus money was paid for individual rounds, with Stan Leonard the winner earning US$367.
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