The 1996 World Cup of Golf took place 21–24 November at the Erinvale Golf Club in Somerset West, Cape Town, South Africa. It was the 42nd World Cup. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event (32 teams) with each team consisting of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. Individuals also competed for the International Trophy. The prize money totaled $1,500,000 with $400,000 going to the winning pair and $100,000 to the top individual. The South African team of Ernie Els and Wayne Westner won by 18 strokes over the United States team of Steve Jones and Tom Lehman. Els took the International Trophy by three strokes over Westner. It was only the fourth time in the history of the World Cup, two players from the same squad finished first and second individually.

22 nations qualified automatically with the remaining 10 nations gaining entry through a qualifying tournament in Jamaica.

Teams Country Players Jorge Berendt and Ricardo González Stuart Appleby and Bradley Hughes Rick Gibson and Rick Todd Guillermo Encina and Roy Mackenzie Cheng Jun and Zhang Lianwei Chang Tse-Pen and Chen Liang-hsi Albert Evers and Rigoberto Velásquez Jiří Janda and Petr Mruzek Thomas Bjørn and Rene Budde Peter Mitchell and Jim Payne Marc Farry and Jean van de Velde Alex Čejka and Bernhard Langer Derek Fung and Tang Man Kee Darren Clarke and Pádraig Harrington Costantino Rocca and Manny Zerman Delroy Cambridge and Seymour Rose Katsunori Kuwabara and Tsuneyuki Nakajima Rafael Alarcón and César Pérez Trevor Dodds and Schalk van der Merwe Paul Devenport and Phil Tataurangi Nelson Cabrera and Felix Ramon Franco Wilfredo Morales and Miguel Suárez Andrew Coltart and Paul Lawrie Ernie Els and Wayne Westner Diego Borrego and Ignacio Garrido Tissa Chandradasa and Nandasena Perera Jarmo Sandelin and Patrik Sjöland André Bossert and Paolo Quirici Steve Jones and Tom Lehman Henrique Lavie and Federico Sauce Mark Mouland and Ian Woosnam Tony Johnstone and Mark McNulty

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Scores Team Place Country Score To par Money (US$)(per team)1 136-144-130-137=547 −29 400,0002 146-140-140-139=565 −11 200,0003 139-142-142-143=566 −10 125,0004 145-144-140-142=571 −5 100,0005 144-141-144-143=572 −4 80,000T6 142-147-140-150=579 +3 52,500 138-147-152-142=579T8 143-149-147-141=580 +4 28,000 146-146-143-145=580 143-149-143-145=580T11 145-142-146-148=581 +5 18,500 151-147-144-139=58113 149-140-146-148=583 +7 15,000T14 149-145-147-143=584 +8 11,332 148-143-149-144=584 145-151-148-140=584T17 143-147-145-150=585 +9 8,900 145-146-150-144=58519 145-150-149-142=586 +10 8,500T20 142-145-152-148=587 +11 8,300 152-149-146-140=58722 149-151-143-145=588 +12 8,00023 146-152-151-145=594 +18 7,80024 147-151-146-153=597 +21 7,600T25 154-152-152-147=605 +29 7,300 159-150-150-146=60527 150-156-152-148=606 +30 7,00028 149-148-152-159=608 +32 6,80029 149-157-156-150=612 +36 6,60030 154-157-154-158=623 +47 6,40031 157-164-148-158=627 +51 6,000DQ

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International Trophy Place Player Country Score To par Money (US$)1 Ernie Els 68-72-65-67=272 −16 100,0002 Wayne Westner 68-72-65-70=275 −13 50,0003 Bernhard Langer 71-68-72-69=280 −8 25,000T4 Paul Lawrie 69-70-70-72=281 −7 12,500Ian Woosnam 70-73-67-71=2815 Steve Jones 73-70-70-69=282 −6 T6 Tom Lehman 73-70-70-70=283 −5Costantino Rocca 71-71-72-69=2838 Ricardo Gonzalez 71-73-68-72=284 −4T9 Stuart Appleby 74-71-70-70=285 −3Thomas Bjørn 67-74-76-68=285Andrew Coltart 70-72-72-71=285

SourcesGolf World magazine 29 November 1996, p 58

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