The 1985 World Cup took place at the

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, United States. It was the 32nd

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event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 31 teams, of which 15 teams were directly qualified through last years tournament. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Canada team of Dave Barr and

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won by four strokes over the

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team of Howard Clark and

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. The individual competition for The International Trophy, was won by Howard Clark five strokes ahead of

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