The 1974 World Cup took place 21–24 November at the Lagunita Country Club in

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. It was the 22nd

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event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 46 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The

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team of Bobby Cole and

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won by five strokes over the

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team of

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and

Masashi Ozaki is a Japanese professional golfer. Ozaki is often known as Jumbo Ozaki (ジャンボ尾崎 ''Janbo Ozaki'') on account of his height and length off the tee. He featured in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings for almost 200 weeks betw ...

. The individual competition for the International Trophy, was won by Cole, five strokes ahead Ozaki.

Tournament summary

According to the

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, the United States team of

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and

Hale Irwin Hale S. Irwin (born June 3, 1945) is an American professional golfer. He was one of the world's leading golfers from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. He is one of the few players in history to win three U.S. Opens, becoming the oldest ever U.S. ...

were the "heavy favorite." In addition, Pat Ward-Thomas of ''

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'' noted that " American victory is probable." However, he also noted that "South Africa remain strong with

... and Bobby Cole." Meanwhile, Ron Coffman of ''

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'' magazine stated that he thought the South Africans were the favorites. Indeed, South African won the event, both at the team and individual level. Hayes, just 22 years of age and Cole, being 26, became the youngest pair ever to win the World Cup, formerly named the Canada Cup. It was the second victory for South Africa in the history of the event, since

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and

Harold Henning Harold Henning (3 October 1934 – 1 January 2004) was a South African professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour. He won professional tournaments on the highest level in Africa, Australia, Asia, North America and Eu ...

won the tournament for South Africa in 1965.

Teams

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Scores

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References

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