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Sunday 13 November 1994Team cupsYear in Review

United States wins World Cup of Golf

Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort, Dorado, Puerto Rico (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 November 1994 · purse US$1.2 million (Wikipedia infobox); US$1,200,000 (1994 European Tour page); 1,200,000 (1994 PGA Tour page) USD · 40th World Cup (Wikipedia; SI "the 40th World Cup"); 72 holes stroke play, two-man national teams, combined score; listed in the unofficial events tables of the 1994 PGA Tour and European Tour Wikipedia pages (13 Nov)

Headline from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.

The weather

11 h 09 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 53° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

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The name over time

Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.

The ones it got away from

  • Zimbabwe (Tony Johnstone and Mark McNulty) ZIM · 550Finished 14 strokes behind the United States on 26 under par (rounds 135-139-133-143) 1994 World Cup of Golf (Wikipedia)

64 started

Same week

Nothing else in our record that week.

Team cup

World Cup of Golf

Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort (East Course), Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort, Dorado, Puerto Rico

2 of 5 researched

Winner

United States (Fred Couples and Davis Love III)

536Total
−40To par
14 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

Sports Illustrated (SI Vault, via Wayback)

At 16 he gets thrown into a tournament with the biggest-name guys in the event, and he comes out and shoots under par

Davis Love III, quoted in Sports Illustrated (SI Vault, via Wayback), 21 November 1994. The report

Sports Illustrated (SI Vault, via Wayback)

It didn't surprise me that I played well. It surprised me that I putted so well

Marimuthu Ramayah, quoted in Sports Illustrated (SI Vault, via Wayback), 21 November 1994. The report
Top 10

Not yet researched

The golfer

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What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet