The 1973 World Cup took place 22–25 November at the Club de Golf Nueva Andalucía in Marbella, Spain. The name of the club was later changed to Real Club de Golf Las Brisas. It was the 21st World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 49 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country.
Team Czechoslovakia of Jiri Dvorak and Jaromir Fuchs were notified but withdrew from the tournament before it began. Also before the tournament began, notable player withdrawals were Peter Thomson, selected to the Australian team, replaced by Errol Hardvigsen, Peter Oosterhuis, selected to the English team, replaced by Peter Wilcock, Terry Kendall, selected to the New Zealand team, replaced by Simon Owen and Brian Huggett, selected to the Welsh team, replaced by David Vaughan.
The combined score of each team determined the team's results. The United States team of Johnny Miller and Jack Nicklaus won by six strokes over the South Africa team of Hugh Baiocchi and Gary Player. This was the 12th team victory for the United States, six of them with Jack Nicklaus on the team, in the event, formerly named Canada Cup, since its inception in 1953.
The individual competition for the International Trophy, was won by Miller, three strokes ahead of Player.
Teams This list of players is incomplete CountryPlayersFidel de Luca and Roberto De VicenzoErrol Hardvigsen and Randall VinesOswald Gartenmaier and Rudolph HauserDonald Swaelens and Philippe ToussaintLuis Carlos Pinto and Humberto RochaPhil Giroux and Bob PanasikFrancisco Cerda and Rafael JerezAlfonso Bohórquez and Heraclio ValenzuelaHerluf Hansen and Henrik LundArturo Pellerano and Carlos M. PueblaMahmound Abedunahab and Mohamed Said MoussaPeter Butler and Peter WilcockJuhani Hämäläinen and Harry SafonoffJean Garaïalde and Bernard PascassioGeorge Guinis and George SotiropoulosRoberto Galindo and Hilario PoloJimmy Kinsella and Eddie PollandRoberto Bernardini and Alberto CroceBasil Campbell and Seymour RoseIsao Aoki and Tōru NakamuraMuftah Salem and Mohammed Salah ZiaaniZainal Abidin Yusof and Jalal DeranLu's 67 equals course mark New Straits Times 24 November 1973, p. 12Ramón Cruz and Victor RegaladoBen Rokya Ahmed Messoud and Fatmi MoussaJan Dorrestein and Bertus Van MookDennis Clark and Simon OwenPatrick Okpomu and Paul OsanebiWestye Hoegh (a) and Johan Horn (a)Bernabé Fajardo and David MontoyaIreneo Legaspi and Eleuterio NivalFernando Rina and Joaquin RodriquesDavid Jimenez and Jesús RodríguezMuntanu Dumitru and Paul TomitaDavid Huish and David IngramLim Kian Tiong and Lim Swee ChewHugh Baiocchi and Gary PlayerCho Tae-ho and Kim Seung-hackValentín Barrios and Angel GallardoBo Johansson and Jan RosellBernard Cordonier and Ronald TingleyLu Liang-Huan and Hsieh Min-NanPrandana Ngarmprom and Sukree OnshamJohnny Miller and Jack Nicklaus Juan Dapiaggi and Carlos SeredaRamón Muñoz and Julián SantanaCraig Defoy and David VaughanGerhard Koenig and Toni Kugelmueller (a) denotes amateur
Scores Team PlaceCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 142-133-145-138=558 −18 2,0002 140-144-139-141=564 −12 1,0003 138-145-142-143=568 −8 800T4 137-143-152-150=582 +6 200 142-146-149-145=5826 143-144-154-142=583 +7 T7 147-150-144-145=586 +10 151-149-144-142=586 +109 147-147-148-146=588 +1210 151-149-146-146=592 +16T11 152-145-149-147=593 +17 140-149-152-152=593 +17T13 146-156-149-145=596 +20 153-146-148-149=59615 152-152-149-145=598 +2216 151-147-150-152=600 +24T17 149-152-152-148=601 +25 152-141-157-151=60119 148-148-149-157=602 +2620 156-144-155-148=603 +2721 156-157-149-146=608 +3222 156- - -151 =609 +33T23 150- - -158=610 +34 154- - -149=610 153-144-157-156=61026 154- - -149=611 +3527 159- - -150=612 +3628 163-145-149-162=619 +4329 151- - -157=622 +4630 157-161-156-153=627 +5131 154- - -162=629 +5332 162- - - =631 +5533 159- - -160=633 +5734 159- - - =635 +5935 164- - -158=638 +6236 155- - -166=639 +6337 167- - -157 =640 +6438 157- - - =642 +6639 162-157-161-166=646 +70T40 162-159-162-165=648 +72 172- - - =648T42 168-162-161-161=652 +76 163-169-159-161=65244 161- - - =654 +7845 164- - - =657 +8146 166-160-166-166=658 +8247 163- - - =659 +8348 179- - - =708 +13249 185- - - =728 +152
International Trophy PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Johnny Miller 73-65-72-67=277 −11 1,0002 Gary Player 69-72-70-69=280 −8 500T3 Jack Nicklaus 69-68-73-71=281 −7 300Lu Liang-Huan 67-69-74-71=281T5 Hugh Baiocchi 71-72-69-72=284 −4 Randall Vines 72-74-69-69=2847 Eddie Polland 71-74-70-70=285 −3T8 Isao Aoki 70-71-76-70=287 −1Valentín Barrios 69-70-75-73=287Hsieh Min-Nan 71-76-68-72=287
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