The 1977 World Cup took place December 8–11 at the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club in Manila, Philippines. It was the 25th World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 50 teams. The Mexico team of Ernesto Perez Acosta and Victor Regalado did not arrive on time to start and were replaced by a Filipino amateur team of Tommy Manotoc and Emilio Tuazon. 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 Antonio Garrido successfully defended the title Spain won in 1976 and won by two strokes over the Philippines team of Ben Arda and Rudy Lavares. The individual competition for The International Trophy, was won by Gary Player of South Africa, three strokes ahead of Lavares and Hubert Green, United States.
Teams CountryPlayersJuan Carlos Cabrera and Juan Carlos MolinaMike Cahill and David GoodOswald Gartenmaier and Rudolph HauserMichael Eaton and Philippe ToussaintLuis Carlos Pinto and Laurenco EvangelistaMya Aye and Maung SheinDave Barr and George KnudsonFrancisco Cerda and Natalio MoralesEduardo Martinez and Juan PinzonJiri Dvorak and Jan KunstaPer Greve and Herluf HansenMohamed Abdel Halim and Mohamed Said MoussaPeter Dawson and Nick FaldoBose Lutunatabua and Veramu RokotavagaPatrick Cotton and Jean GaraïaldeBasilli Anastassiou (a) and Basilli Karatzas (a)Roberto Galindo and Hilario PoloLai Wai Che and Peter TangRagnar Olafsson (a) and Björgvin Thorsteinsson (a)Azis Narwi and Sumarno (a)Eamonn Darcy and Eddie PollandLaurie Been (a) and Barry Mandel (a)Silvano Locatelli and Delio LovatoSeiichi Kanai and Kosaku ShimadaMuftah Salem and Mohamed Salah ZianyLim Yat Foong and V. NellanMohamed Makroune and Ahmed MessaoudBishnu Shahi and Ghanashyam ThapaJan Dorrestein and Martien GroenendaalDennis Clark and Richard CoombesPeter Akakasiaka and Ahmadu BabaMohammad Ejaz and Taimur HassanBen Arda and Rudy LavaresTommy Manotoc (a) and Emilio Tuazon (a)Domingos Silva and Joachim RodriguesManuel Camacho and Jesús RodríguezBrian Barnes and Ken BrownLim Swee Wah and Lim Kian TiongHugh Baiocchi and Gary PlayerHan Chang-sang and Kim Seung-hackSeve Ballesteros and Antonio GarridoHans Hedjerson and Jan SonneviDennis Maina and Franco SalminaKuo Chie-Hsiung and Hsieh Min-NanUthai Dhappavibul and Nares NavinHubert Green and Lanny WadkinsFrancisco Gonzales and Ramón MuñozCraig Defoy and David VaughanWolfgang Jersombeck and Bernhard LangerRafael Jerman (a) and Mirko Vovk (a) (a) denotes amateur
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Scores Team PlaceCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 144-154-142-151=591 +15 2,0002 149-142-156-147=594 +18 1,0003 139-147-157-152=595 +19 800T4 151-148-146-152=597 +21 400 149-141-154-153=597T6 149-141-154-153=597 +22 151-151-147-149=5988 143-153-155-150=601 +259 144-155-152-152=603 +2710 145-151-158-154=608 +3211 150-153-158-149=610 +3412 148-151-150-162=611 +35T13 159-148-155-150=612 +36 151-147-154-160=612T15 154-147-159-155=615 +39 155-151-155-154=615 150-153-156-156=61518 151-153-164-151=619 +4319 158-156-152-154=620 +44T20 152-153-155-161=621 +45 153-152-164-152=62122 155-154-158-158=625 +49T23 153-160-153-163=629 +53 159-153-153-164=62925 159-152-163-158=632 +5626 153-161-165-154=633 +57T27 154-164-161-155=634 +58 165-158-153-158=634T29 154-165-157-161=637 +61 (a) 164-161-158-154=63731 156-169-155-160=640 +6432 167-166-154-156=643 +6733 160-155-162-167=644 +6834 162-160-163-160=645 +6935 162-165-157-163=647 +7136 167-164-158-161=650 +74T37 159-160-165-167=651 +75 163-165-163-160=65139 162-156-170-165=653 +7740 159-176-162-159=656 +8041 163-172-160-162=657 +8142 168-163-168-161=660 +8443 166-167-172-167=672 +9644 160-177-171-167=675 +9945 164-164-184-170=682 +10646 177-169-172-167=685 +10947 176-171-173-172=692 +11648 183-180-173-168=704 +12849 172-184-184-189=729 +15350 180-190-184-178=732 +156
International Trophy PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney US$1 Gary Player 72-68-73-76=289 +1 1,000T2 Hubert Green 69-72-77-74=292 +4 450Rudy Lavares 73-69-77-73=2924 Seiichi Kanai 75-73-73-72=293 +5 2005 George Knudson 69-72-78-75=294 +6T6 Seve Ballesteros 73-77-69-76=295 +7Kuo Chie-Hsiung 73-75-72-75=2958 Antonio Garrido 71-77-73-75=296 +89 Eddie Polland 78-76-74-70=298 +1010 Mya Aye 76-72-75-76=299 +11
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