The 1956 Canada Cup took place 24–26 June on the West Course at the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England. It was the fourth Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 29 teams. The Scandinavian team that had competed in 1954 and 1955 was replaced by teams from Denmark and Sweden, while there were new teams from Chinese Taipei, Portugal and South Korea. 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. Because of the time taken to play each round, a cut was introduced after the second day, with only the leading 20 teams competing on the final day. An 18-hole consolation event was held for the remaining 9 teams. There was provision for an individual in one of these 9 teams to complete the 72 holes if they were well-placed after the second day.

The American team of Ben Hogan and Sam Snead won by 14 strokes over the South African team of Bobby Locke and Gary Player. The individual competition was won by Hogan, five shots ahead of Roberto De Vicenzo.

Teams Country Players Enrique Bertolino and Martin Pose Peter Thomson and Norman Von Nida Arthur Devulder and Flory Van Donck Mário Gonzalez and Luis Rapisarda Al Balding and Stan Leonard Manuel Morales and Alberto Salas Chen Ching-Po and Lu Liang-Huan Julio Polania and Raúl Posse Henry Aafeldt and Carl Paulsen Cherif El-Sayed Cherif and Hassan Hassanein Ken Bousfield and Harry Weetman Roger Cotton and François Saubaber Harry Bradshaw and Christy O'Connor Snr Alfonso Angelini and Ugo Grappasonni Yoshiro Hayashi and Michio Ishii Percy Clifford and Roberto De Vicenzo Gerard de Wit and Piet Witte Frank Buckler and Ernie Southerden Ben Arda and Celestino Tugot M Lourenco and J Feliciano Da Silva Eric Brown and John Panton Bobby Locke and Gary Player Park Myeong-chul and Yun Duk-choon Ángel Miguel and Sebastián Miguel Harry Karlsson and Arne Werkell Jacky Bonvin and Otto Schoepfer Ben Hogan and Sam Snead Dai Rees and Dennis Smalldon Friedrich Becker and Georg Bessner

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Note: De Vicenzo was representing Mexico, having played for Argentina in the three previous Canada Cup events.

Scores Team Place Country Score To par1 144-142-145-136=567 −12 145-145-145-146=581 +133 144-139-145-155=583 +15T4 152-141-152-141=586 +18 152-151-147-136=5866 143-145-156-143=587 +197 148-148-149-144=589 +218 145-145-154-151=595 +279 143-151-150-154=598 +30T10 142-152-162-145=601 +33 150-153-147-151=601 151-147-155-148=60113 151-148-151-152=602 +3414 151-148-156-150=605 +3715 150-149-151-159=609 +4116 152-146-155-157=610 +4217 151-155-153-153=612 +4418 151-150-156-157=614 +4619 155-147-151-168=621 +5320 151-154-161-163=629 +6121 151-159=310 T22 152-165=317 160-157=31724 160-160=320 25 161-160=321 26 166-156=322 27 163-163=326 28 163-166=329 29 166-167=333

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International Trophy Place Player Country Score To par1 Ben Hogan 68-69-72-68=277 −72 Roberto De Vicenzo 69-72-67-74=282 −23 Flory Van Donck 71-67-73-72=283 −14 Dai Rees 74-71-72-67=284 E5 Bobby Locke 71-72-72-70=285 +16 Stan Leonard 69-67-71-79=286 +27 Michio Ishii 71-76-74-68=289 +58 Sam Snead 76-73-73-68=290 +69 Ken Bousfield 76-71-76-68=291 +710 Eric Brown 76-73-75-69=293 +9

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