The World Cup of Golf was first held in 1953. In 2000 the event became part of the World Golf Championships organized by the International Golf Federation of PGA Tours which is make up of the PGA TOUR, European Tour, Japan Golf Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia, Sunshine Tour (South Africa) and the Asian Tour. The World Cup is golf's oldest worldwide team competition and is often called golf's Olympics.

The World Cup's winners include some of the greatest names in the history of golf including Sam Snead, Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Severiano Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer, Tiger Woods and Ernie Els. In all, 30 major championship winners have taken home the World Cup. The United States boasts the greatest number of wins with a total of 22. South Africa can lay claim to five victories. Spain and Australia have both won on four occasions.

PAST RESULTS OF THE WORLD CUP

As World Cup of Golf

Year - Country (Players) - Venue
1953 - Argentina (Roberto De Vicenzo/Antonio Cerda) - Montreal, Canada
1954 - Australia (Peter Thomson/Kel Nagle) - Montreal, Canada
1955 - United States (Ed Furgol/Chick Harbert) - Washington, D.C., United States
1956 - United States (Ben Hogan/Sam Snead) - Wentworth, Surrey, England
1957 - Japan (Torakichi Nakamura/Koichi Ono) - Tokyo, Japan
1958 - Ireland (Harry Bradshaw/Christy O'Connor) - Mexico City, Mexico
1959 - Australia (Peter Thomson/Kel Nagle) - Melbourne, Australia
1960 - United States (Arnold Palmer/Sam Snead) - Dublin, Ireland
1961 - United States (Sam Snead/Jimmy Demaret) - Dorado, Puerto Rico
1962 - United States (Arnold Palmer/Sam Snead) - Buenos Aires, Argentina
1963 - United States (Jack Nicklaus/Arnold Palmer) - Paris, France
1964 - United States (Jack Nicklaus/Arnold Palmer) - Maui, Hawaii, United States
1965 - South Africa (Gary Player/Harold Henning) - Madrid, Spain
1966 - United States (Jack Nicklaus/Arnold Palmer) - Tokyo, Japan
1967 - United States (Jack Nicklaus/Arnold Palmer) - Mexico City, Mexico
1968 - Canada (Al Balding/George Knudson) - Rome, Italy
1969 - United States (Lee Trevino/Orville Moody) - Singapore
1970 - Australia (David Graham/Bruce Devlin) - Buenos Aires, Argentina
1971 - United States (Jack Nicklaus/Lee Trevino) - Palm Beach, Florida, United States
1972 - Taiwan (Hsieh Min-Nan/Lu Liang-Huan) - Melbourne, Australia
1973 - United States (Johnny Miller/Jack Nicklaus) - Marbella, Spain
1974 - South Africa (Bobby Cole/Dale Hayes) - Caracas, Venezuela
1975 - United States (Johnny Miller/Lou Graham) - Bangkok, Thailand
1976 - Spain (Manuel Pinero/Seve Ballesteros) - Palm Springs, California, United States
1977 - Spain (Antonio Garrido/Seve Ballesteros) - Manila, Philippines
1978 - United States (John Mahaffey/Andy North) - Princeville Makai, Hawaii, United States
1979 - United States (John Mahaffey/Hale Irwin) - Athens, Greece
1980 - Canada (Dan Halldorson/Jim Nelford) - Bogota, Colombia
1981 - No Tournament
1982 - Spain (Manual Pinero/Jose-Maria Canizares) - Acapulco, Mexico
1983 - United States (Rex Caldwell/John Cook) - Jakarta, Indonesia
1984 - Spain (Jose-Maria Canizares/Jose Rivero) - Rome, Italy
1985 - Canada (Dave Barr/Dan Halldorson) La Quinta, California, United States
1986 - No Tournament
1987 - Wales (Ian Woosnam/David Llewellyn) - Maui, Hawaii, United States
1988 - United States (Ben Crenshaw/Mark McCumber) - Melbourne, Australia
1989 - Australia (Peter Fowler/Wayne Grady) - Marbella, Spain
1990 - Germany (Bernhard Langer/Torsten Giedeon) - Orlando, Florida, United States
1991 - Sweden (Per-Ulrik Johansson/Anders Forsbrand) - Rome, Italy
1992 - United States (Fred Couples/Davis Love III) - Madrid, Spain
1993 - United States (Fred Couples/Davis Love III) - Orlando, Florida, United States
1994 - United States (Fred Couples/Davis Love III) - Dorado, Puerto Rico
1995 - United States (Fred Couples/Davis Love III) - Shenzhan, China
1996 - South Africa (Ernie Els/Wayne Westner) - Cape Town, South Africa
1997 - Ireland (Padraig Harrington/Paul McGinley) - Kiawah Island, South Carolina, United States
1998 - England (Nick Faldo/David Carter) - Auckland, New Zealand
1999 - United States (Tiger Woods/Mark O'Meara) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

As a part of the World Golf Championships

2000 - United States (Tiger Woods/David Duval) - Buenos Aires, Argentina
2001 - South Africa (Ernie Els/Retief Goosen) - Gotemba City, Japan
2002 - Japan (Shigeki Maruyama/Toshi Izawa) - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2003 - South Africa (Trevor Immelman/Rory Sabbatini) - Kiawah Island, South Carolina, United States
2004 - England (Paul Casey/Luke Donald) - Seville, Spain
2005 - Wales (Bradley Dredge/Stephen Dodd) - Algarve, Portugal