The 1956 Canada Cup took place 24–26 June on the West Course at the Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England. It was the fourth Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 29 teams. The Scandinavian team that had competed in 1954 and 1955 was replaced by teams from Denmark and Sweden, while there were new teams from Chinese Taipei, Portugal and South Korea. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results.[1][2] 18 holes were played on the first two days with 36 holes played on the final day. Because of the time taken to play each round, a cut was introduced after the second day, with only the leading 20 teams competing on the final day.[3] An 18-hole consolation event was held for the remaining 9 teams. There was provision for an individual in one of these 9 teams to complete the 72 holes if they were well-placed after the second day.[4]

1956 Canada Cup
Tournament information
Dates24–26 June
LocationVirginia Water, Surrey, England
51°24′00″N 0°35′24″W / 51.400°N 0.590°W / 51.400; -0.590
Course(s)Wentworth Club
West Course
Format72 holes stroke play
combined score
Statistics
Par71
Length6,900 yards (6,300 m)
Field29 two-man teams
Cut20 teams and ties
Champion
 United States
Ben Hogan & Sam Snead
567 (−1)
Location map
Wentworth Club is located in England
Wentworth Club
Wentworth Club
Location in England
Wentworth Club is located in Surrey
Wentworth Club
Wentworth Club
Location in Surrey
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The American team of Ben Hogan and Sam Snead won by 14 strokes over the South African team of Bobby Locke and Gary Player.[5] The individual competition was won by Hogan, five shots ahead of Roberto De Vicenzo.[6]

Teams

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Country Players
  Argentina Enrique Bertolino and Martin Pose
  Australia Peter Thomson and Norman Von Nida
  Belgium Arthur Devulder and Flory Van Donck
  Brazil Mário Gonzalez and Luis Rapisarda
  Canada Al Balding and Stan Leonard
  Chile Manuel Morales and Alberto Salas
  China Chen Ching-Po and Lu Liang-Huan
  Colombia Julio Polania and Raúl Posse
  Denmark Henry Aafeldt and Carl Paulsen
  Egypt Cherif El-Sayed Cherif and Hassan Hassanein
  England Ken Bousfield and Harry Weetman
  France Roger Cotton and François Saubaber
  Ireland Harry Bradshaw and Christy O'Connor Snr
  Italy Alfonso Angelini and Ugo Grappasonni
  Japan Yoshiro Hayashi and Michio Ishii
  Mexico Percy Clifford and Roberto De Vicenzo
  Netherlands Gerard de Wit and Piet Witte
  New Zealand Frank Buckler and Ernie Southerden
  Philippines Ben Arda and Celestino Tugot
  Portugal M Lourenco and J Feliciano Da Silva
  Scotland Eric Brown and John Panton
  South Africa Bobby Locke and Gary Player
  South Korea Park Myeong-chul and Yun Duk-choon
  Spain Ángel Miguel and Sebastián Miguel
  Sweden Harry Karlsson and Arne Werkell
  Switzerland Jacky Bonvin and Otto Schoepfer
  United States Ben Hogan and Sam Snead
  Wales Dai Rees and Dennis Smalldon
  West Germany Friedrich Becker and Georg Bessner

Source:[1]

Note: De Vicenzo was representing Mexico, having played for Argentina in the three previous Canada Cup events.

Scores

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Team

Place Country Score To par
1   United States 144-142-145-136=567 −1
2   South Africa 145-145-145-146=581 +13
3   Canada 144-139-145-155=583 +15
T4   England 152-141-152-141=586 +18
  Japan 152-151-147-136=586
6   Wales 143-145-156-143=587 +19
7   Scotland 148-148-149-144=589 +21
8   Belgium 145-145-154-151=595 +27
9   Mexico 143-151-150-154=598 +30
T10   Australia 142-152-162-145=601 +33
  Ireland 150-153-147-151=601
  Spain 151-147-155-148=601
13   France 151-148-151-152=602 +34
14   Philippines 151-148-156-150=605 +37
15   Colombia 150-149-151-159=609 +41
16   Italy 152-146-155-157=610 +42
17   Argentina 151-155-153-153=612 +44
18   Netherlands 151-150-156-157=614 +46
19   Egypt 155-147-151-168=621 +53
20   Switzerland 151-154-161-163=629 +61
21   New Zealand 151-159=310
T22   Chile 152-165=317
  China 160-157=317
24   South Korea 160-160=320
25   Sweden 161-160=321
26   West Germany 166-156=322
27   Portugal 163-163=326
28   Brazil 163-166=329
29   Denmark 166-167=333

Source[5]

International Trophy

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Ben Hogan   United States 68-69-72-68=277 −7
2 Roberto De Vicenzo   Mexico 69-72-67-74=282 −2
3 Flory Van Donck   Belgium 71-67-73-72=283 −1
4 Dai Rees   Wales 74-71-72-67=284 E
5 Bobby Locke   South Africa 71-72-72-70=285 +1
6 Stan Leonard   Canada 69-67-71-79=286 +2
7 Michio Ishii   Japan 71-76-74-68=289 +5
8 Sam Snead   United States 76-73-73-68=290 +6
9 Ken Bousfield   England 76-71-76-68=291 +7
10 Eric Brown   Scotland 76-73-75-69=293 +9

Source[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Australia's lead in Canada Cup golf". The Times. 25 June 1956. p. 3.
  2. ^ "Extraordinary crowd scenes". The Glasgow Herald. 25 June 1956. p. 7.
  3. ^ "Canadian golfers take over the lead at Wentworth". The Times. 26 June 1956. p. 3.
  4. ^ "Canadian golfers lead by three in Canada Cup". The Glasgow Herald. 26 June 1956. p. 4.
  5. ^ a b "Wonderful final rounds gain Canada Cup for U.S.". The Times. 27 June 1956. p. 4.
  6. ^ "Hogan's two victories". The Glasgow Herald. 27 June 1956. p. 7.
  7. ^ "Hogan leads US to win in Canada Cup". The Montreal Gazette. 27 June 1956. p. 25. Retrieved 22 December 2016.

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