World Cup of Golf winners: Belgium Team is in First time champions list, 2018.
In the 59th edition of new biaanual Melbourn World Cup of Golf the Belgian teammates Thomas Pieters and Thomas Detry won with a score of 265, 23-under-par. Australia and Mexico tied for second place, three strokes behind. It was Belgium got first victory in the history of Men's Melbourn Golf World Cup.
United States is the dominate in winners of World Cup of Golf by 24th time champions, followed by Australia & South Africa 4th champions.
Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, Fred Couples and Davis Love III is the most 4th time Men's Golf World Cup winners in his history. By winning the individual International Trophy most time is Jack Nicklaus with 3 times.
World Cup of Golf Stats, Facts.
The First World Cup of Golf was organized in 1953 by a Canadian Industrialist John Jay Hopkins as a Canada Cup, it has different names in varous periods of its history. Just seven nations took part.
Argentina, led by Roberto de Vicenzo and Antonio Cerda, won the inaugural Golf World Cup in Montreal,
It is a men's golf tournament contested by teams of two representing their country. Only one team is allowed from each country. The players are selected on the basis of the Official World Golf Ranking, although not all of the first choice players choose to compete.
In the list of past Golf World Cup winners include Peter Thomson and Kel Nagle (AUS, 1954); Ben Hogan and Sam Snead (USA, 1956); four-time winners Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer (USA, 1963-64 & 1966-67); Tiger Woods and David Duval (USA, 2000) and Australia’s Jason Day and Adam Scott in the event’s most recent playing in 2013.
Seventeenth nations have been in the winners list of John Jay Hopkins Cup (known as Melbourne World Cup of Golf ).
This men's golf tournament changed name Canada Cup to World Cup in 1969, World Cup of Golf in 1993, WGC-World Cup in 2003, Omega Mission Hills World Cup in 2007, ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf in 2013 & in last, now currentlt known as ISPS Handa Melbourne World Cup of Golf from 2018.
World Cup of Golf Winners: Past Teams Champions List 1953-2018.
2018 - Belgium -- Thomas Pieters & Thomas Detry -- Melbourne, Australia.
Year -- Country -- Team Pair (Winners) Location (Host venues).
1953 - Argentina - (Roberto De Vicenzo/Antonio Cerda) -- Montreal , Canada
1954 - Australia - (Peter Thomson/Kel Nagle) -- Montreal , Canada
1955 - United States - (Ed Furgol/Chick Harbert) -- Washington, DC, USA
1956 - United States - (Ben Hogan/Sam Snead) -- Wentworth, Surrey, England
1957 - Japan - (Torakichi Nakamura/Koichi Ono) -- Tokyo , Japan
1958 - Ireland - (Harry Bradshaw/Christy O’Connor) -- Mexico City, Mexico
1959 - Australia - (Peter Thomson/Kel Nagle) -- Melbourne , Australia
1960 - United States - ( Arnold Palmer/Sam Snead) -- Dublin, Ireland
1961 - United States - (Sam Snead/Jimmy Demaret) -- Dorado, Puerto Rico
1962 - United States - ( Arnold Palmer/Sam Snead) -- Buenos Aires, Argentina
1963 - United States - (Jack Nicklaus/Arnold Palmer) -- Paris, France
1964 - United States - (Jack Nicklaus/Arnold Palmer) -- Maui , Hawaii , USA
1965 - South Africa - (Gary Player/Harold Henning) -- Madrid, Spain
1966 - United States - (Jack Nicklaus/Arnold Palmer) -- Tokyo, Japan
1967 - United States - (Jack Nicklaus/Arnold Palmer) -- Mexico City, Mexico
1968 - Canada - (Al Balding/George Knudson) -- Roma, Italy
1969 - United States - (Lee Trevino/Orville Moody) -- Singapore
1970 - Australia - (David Graham/Bruce Devlin) -- Buenos Aires , Argentina
1971 - United States - (Jack Nicklaus/Lee Trevino) -- Palm Beach, USA
1972 - Taiwan - (Hsieh Min-Nan/Lu Liang-Huan) -- Melbourne , Australia
1973 - United States - (Johnny Miller/Jack Nicklaus) -- Marbella , Spain
1974 - South Africa - (Bobby Cole/Dale Hayes) -- Caracas , Venezuela
1975 - United States - (Johnny Miller/Lou Graham) -- Bangkok, Thailand
1976 - Spain - (Manuel Pinero/Seve Ballesteros) -- Palm Springs , CA , USA
1977 - Spain - (Antonio Garrido/Seve Ballesteros) -- Manila , Philippines
1978 - USA - (John Mahaffey/Andy North) -- Princeville Makai, Hawaii, USA
1979 - United States - (John Mahaffey/Hale Irwin) -- Athens, Greece
1980 - Canada - (Dan Halldorson/Jim Nelford) -- Bogota, Colombia
1981 No Tournament
1982 - Spain - (Manual Pinero/Jose-Maria Canizares) -- Acapulco , Mexico
1983 - United States - (Rex Caldwell/John Cook) -- Jakarta, Indonesia
1984 - Spain - (Jose-Maria Canizares/Jose Rivero) -- Rome , Italy
1985 - Canada - (Dave Barr/Dan Halldorson) -- La Quinta , CA , USA
1986 No Tournament
1987 - Wales - (Ian Woosnam/David Llewellyn) -- Maui, Hawaii, USA
1988 - United States - (Ben Crenshaw/Mark McCumber) -- Melbourne, Australia
1989 - Australia - (Peter Fowler/Wayne Grady) -- Marbella, Spain
1990 - Germany - (Bernhard Langer/Torsten Giedeon) -- Orlando , FL , USA
1991 - Sweden - (Per-Ulrik Johansson/Anders Forsbrand) -- Roma, Italy
1992 - United States - (Fred Couples/ Davis Love III) -- Madrid, Spain
1993 - United States - (Fred Couples/ Davis Love III) -- Orlando, FL, USA
1994 - United States - (Fred Couples/ Davis Love III) -- Dorado, Puerto Rico
1995 - United States - (Fred Couples/ Davis Love III) -- Shenzhen, China
1996 - South Africa - (Ernie Els/Wayne Westner) -- Cape Town, South Africa
1997 - Ireland - (Padraig Harrington/Paul McGinley) -- Kiawah Is. , SC, USA
1998 - England - (Nick Faldo/David Carter) -- Auckland, NZ
1999 - United States - (Tiger Woods/Mark O’Meara) -- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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2000 - United States - (Tiger Woods/David Duval) -- Buenos Aires, Argentina
2001 - South Africa - (Ernie Els/Retief Goosen) -- Gotemba City, Japan
2002 - Japan - (ShigekiMaruyama/Toshi Izawa) -- Puerto Vallarta , Mexico
2003 - South Africa - (Rory Sabbatini/Trevor Immelman) -- Kiawah Island, S.Carolina, USA
2004 - England - (Paul Casey/Luke Donald) -- Seville, SPAIN
2005 - Wales - (Bradley Dredge/Steven Dodd) -- Algarve, PORTUGAL
2006 - Germany - (Bernhard Langer/Marcel Siem ) -- Sandy Lane Resort, Barbados
2007 - Scotland - (Colon Montgomery/Mark Warren St. James, BARBADOS
2008 - Sweden - (Robert Karlsson & Henrik Stenson) -- Shenzhen, China
2009 - Italy - (Edoardo Molinari & Francesco Molinari) -- Shenzhen, China
2011 - United States - (Matt Kuchar & Gary Woodland) -- Haikou, Hainan, China
2013 - Australia - (Jason Day & Adam Scott) -- Melbourne, Australia
2016 - Denmark - (Søren Kjeldsen & Thorbjørn Olesen) -- Melbourne, Australia.
2018 - Belgium - ( Thomas Detry and Thomas Pieters) - Melbourn, Australia
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ISPS Handa Melbourne World Cup of Golf., Official.
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