1988 World Cup (men's golf)
# 1988 World Cup (men's golf)

The 1988 World Cup took place 8–11 December at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. It was the 34th World Cup event. It was a stroke play team event with 32 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. 22 teams were qualified through the 1987 tournament and another 10 teams were invited. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The United States team of Ben Crenshaw and Mark McCumber won by one stroke over the Japan team of brothers Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki and Tateo "Jet" Ozaki The individual competition was won by Crenshaw.

## Teams

| Country | Players |
| - | - |
| Argentina | Eduardo Romero and Jorge Soto |
| Australia | Roger Mackay and Peter Senior |
| Brazil | Priscillo Diniz and Rafael Navarro |
| Canada | Dave Barr and Brent Franklin |
| Colombia | Rogelio Gonzalez and Eduardo Herrera |
| Denmark | Anders Sørensen and Steen Tinning |
| England | Mark James and Barry Lane |
| Finland | Markku Louhio and Timo Sipponen |
| France | Emmanuel Dussart and Marc Pendariès |
| Hong Kong | Yau Sui Ming and Alex Tang |
| Indonesia | Kasiyadi and Gimin Suwirjo |
| India | Basad Ali and Rohtas Singh |
| Ireland | Ronan Rafferty and Des Smyth |
| Italy | Giuseppe Calì and Costantino Rocca |
| Japan | Masashi Ozaki and Tateo Ozaki |
| Malaysia | Barrie Buluah and Sahabuddin Yusof |
| Mexico | Rafael Alarcón and Enrique Serna |
| Netherlands | Kees Borst and Willem Swart |
| New Zealand | Frank Nobilo and Greg Turner |
| Philippines | Rudy Lavares and Mario Siodina |
| Scotland | Gordon Brand Jnr and Colin Montgomerie |
| South Korea | Choi Sang-ho and Park Nam-sin |
| Spain | Manuel Piñero and José Rivero |
| Sweden | Anders Forsbrand and Johan Ryström |
| Switzerland | Karim Baradia and Helmuth Schumacher |
| Taiwan | Hsu Sheng-san and Li Wen-sheng |
| Thailand | Boonchu Ruangkit and Somsakdi Srisangar |
| United States | Ben Crenshaw and Mark McCumber |
| Venezuela | Ramón Muñoz and Julian Santana |
| Wales | Mark Mouland and David Llewellyn |
| West Germany | Wolfgang John and Carlo Knauss |
| Zimbabwe | Anthony Edwards and Tim Price |

## Scores

Team

| Place | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) (per team) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States | 139-137-137-147=560 | −16 | 200,000 |
| 2 | Japan | 138-140-138-145=561 | −15 | 110,000 |
| 3 | Australia | 143-131-142-146=562 | −14 | 80,000 |
| 4 | Canada | 144-139-140-146=569 | −7 | 65,000 |
| 5 | Scotland | 140-140-149-141=570 | −6 | 41,000 |
| 6 | New Zealand | 139-140-140-152=571 | −5 | 30,000 |
| 7 | Spain | 139-140-139-154=572 | −4 | 20,000 |
| 8 | Argentina | 145-146-143-142=576 | E | 16,000 |
| T9 | Ireland | 142-144-142-152=580 | +4 | 7,666 |
| T9 | Italy | 147-143-142-148=580 | +4 | 7,666 |
| T9 | Taiwan | 143-137-148-152=580 | +4 | 7,666 |
| T12 | Denmark | 145-144-141-152=582 | +6 | 5,000 |
| T12 | Wales | 150-142-138-152=582 | +6 | 5,000 |
| 14 | Brazil | 140-147-142-154=583 | +9 | 5,000 |
| T15 | England | 142-149-142-156=589 | +13 | 5,000 |
| T15 | Thailand | 149-146-144-150=589 | +13 | 5,000 |
| 17 | Mexico | 149-145-140-158=591 | +15 | 5,000 |
| 18 | Colombia | 143-152-145-152=592 | +16 | 5,000 |
| T19 | France | 153-143-147-154=597 | +21 | 5,000 |
| T19 | Sweden | 146-151-148-152=597 | +21 | 5,000 |
| 21 | South Korea | 146-153-146-153=598 | +22 | 5,000 |
| 22 | Finland | 147-157-153-159=606 | +30 | 5,000 |
| 23 | Philippines | 151-152-146-161=610 | +34 | 5,000 |
| 24 | India | 151-158-147-159=615 | +39 | 5,000 |
| 25 | Venezuela | 151-155-145-165=616 | +40 | 5,000 |
| 26 | West Germany | 156-152-151-158=617 | +41 | 5,000 |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 151-155-154-160=620 | +44 | 5,000 |
| 28 | Switzerland | 143-157-158-164=622 | +46 | 5,000 |
| 29 | Malaysia | 152-153-150-170=625 | +49 | 5,000 |
| 30 | Hong Kong | 158-156-155-160=629 | +53 | 5,000 |
| 31 | Indonesia | 157-154-163-163=637 | +61 | 5,000 |
| 32 | Netherlands | 160-157-162-161=640 | +64 | 5,000 |

International Trophy

| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ben Crenshaw | United States | 68-67-66-74=275 | −13 | 50,000 |
| T2 | Dave Barr | Canada | 70-67-65-75=276 | −12 | |
| T2 | Tateo Ozaki | Japan | 68-69-67-72=276 | −12 | |
| 4 | Peter Senior | Australia | 70-68-70-70=277 | −11 | |
| T5 | Gordon Brand Jnr | Scotland | 71-66-73-69=279 | −9 | |
| T5 | Rafael Navarro | Brazil | 71-74-66-68=279 | −9 | |
| 7 | Rafael Alarcón | Mexico | 69-72-67-75=283 | −5 | |
| T8 | Li Wen-cheng | Taiwan | 69-66-75-74=284 | −4 | |
| T8 | Roger Mackay | Australia | 73-63-72-76=284 | −4 | |
| T8 | Frank Nobilo | New Zealand | 67-69-70-78=284 | −4 | |
| T8 | Ronan Rafferty | Ireland | 71-70-68-75=284 | −4 | |

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