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Sunday 23 November 1997Team cupsYear in Review
Ireland wins World Cup of Golf
Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Ocean Course), Kiawah Island, South Carolina (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 November 1997 · purse $1.5 million (US$1,300,000 team + US$200,000 individual) USD · 43rd World Cup (Wikipedia); 72 holes stroke play, two-man national teams, combined score (Wikipedia)
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 35° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent 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
- Scotland (Colin Montgomerie and Raymond Russell) SCO · 550Second-round leaders; closed with a combined 6-under 138 to finish five behind, Russell double-bogeying twice in a 72 while Montgomerie shot 66 Harrington and McGinley win World Cup for Ireland (GOLFonline, 23 Nov 1997, Wayback)
32 started
Same week
Team cup
World Cup of Golf
Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Ocean Course), Kiawah Island Golf Resort (Ocean Course), Kiawah Island, South Carolina
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Ireland (Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley)
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
GOLFonline (Golf Magazine)
23 November 1997
We both played our own game. We didn't talk to each other on the course.
GOLFonline (Golf Magazine)
23 November 1997
The key to us was we both played well
GOLFonline (Golf Magazine)
23 November 1997
We had a good chance to win, but you have to give credit to the Irish. They played very well and pointed out the strength of European golf with the emergence of good young players.
GOLFonline (Golf Magazine)
23 November 1997
It's not an official title, but it's nice to be able to win for the first time in America
Top 10
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The golfer
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What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet