The 1976 World Cup took place December 9–12 at the Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, United States. It was the 24th 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 Spanish team of Seve Ballesteros and Manuel Piñero won by two strokes over the United States team of Jerry Pate and Dave Stockton. The individual competition for The International Trophy, was won by Ernesto Perez Acosta of Mexico, three strokes ahead of six players, who tied second.
Teams Country PlayersJuan Gumersindo Quinteros and Juan Carlos CabreraBob Shearer and Greg NormanOswald Gartenmaier and Rudolph HauserSylvain Bouillon and Philippe ToussaintLuis Pinto and Antonio EvangelistaMya Aye and Maung SheinGeorge Knudson and Dan HalldorsonPatricio Valenzuela and Francisco CerdaAlfonso Bohorquez and Juan PinzonFrancisco Jiminez and Manfred Haehndr (a)Per Greve and Herluf HansenEdwin Corrie (a) and Guillermo GomezMohamed Abdel Halim and Mohamed Said MoussaMartin Foster and Tommy HortonJean Garaïalde and Bernard PascassioGeorge Vafiadis (a) and John SotiropoulosRoberto Galindo and Hilario PoloLai Wai Che and Joe HardwickEamonn Darcy and Eddie PollandLaurie Been (a) and Barry Mandel (a)Baldovino Dassù and Luciana GrappasonniTakashi Murakami and Yoshitaka YamamotoV. Nellan and Zainal Abidin YusofErnesto Perez Acosta and Margarito MartinezMohammed Gartite and Fatmi MoussaJan Dorrestein and Bertus van MookSimon Owen and Barry VivianPaul Osaebi and Patrick OkpomuInocencio Galindo (a) and Jorge Paz-Rodriguez (a)Luis Boschias and Genaro EspinolaPaterno Braze Dimaano and Eleuterio NivalDomingos Silva and Henrique PaulinoChi-Chi Rodríguez and Jesús RodríguezBrian Barnes and Sam TorranceLim Swee Chew and Lim Kian TeongBobby Cole and Dale HayesHan Chang-sang and Park Jung–ungSeve Ballesteros and Manuel PiñeroÅke Bergqvist and Thure HolmströmJacob Kressig and Franco SalminaKuo Chie-Hsiung and Hsu Sheng-sanSukree Onsham and Pradhana NganpromRobert McKenna and George PhillipsJerry Pate and Dave StocktonJose Esmoris and Juan RodriguezJulian Santana and Ramón MuñozCraig Defoy and Brian HuggettBernhard Langer and Jurgen Harder (a) denotes amateur
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Scores Team Place Country Score To par Money (US$)1 146-142-144-142=574 −2 2,0002 144-147-140-145=576 E 1,0003 144-151-138-148=581 +5 8004 143-148-151-141=583 +7 400T5 147-144-152-141=584 +8 148-147-143-146=584T7 145-148-145-149=587 +11 149-148-147-143=5879 148-147-145-148=588 +1210 145-152-145-148=590 +1411 151-151-146-146=594 +18T12 151-153-147-151=602 +26 151-153-149-149=602T14 149-151-153-152=605 +29 149-157-145-154=605 146-153-153-153=60517 150-154-149-156=609 +3318 154-153-149-154=610 +3419 150-156-155-150=611 +3520 150-158-154-150=612 +3621 154-152-149-158=613 +3722 159-150-157-151=617 +4123 153-162-153-150=618 +42T24 157-159-152-152=620 +44 153-162-153-152=62026 158-157-157-150=622 +46T27 155-159-155-156=625 +49 153-163-157-152=62529 151-161-157-157=626 +5030 157-157-160-155=629 +53T31 155-157-165-153=630 +54 157-160-156-157=63033 152-162-157-160=631 +55T34 161-160-158-156=635 +59 159-163-153-160=635 159-162-155-159=635 158-164-160-153=63538 161-161-156-161=639 +6339 157-167-156-163=643 +6740 151-168-167-159=645 +6941 160-167-168-159=654 +7842 166-165-172-163=666 +9043 167-176-167-159=669 +9344 170-169-172-162=673 +9745 162-175-168-170=675 +9946 169-169-161-178=676 +10247 176-182-173-170=701 +125WD
International Trophy
Place Player Country Score To par Money (US$)1 Ernesto Perez Acosta 69-74-69-70=282 −6 1,000T2 Brian Barnes 70-73-74-68=285 −3 183Dale Hayes 74-69-71-71=285Kuo Chie-Hsiung 69-71-70-75=285Simon Owen 71-70-70-74=285Jerry Pate 70-74-69-72=285Manuel Piñero 75-70-72-68=2858 Takashi Murakami 71-71-74-70=286 −2 T9 Eamonn Darcy 72-72-72-71=287 −1Bob Shearer 71-74-69-73=287 Sources:
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