The 1973 World Cup took place 22–25 November at the Club de Golf Nueva Andalucía in

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. The name of the club was later changed to Real Club de Golf Las Brisas. It was the 21st

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event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 49 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. Team

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of Jiri Dvorak and Jaromir Fuchs were notified but withdrew from the tournament before it began. Also before the tournament began, notable player withdrawals were Peter Thomson, selected to the Australian team, replaced by Errol Hardvigsen,

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, selected to the English team, replaced by Peter Wilcock, Terry Kendall, selected to the

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team, replaced by Simon Owen and

Brian Huggett Brian George Charles Huggett, (18 November 1936 − 22 September 2024) was a Welsh professional golfer. He won 16 events on the European circuit between 1962 and 1978, including two after the formal start of the European Tour in 1972. In 1968 ...

, selected to the Welsh team, replaced by David Vaughan. The combined score of each team determined the team's results. The

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team of

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and

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won by six strokes over the

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team of Hugh Baiocchi and

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. This was the 12th team victory for the United States, six of them with Jack Nicklaus on the team, in the event, formerly named Canada Cup, since its inception in 1953. The individual competition for the International Trophy, was won by Miller, three strokes ahead of Player.

Teams

''This list of players is incomplete'' (a) denotes amateur

Scores

Team International Trophy Sources:

References

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