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Sunday 3 December 1978Team cupsYear in Review
United States wins World Cup
Makai Golf Club, Princeville (Hanalei), Kauai, Hawaii, United States (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 30 November to Sunday 3 December 1978 · Wikipedia infobox 'Dates November 30 – December 3'; prose 'took place November 30 – December 3'
Headline from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Australia (Wayne Grady and Greg Norman) AUS · 574Second, ten strokes behind (Wikipedia; UPI 2014 '10-shot win over Australia') 1978 World Cup (men's golf) (Wikipedia)
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Team cup
World Cup
Makai Golf Club, Makai Golf Club, Princeville (Hanalei), Kauai, Hawaii, United States
1 of 5 researched
Winner
United States (John Mahaffey and Andy North)
Runner-up not yet researched.
Top 10
Not yet researched
The golfer
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet