The 1966 Canada Cup took place 11–14 November at the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club in Inagi, Tokyo, Japan. It was the 14th Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 36 teams. These were the same teams that had competed in 1965 with the addition of South Korea and Thailand, but without Egypt, Monaco and Morocco. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The American team of Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer won by five strokes over the South African team of Harold Henning and Gary Player. The individual competition was won by the Canadian George Knudson, who won at the second hole of a sudden-playoff over the Japanese Hideyo Sugimoto.[1]

1966 Canada Cup
Tournament information
Dates11–14 November
LocationInagi, Tokyo, Japan
Course(s)Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par72
Length6,962 yards (6,366 m)
Field36 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$6,300
Winner's share$2,000 team
$1,000 individual
Champion
 United States
Jack Nicklaus & Arnold Palmer
548 (−28)
Location map
Location in Japan
Location in Tokyo
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Teams

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Country Players
  Argentina Roberto De Vicenzo and Leopoldo Ruiz
  Australia Bruce Devlin and Kel Nagle
  Austria Oswald Gertenmaier and Hans Stroll
  Belgium Donald Swaelens and Flory Van Donck
  Brazil José Maria Gonzalez and Igolata Reis
  Canada Frank Fowler and George Knudson
  Chile Francisco Cerda and Alberto Salas
  Colombia Alfonso Bohórquez and Pedro Pablo García
  Czechoslovakia Jiri Dvorak (a) and Jan Kunšta (a)
  Denmark Herluf Hansen and Jorgen Korfitzen
  England Peter Alliss and Tony Jacklin
  France Jean Garaïalde and Jean-Claude Harismendy
  West Germany Herbert Becker and Toni Kugelmüller
  Hawaii Ted Makalena and Paul Scodeller
  Ireland Jimmy Martin and Christy O'Connor Snr
  Italy Roberto Bernardini and Emanuele Canessa
  Japan Mitsutaka Kono and Hideyo Sugimoto
  Mexico José González and Juan Neri
  Netherlands Martin Roesink and André van Pinxten
  New Zealand Frank Buckler and Bob Charles
  Peru Hugo Nari and Bernabé Fajardo
  Philippines Ben Arda and Luis Silverio (a)
  Portugal Fernando Pina and Manuel Ribeiro
  Puerto Rico Juan Gonzalez and Chi-Chi Rodríguez
  Scotland Eric Brown and John Panton
  South Africa Harold Henning and Gary Player
  South Korea Han Chang-sang and Hong Duck-san
  Spain Valentín Barrios and Sebastián Miguel
  Sweden Åke Bergquist and Harry Karlsson-Fakt
  Switzerland Jacky Bonvin and Ronald Tingley
  Taiwan Chen Ching-Po and Lu Liang-Huan
  Thailand Uthai Dabpavibul and Seng Suwankart
  United States Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer
  Uruguay Enrique Fernández and Juan Sereda
  Venezuela Franci Betancourt and Teobaldo Perez
  Wales Sid Mouland and Dave Thomas
  West Germany Herbert Becker and Toni Kugelmüller

Source[1][2]

Scores

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Team

Place Country Score To par Money (US$)
1   United States 135-135-136-142=548 −28 2,000
2   South Africa 138-138-139-138=553 −23 1,000
3   Taiwan 135-138-143-138=554 −22 800
4   Australia 135-141-137-143=556 −20 400
5   Japan 135-146-136-144=561 −15
6   Canada 134-144-139-146=563 −13
7   Argentina 141-143-142-139=565 −11
8   Belgium 141-141-142-147=571 −5
9   Spain 149-140-138-145=572 −4
10   England 144-153-137-140=574 −2
11   New Zealand 144-152-139-141=576 E
12   Scotland 143-146-143-146=578 +2
13   Ireland 144-146-143-148=581 +5
14   Wales 149-145-147-143=584 +8
15   Hawaii 147-146-144-148=585 +9
16   Italy 139-151-149-147=586 +10
T17   France 142-148-145-153=588 +12
  Mexico 146-146-146-150=588
19   Netherlands 151-148-143-148=590 +14
20   West Germany 147-145-153-148=593 +17
T21   Colombia 144-148-146-156=594 +18
  Philippines 142-152-147-153=594
23   Chile 140-155-150-151=596 +20
24   South Korea 150-149-150-150=599 +23
25   Puerto Rico 148-148-154-152=602 +26
26   Switzerland 149-151-156-150=606 +30
27   Thailand 149-152-154-152=607 +31
28   Brazil 154-155-159-145=613 +37
29   Denmark 151-149-153-163=616 +40
30   Sweden 148-157-151-163=619 +43
31   Venezuela 157-155-155-163=620 +44
32   Peru 149-161-165-154=629 +53
T33   Portugal 155-162-156-161=634 +58
  Uruguay 160-163-157-154=634
35   Austria 165-174-163-160=662 +86
36   Czechoslovakia 159-163-177-169=668 +92

International Trophy

Place Player Country Score To par Money (US$)
1 George Knudson   Canada 64-68-66-74=272 −16 1,000
2 Hideyo Sugimoto   Japan 66-69-68-69=272 500
T3 Lu Liang-Huan   Taiwan 67-68-73-65=273 −15 300
Jack Nicklaus   United States 69-68-67-69=273
5 Arnold Palmer   United States 66-67-69-73=275 −13
6 Harold Henning   South Africa 69-67-70-70=276 −12
T7 Bob Charles   New Zealand 69-76-64-68=277 −11
Bruce Devlin   Australia 69-71-67-70=277
Gary Player   South Africa 69-71-69-68=277
10 Roberto De Vicenzo   Argentina 69-69-73-67=278 −10

Knudson and Sugimoto contested a sudden-death playoff. Knudson won with a birdie 2 at the second extra hole.

Source[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "United States victory by five strokes". The Glasgow Herald. 14 November 1966. p. 5.
  2. ^ "Palmer takes lead with 133". The Gazette. Montreal. Associated Press. 11 November 1966. p. 23.
  3. ^ "Knudson defeats Sugimoto in playoff". The Gazette. Montreal. Associated Press. 14 November 1966. p. 26.

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