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Philip Morris International (golf)

The Philip Morris International was a professional team golf tournament, played from 1972 and 1976. The 1972 and 1973 tournaments were called the Marlboro Nations' Cup. There was no tournament in 1974 but the event was played in 1975 and 1976 under a different name. All events were played in France. The tournament had a knock-out format with up to 16 teams competing. There were two players in each team, each match consisting of a foursomes followed by two singles matches.

The 1972 event was played at Mandelieu-la-Napoule near Cannes, the 1973 and 1975 events were played at Hardelot near Boulogne in northern France. In 1976 it was played at Divonne-les-Bains on the Swiss border near Geneva.

In 1972 and 1973 all the team were European, with the exception of Morocco who competed in 1972. Australia and South Africa competed in 1975 and they were joined by the United States, Argentina and New Zealand in 1976.

Winners

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Year Venue Winners Points Runner-up Points
Philip Morris International
1976 Divonne Golf Club   United States 2½   Scotland ½
1975 Hardelot Golf Club   France 2   South Africa 1
1974 No tournament
Marlboro Nations' Cup
1973 Hardelot Golf Club   Scotland 2   France 1
1972 Cannes-Mandelieu Golf Club   Spain 2   Wales 1

1972

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Source: [1][2][3][4]

Teams

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Country Players
  Austria Hansi Egger and Oswald Gartenmaier
  Belgium Donald Swaelens and Flory Van Donck
  Denmark Herluf Hansen and Henning Kristensen
  England Tony Jacklin and Peter Townsend
  France Jean Garaïalde and Bernard Pascassio
  Ireland Jimmy Kinsella and John O'Leary
  Italy Roberto Bernardini and Baldovino Dassù
  Morocco B H Aomar and B R Messaoud
  Netherlands Jan Dorrestein and Simon van den Berg
  Portugal Henrique Paulino and J Rodrigues
  Scotland Brian Barnes and Harry Bannerman
  Spain Valentín Barrios and Ángel Gallardo
  Sweden B Johannson and J Rosell
   Switzerland R Barras and Ronald Tingley
  Wales Brian Huggett and David Vaughan

Results

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Last 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
  Spain3
 
 
 
   Switzerland0
 
  Spain2
 
 
 
  France1
 
  France2
 
 
 
  Netherlands1
 
  Spain2½
 
 
 
  Scotland½
 
  Ireland2
 
 
 
  Portugal1
 
  Ireland½
 
 
 
  Scotland2½
 
  Scotland3
 
 
 
  Austria0
 
  Spain2
 
 
 
  Wales1
 
  Wales3
 
 
 
  Morocco0
 
  Wales2½
 
 
 
  Italy½
 
  Italy3
 
 
 
  Sweden0
 
  Wales2
 
 
 
  England1
 
  Belgium2½
 
 
 
  Denmark½
 
  Belgium0
 
 
 
  England3
 
  England
 
 
Bye
 

1973

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Source:[5]

Teams

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Country Players
  Austria Hansi Egger and Oswald Gartenmaier
  Belgium Donald Swaelens and Philippe Toussaint
  Denmark Per Greve and Herluf Hansen
  England Neil Coles and Tony Jacklin
  France Jean Garaïalde and Bernard Pascassio
  Ireland John O'Leary and Eddie Polland
  Italy Roberto Bernardini and Alberto Croce
  Netherlands Jan Dorrestein and Simon van den Berg
  Scotland Brian Barnes and Bernard Gallacher
  Spain Valentín Barrios and Ángel Gallardo
  Sweden Thure Holmstrom and Jan Rosell
   Switzerland B Cordonnier and Ronald Tingley
  Wales Brian Huggett and David Vaughan
  West Germany Gerhard Koenig and Toni Kugelmüller

Results

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Last 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
  Wales
 
 
 
Bye
 
  Wales1
 
 
 
  France2
 
  France3
 
 
 
   Switzerland0
 
  France2
 
 
 
  England1
 
  Italy2½
 
 
 
  Netherlands½
 
  Italy1
 
 
 
  England2
 
  England3
 
 
 
  Denmark0
 
  France1
 
 
 
  Scotland2
 
  Scotland2½
 
 
 
  Sweden½
 
  Scotland2
 
 
 
  Ireland1
 
  Ireland2
 
 
 
  West Germany1
 
  Scotland2
 
 
 
  Spain1
 
  Belgium2
 
 
 
  Austria1
 
  Belgium1
 
 
 
  Spain2
 
  Spain
 
 
Bye
 

1975

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Source: [6][7][8]

Teams

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Country Players
  Australia Jack Newton and Bob Shearer
  Belgium Philippe Toussaint and Flory Van Donck
  Denmark Per Greve and Herluf Hansen
  England Neil Coles and Peter Townsend
  France Jean Garaïalde and Bernard Pascassio
  Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr and John O'Leary
  Italy Roberto Bernardini and Alberto Croce
  Netherlands Hans Lemmens and Simon van den Berg
  Portugal Antonio Barnabe and Domingos Silva
  Scotland Andrew Brooks and David Chillas
  South Africa Hugh Baiocchi and John Fourie
  Spain José María Cañizares and Manuel Piñero
  Sweden Thure Holmstrom and Gunnar Mueller
   Switzerland Franco Salmina and Ronald Tingley
  Wales Craig Defoy and David Llewellyn
  West Germany Withdrew

Results

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Last 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
  England3
 
 
 
  Portugal0
 
  England2
 
 
 
  Italy1
 
  Italy3
 
 
 
   Switzerland0
 
  England1
 
 
 
  South Africa2
 
  Spain2
 
 
 
  Wales1
 
  Spain1
 
 
 
  South Africa2
 
  South Africa2
 
 
 
  Denmark1
 
  South Africa1
 
 
 
  France2
 
  Francew/o
 
 
 
  West Germanyw/d
 
  France2
 
 
 
  Ireland1
 
  Ireland2
 
 
 
  Sweden1
 
  France2
 
 
 
  Australia1
 
  Australia2
 
 
 
  Netherlands1
 
  Australia3
 
 
 
  Belgium0
 
  Belgium2
 
 
  Scotland1
 

1976

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Source: [9][10][11][12][13]

Teams

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Country Players
  Argentina Not known
  Austria German Egger and Hansi Egger
  Australia David Graham and Bob Shearer
  Belgium Not known
  England Maurice Bembridge and Peter Butler
  France Jean Garaïalde and Bernard Pascassio
  Ireland Eamonn Darcy and Christy O'Connor Jnr
  Italy Roberto Bernardini and Baldovino Dassù
  Netherlands Martin Groenendaal and Hans Lemmens
  New Zealand Bob Charles and Simon Owen
  Scotland Brian Barnes and Bernard Gallacher
  South Africa Bobby Cole and Dale Hayes
  Spain Salvador Balbuena and Antonio Garrido
   Switzerland Franco Salmina and Fausto Shiroli
  United States Tommy Aaron and Barry Jaeckel
  West Germany Karl-Heinz Gögele and Jürgen Harder

Results

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Last 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
  South Africa3
 
 
 
   Switzerland0
 
  South Africa2
 
 
 
  Ireland1
 
  Ireland2
 
 
 
  New Zealand1
 
  South Africa½
 
 
 
  Scotland2½
 
  England2
 
 
 
  Spain1
 
  England1
 
 
 
  Scotland2
 
  Scotland3
 
 
 
  Netherlands0
 
  Scotland½
 
 
 
  United States2½
 
  West Germany2
 
 
 
  Argentina1
 
  West Germany½
 
 
 
  Australia2½
 
  Australia3
 
 
 
  Italy0
 
  Australia1
 
 
 
  United States2
 
  United States2
 
 
 
  Belgium1
 
  United States2
 
 
 
  France1
 
  France3
 
 
  Austria0
 

References

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  1. ^ "Golf – Continent in need of personalities". The Times. 5 September 1972. p. 8.
  2. ^ "Golf – British teams through comfortably". The Times. 8 September 1972. p. 10.
  3. ^ "Golf – Three home countries through as Ireland go down to Scotland". The Times. 9 September 1972. p. 5.
  4. ^ "Golf – Steadiness of Spaniards beats Wales in final". The Times. 11 September 1972. p. 8.
  5. ^ Williams, Michael (29 October 1973). "Gallacher inspires Scots' 2-1 win over France in final". The Daily Telegraph. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Chillas only Scots winner". The Glasgow Herald. 30 May 1975. p. 30.
  7. ^ "82 wins county title". The Glasgow Herald. 31 May 1975. p. 18.
  8. ^ "France's surprise win". The Glasgow Herald. 2 June 1975. p. 17.
  9. ^ "Scots face Holland". The Glasgow Herald. 30 June 1976. p. 25.
  10. ^ "Scots makes a clean sweep". The Glasgow Herald. 1 July 1976. p. 14.
  11. ^ "Scots golfers beat England". The Glasgow Herald. 2 July 1976. p. 27.
  12. ^ "Row - but Scots go through to final". The Glasgow Herald. 3 July 1976. p. 14.
  13. ^ "Americans beat Scots in final". The Glasgow Herald. 5 July 1976. p. 17.
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