The 1959 Canada Cup took place 18–21 November at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. It was the seventh Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 30 teams. These were the same teams that had competed in 1958 but without Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela and with the addition of Indonesia. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Australian team of Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson won by 10 strokes over the American team of Cary Middlecoff and Sam Snead. The individual competition was won by Canadian Stan Leonard, who beat Peter Thomson at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
Teams Country Players Fidel de Luca and Leopoldo Ruiz Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson Donald Swaelens and Flory Van Donck José Maria Gonzalez and Mário Gonzalez Al Balding and Stan Leonard Luciano Calderon and Enrique Orellana Chen Ching-Po and Hsieh Yung-yo Pablo Molina and Miguel Sala Henning Kristensen and Carl Paulsen Cherif El-Sayed Cherif and Mohamed Said Moussa Peter Alliss and Bernard Hunt Roger Cotton and François Saubaber Salim and Sjamsudin Harry Bradshaw and Christy O'Connor Snr Alfonso Angelini and Ugo Grappasonni Torakichi Nakamura and Haruyoshi Kobari Roberto De Vicenzo and Juan Neri Gerard de Wit and Joop Rühl Frank Buckler and John Kelly Vic Allin and Larry Montes Henrique Paulino and F De Silva Pina Eric Brown and John Panton Harold Henning and Gary Player Kim Hark Young and Park Myeong-chul Ángel Miguel and Sebastián Miguel Åke Bergquist and Harry Karlsson Jacky Bonvin and Otto Schoepfer Cary Middlecoff and Sam Snead Dai Rees and Dave Thomas Friedrich Becker and Herbert Becker
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Scores Team Place Country Score To par1 137-139-144-143=563 +32 145-140-148-140=573 +133 144-139-144-147=574 +144 144-147-142-147=580 +205 150-145-146-147=588 +286 144-143-154-149=590 +307 158-147-146-144=595 +358 152-152-146-147=597 +37T9 151-153-150-147=601 +41 152-145-147-157=60111 152-151-151-148=602 +4212 150-148-151-154=603 +4313 147-148-148-162=605 +4514 155-150-150-153=608 +4815 151-152-154-152=609 +4916 151-157-152-159=619 +59T17 157-154-145-166=622 +62 154-149-160-159=622 154-155-153-160=62220 155-152-160-158=625 +6521 160-157-157-157=631 +7122 159-149-160-169=637 +7723 168-154-168-161=651 +91T24 165-156-164-167=652 +92 164-161-163-164=65226 166-161-161-166=654 +9427 173-166-159-157=655 +9528 167-165-161-165=658 +9829 166-162-162-172=662 +10230 185-181-179-181=726 +166
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International Trophy Place Player Country Score To par1 Stan Leonard 70-66-69-70=275 −52 Peter Thomson 67-69-68-71=275 −53 Sam Snead 73-65-73-70=281 +14 Gary Player 72-72-71-69=284 +45 Kel Nagle 70-70-76-72=288 +8T6 Eric Brown 78-72-75-67=292 +12Chen Ching-Po 76-73-71-72=292Cary Middlecoff 72-75-75-70=292Flory Van Donck 70-75-75-72=29210 Peter Alliss 73-74-70-76=293 +13
Leonard beat Thomson with a par 4 at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
SourceCanada Cup Golf: Australia's Record Lead in first Round The Glasgow Herald 19 November 1959, p. 13
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