The 1977 World Cup took place December 8–11 at the

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. It was the 25th

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event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 50 teams. The

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team of Ernesto Perez Acosta and

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did not arrive on time to start and were replaced by a Filipino amateur team of

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and Emilio Tuazon. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Spanish team of

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and Antonio Garrido successfully defended the title Spain won in 1976 and won by two strokes over the Philippines team of

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and

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. The individual competition for The International Trophy, was won by

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, three strokes ahead of Lavares and

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Teams

(a) denotes amateur Source:

Scores

Team International Trophy Sources:

References

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