The 1978 World Cup took place November 30 – December 3 at the Makai Golf Club in Hanalei in Kauaʻi County, Hawaii. It was the 26th World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 48 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The United States team of John Mahaffey and Andy North won by ten strokes over the Australian team of Wayne Grady and Greg Norman.
The individual competition for The International Trophy was won by Mahaffey two strokes ahead of North. Greg Norman and Thailand's Sukree Onsham tied for third.
Teams CountryPlayersVicente Fernández and Florentino MolinaWayne Grady and Greg NormanOswald Gartenmaier and Rudolph HauserYves Mahaim and Philippe ToussaintJosias Draxler and Jaime GonzalezMya Aye and Mg PyoneDave Barr and Dan HalldorsonAnisio Araya and Francisco CerdaLuis Eduard Arevalo and Juan PinzonPer Greve and Herluf HansenJack Corrie and Ricardo OrellanaAbdel Monem Hanafi and Mohamed Said MoussaCarlos Sorroche and Bruno VicentinHoward Clark and Mark JamesArun Kumar and Erami Bose LutunatabuaJuhani Hämäläinen and Sigurd NyströmPatrick Cotton and Jean GaraïaldeBasilli Anastassiou and Basilli KaratzasRoberto Galindo and Hilario PoloLai Wai Che and Peter TangRagnar Olafsson (a) and Björgvin Thorsteinsson (a)Sumarno and SuparmanChristy O'Connor Jnr and Eddie PollandBrian Cooper and Barry MandelRenato Campagnoli and Geroiamo DelfinoNorio Suzuki and Shigeru UchidaLim Yat Foong and Nazamuddin YusofErnesto Perez Acosta and Victor RegaladoJan Dorrestein and Simon van den BergDennis Clark and Kim SoutherdenErik Dönnestad (a) and Tore Sviland (a)Mehmood Hussain and Mohammad Eiaz MalikRudy Lavares and Eleuterio NivalDomingos Silva and Rogerio ValenteKen Brown and Sam TorranceAlvin Liau and Sinniah VelasamyNick Price and Bobby VerweyHahn Chang–sang and Kim Suck-bongAntonio Garrido and Manuel PiñeroHans Hedjerson and Gunnar MuellerDenis Maina and Franco SalminaHsieh Yung-yo and Hsu Sheng-sanSukree Onsham and Seng SuwannakasJohn Mahaffey and Andy NorthNoel Machado and Ramon MunozCraig Defoy and David VaughanBernhard Langer and Siegfried VollrathRafael Jerman and Siavko Vodnjov (a) denotes amateur
Scores Team Place Country Score To par Money (US$)1 141-144-138-141=564 −12 6,0002 142-146-146-143=574 −2 3,0003 137-141-148-151=577 +1 1,800 146-146-146-139=5775 143-150-145-141=579 +3 6 145-146-141-148=580 +47 139-149-143-150=581 +5T8 147-146-147-146=586 +10 149-140-150-147=586 142-152-143-148=586 142-148-149-147=586 146-145-149-146=586 146-146-147-147=586T14 141-151-148-147=587 +11 144-145-146-152=587 145-147-149-146=58717 151-146-148-144=589 +1318 146-150-149-147=592 +1619 153-154-145-141=593 +17T20 148-141-154-153=596 +20 149-148-150-149=59622 159-151-143-144=597 +2123 145-161-143-151=600 +2424 155-153-147-148=603 +2725 153-151-150-150=604 +28T26 146-161-153-145=605 +29 149-154-149-152=60528 156-152-151-148=607 +3129 150-153-154-153=610 +3430 155-158-150-149=612 +36T31 155-167-150-141=613 +37 156-158-149-150=61333 148-157-159-150=614 +3834 159-151-154-153=617 +4135 159-152-161-152=624 +4836 156-156-158-158=628 +5237 157-164-155-156=632 +5638 154-163-158-159=634 +58T39 160-163-164-148=635 +59 163-157-160-155=635T41 166-158-157-158=639 +63 161-164-158-156=63943 165-170-160-151=646 +7044 171-154-161-161=647 +7145 157-168-169-164=658 +8246 172-163-165-160=660 +8447 169-169-162-172=672 +9648 173-182-177-171=703 +127
International Trophy
Place Player Country Score To par Money US$1 John Mahaffey 69-72-69-71=281 −7 3,0002 Andy North 72-72-69-70=283 −5 T3 Greg Norman 71-69-74-72=286 −2 Sukree Onsham 78-70-70-68=286T5 Howard Clark 72-74-72-69=287 −1 Antonio Garrido 73-70-68-76=287Gunnar Mueller 71-72-75-69=287Sam Torrance 71-76-71-69=287T9 Wayne Grady 71-74-72-71=288 EDan Halldorson 70-72-73-73=288Eleuterio Nival 69-75-70-74=288Ernesto Perez Acosta 71-74-70-73=288
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