The 1954 Canada Cup took place August 20–22 at the Laval-sur-le-Lac Golf Club in Laval, Quebec, Canada. It was the second Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 25 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results.[1] 18 holes were played on the first two days with 36 holes played on the final day. The Australian team of Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson won by four strokes over the Argentine team of Antonio Cerdá and Roberto De Vicenzo.[2] Canadian Stan Leonard had the lowest individual score with 275, two strokes ahead of Peter Thomson.[3]

1954 Canada Cup
Tournament information
DatesAugust 20–22
LocationLaval, Quebec, Canada
Course(s)Laval-sur-le-Lac Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Field25 two-man teams
CutNone
Champion
 Australia
Kel Nagle & Peter Thomson
556 (−20)
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Teams

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Country Players
  Argentina Antonio Cerdá and Roberto De Vicenzo
  Australia Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson
  Belgium Arthur Devulder and Flory Van Donck
  Brazil Mário Gonzalez and Ricardo Rossi
  Canada Jules Huot and Stan Leonard
  Chile Emilio Palacios and Luis Salas
  Colombia Pablo Molina and Raúl Posse
  Egypt Naaman Aly and Cherif El-Sayed Cherif
  England Peter Alliss and Harry Weetman
  France Jean Garaïalde and François Saubaber
  Ireland Harry Bradshaw and Fred Daly
  Italy Aldo Casera and Ugo Grappasonni
  Japan Michio Ishii and Torakichi Nakamura
  Mexico AI Escalante and Augustin Martinez
  Netherlands Joop Rühl and Piet Witte
  New Zealand Eddie Fennell and Ernie Southerden
  Philippines Larry Montes and Celestino Tugot
    Scandinavia Carl Paulsen and Arne Werkell
  Scotland Eric Brown and Tom Haliburton
  South Africa Bobby Locke and Bert Thomas
  Spain Carlos Celles and Sebastián Miguel
  Switzerland Robert Lanz and Otto Schoepfer
  United States Jimmy Demaret and Sam Snead
  Wales Harry Gould and Dai Rees
  West Germany Georg Bessner and Friedel Schmaderer

The Scandinavian team consisted of a Dane, Carl Paulsen, and a Swede, Arne Werkell.

Source[4]

Scores

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Place Country Score To par
1   Australia 137-144-140-135=556 −20
2   Argentina 142-139-138-141=560 −16
3   United States 144-140-139-142=565 −11
4   Canada 141-143-143-143=570 −6
5   Scotland 144-140-138-149=571 −5
6   France 147-140-143-143=573 −3
7   England 143-143-144-144=574 −2
8   Brazil 144-144-141-146=575 −1
T9   Belgium 150-146-143-139=578 +2
  South Africa 145-146-146-141=578
T11   Ireland 143-148-139-149=579 +3
  Italy 147-149-146-137=579
13   Spain 144-144-148-150=586 +10
14   Japan 152-144-149-146=591 +15
15   Egypt 152-151-150-140=593 +17
16   West Germany 149-153-150-143=595 +19
T17   Philippines 148-149-150-151=598 +22
  Wales 151-151-150-146=598
T19   Chile 150-148-147-156=601 +25
  New Zealand 152-153-151-145=601
21   Scandinavia 148-151-158-152=609 +33
T22   Netherlands 157-147-155-151=610 +34
  Mexico 152-155-157-146=610
24   Switzerland 150-156-160-160=626 +50
WD   Colombia 149-WD[a]
  1. ^ Colombia withdrew after Raúl Posse became ill.

Source[4][5][6][7]

The leading individual scores were 275 by Stan Leonard and 277 by Peter Thomson.[3]

References

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  1. ^ McAuley, Ed (August 20, 1954). "Snead, Daly have 63s Canada Cup warmup". The Montreal Gazette. p. 21.
  2. ^ McAuley, Ed (August 23, 1954). "Australians stage sub-par finish to capture Canada Cup". The Montreal Gazette. p. 21.
  3. ^ a b "Stan Leonard has 275 to lead field". The Montreal Gazette. August 23, 1954. p. 21.
  4. ^ a b "72-hole scores at Laval". The Montreal Gazette. August 23, 1954. p. 21.
  5. ^ "Canada Cup". Sunday Mail. Queensland, Australia. August 22, 1954. p. 24. Retrieved December 21, 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Australians share Canada golf lead". The Advocate. Tasmania, Australia. August 23, 1954. p. 6. Retrieved December 21, 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Thomson wants cup play here". The Courier-Mail. Queensland, Australia. AAP. August 24, 1954. p. 10. Retrieved December 21, 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

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