The 1962 Canada Cup took place 8–11 November at Jockey Club Golf in

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. It was the 10th Canada Cup event, which became the

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in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 34 teams. These were the same teams that had competed in 1961 but without Paraguay and with the addition of Ecuador and Panama. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The American team of

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and

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won by two strokes over the Argentine team of Fidel de Luca and

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. The individual competition was won by Roberto De Vicenzo, who finished two shots ahead of Englishman

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and Arnold Palmer.

Teams

Source Cerdá was representing Mexico, having played for Argentina from 1953 to 1957.

Scores

Team Eric Brown of Scotland withdrew during the first round. International Trophy Source

References

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