The 1979 World Cup took place 8–11 November at the Glyfada Golf Club, 13 kilometres south of the city center of Athens, Greece, located in the Athens Riviera. It was the 27th World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 46 notified teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The South Africa team was invited to the event and their team of Hugh Baiocchi and Dale Hayes took part in practice and pro-am competition, but was informed by the Greece government shortly before the beginning of competition, they were not allowed to start. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The United States team of John Mahaffey and Hale Irwin won by ten strokes over the Scotland team of Ken Brown and Sandy Lyle.
The individual competition for the International Trophy was won by Irwin two strokes ahead of Bernhard Langer, West Germany and Lyle, Scotland.
Teams CountryPlayersJorge Soto and Adan SowaColin Bishop and Ross MetherellOswald Gartenmaier and Rudolfo HauserPhilippe Toussaint and Flory Van DonckJaime Gonzalez and Rafael NavarroMaun Pyone and Ko Ko LayDan Halldorson and Jim NelfordFrancisco Cerda and Patricio ValenzuelaLuis Arevalo and Juan PinzonHerluf Hansen and Jorgen KorfitsenJack Corrie and Guillermo GomezFarouk Badr and Mohamed Said MoussaMark James and Michael KingAran Kumar and Bose LutunatabuaJean Garaïalde and Bernard PascassioBassili Anastassiou (a) and Bassili Karatzas (a)Roberto Galindo and Hilario PoloLai Wai Che and Peter TangEngrun Tiahyana and Murat SatibiEddie Polland and Des SmythLaurie Been (a) and Neil Schochet (a)Baldovino Dassù and Delio LovatoKazuo Yoshikawa and Kaichi InoueZiki Mukdad and Robert PrinceMarimuthu Ramayah and Nazamuddin YusofEnrique Serna and Victor RegaladoJan Dorrestein and Simon Van Den BergCraig Owen and Barry VivianOle Hammer (a) and Johan Horn (a)Eleuterio Nival and Rudy LavaresSebastiao Gil and Domingo SilvaKen Brown and Sandy LyleLim Swee Wah and Poh Eng ChongCho Tae-ho and Choi Yoon-sooAntonio Garrido and Manuel PiñeroSayed Cherif and Jan SonneviPatrick Bagnoud and Mauric SalminiChen Tze-ming and Lu Hsi-chuenSukree Onsham and Archin SoponHale Irwin and John MahaffeyNoel Machado and Ramón MuñozBrian Huggett and David VaughanManfred Kessler and Bernhard LangerRafael Jerman (a) and Marko Vovk (a) (a) denotes amateur
Note: Sayed Cherif was representing Sweden, having played for Egypt in previous World Cup events.
Scores Team PlaceCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 141-141-152-141=575 −1 6,0002 145-145-150-140=580 +4 3,0003 147-153-144-146=590 +14 4 148-144-153-148=593 +175 144-149-146-155=594 +186 150-153-148-146=597 +21T7 150-148-155-146=599 +23 147-150-151-151=599T9 153-145-147-155=600 +24 151-150-150-149=600T11 149-154-149-150=602 +26 160-145-150-147=60213 150-150-152-153=605 +2914 151-153-152-152=608 +3215 156-155-150-149=610 +3416 151-155-150-157=613 +3717 154-154-154-153=615 +3918 152-154-151-161=618 +42T19 147-154-157-161=619 +43 150-157-155-157=61921 160-158-148-155=621 +4522 155-159-160-148=622 +4623 159-160-154-153=626 +5024 165-158-154-151=628 +52T25 160-166-153-155=634 +58 158-162-154-160=63427 161-163-155-157=636 +6028 166-155-155-161=637 +6129 161-161-154-162=638 +6230 162-157-159-161=639 +63T31 162-162-154-162=640 +64 162-158-161-159=640T33 158-156-162-167=643 +67 162-168-162-151=643T35 160-156-166-164=646 +70 159-164-156-167=64637 169-164-158-163=654 +7838 172-157-158-168=655 +7939 169-165-158-170=662 +8640 166-178-159-163=666 +9041 167-168-170-163=668 +9242 165-172-169-177=683 +10743 170-174-183-175=702 +12644 188-186-177-184=735 +159DQ 158-143-148-DQ Dassù of Italy was disqualified after signing an incorrect scorecard.
International Trophy PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney US$1 Hale Irwin 74-70-72-69=285 −3 3,000T2 Bernhard Langer 74-70-71-71=287 −1 Sandy Lyle 72-73-73-69=2874 Jaime Gonzalez 73-71-72-72=288 E 5 Antonio Garrido 74-76-66-73=289 +16 John Mahaffey 67-71-80-72=290 +27 Ramón Muñoz 72-78-70-72=292 +4T8 Ken Brown 73-72-77-71=293 +5Lu Hsi-chuen 71-73-72-77=293Kazuo Yoshikawa 71-74-73-75=293
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