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Sunday 24 November 1996Team cupsYear in Review
South Africa wins World Cup of Golf
Erinvale Country Club, Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 November 1996 · purse US$1,300,000 team + US$200,000 individual (Wikipedia infobox); $1,500,000 total (Wikipedia text) USD · 42nd World Cup (Wikipedia); 72 holes stroke play, two-man national teams, combined score (Wikipedia)
Headline from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 33 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 84° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous 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
- United States (Tom Lehman and Steve Jones) USA · 565Third after 54 holes, 16 behind; improved by five shots on the final day to pass Scotland for second, 18 strokes behind South Africa Els and Westner crush their World Cup rivals (Reuters, 26 Nov 1996, as carried by jawawa.id; dead page, Wayback)
64 started
Same week
Team cup
World Cup of Golf
Erinvale Country Club, Erinvale Country Club, Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa
2 of 5 researched
Winner
South Africa (Ernie Els and Wayne Westner)
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Reuters (via jawawa.id, Wayback)
24 November 1996
The feeling walking up the 18th was incredible -- to win a tournament like this playing in front of your home crowd in the way we did is really satisfying.
Reuters (via jawawa.id, Wayback)
24 November 1996
I have won one major, but this comes very close to it.
Deseret News (Associated Press)
23 November 1996
Sixteen birdies tell the story. We drove well, we hit our irons well and we putted well.
Top 10
Not yet researched
The golfer
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet