The Hennessy Cognac Cup was a biennial team golf tournament contested from 1976 to 1984. The contests in 1976, 1978 and 1980 were between teams of professional male golfers; one team representing Great Britain and Ireland, the other team representing Continental Europe. There was also an earlier event, in 1974, played at Sotogrande in Spain, not sponsored by Hennessy. In 1982 a third team, the Rest of the World, was added and the event became a stroke-play contest. The 1984 event was run on a different basis, with 10 national teams competing. The tournament was played in years when there was no Ryder Cup.
The first matches between a team representing Great Britain and Ireland and a team representing Continental Europe were played for the Joy Cup from 1954 to 1958. The concept was restarted with the Seve Trophy in 2000.
The score given above in 1984 was the result of the final. The 1982 contest was determined by a cumulative stroke-play score. In 1974 2 points were awarded for a win and 1 for a halved match.
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The teams were:
Continent of Europe: Francisco Abreu, Valentín Barrios, Jaime Benito, Roberto Bernardini, José María Cañizares, Jan Dorrestein, Ángel Gallardo, Jean Garaïalde, Manuel Sanchez, Donald Swaelens (captain unknown)
Great Britain and Ireland: Brian Huggett (captain), Brian Barnes, Neil Coles, Bernard Gallacher, Tommy Horton, Guy Hunt, Christy O'Connor Jnr, Peter Oosterhuis, Eddie Polland, Peter Townsend
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The teams were:
Continent of Europe: Ángel Gallardo (captain), Salvador Balbuena, Seve Ballesteros, José María Cañizares, Baldovino Dassù, Jean Garaïalde, Antonio Garrido, Bernhard Langer, Bernard Pascassio, Manuel Piñero, Philippe Toussaint
Great Britain and Ireland: Tony Jacklin (captain), Brian Barnes, Peter Butler, Neil Coles, Eamonn Darcy, Martin Foster, Tommy Horton, David Jagger, John O'Leary, Eddie Polland, Sam Torrance
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The teams were:
Great Britain and Ireland: Brian Huggett (captain), Brian Barnes, Ken Brown, Howard Clark, Neil Coles, Nick Faldo, Bernard Gallacher, Mark James, John O'Leary, Eddie Polland, Sam Torrance
Continent of Europe: Ángel Gallardo (captain), Francisco Abreu, Manuel Ballesteros, Seve Ballesteros, Manuel Calero, José María Cañizares, Patrick Cotton, Baldovino Dassù, Antonio Garrido, Bernhard Langer, Manuel Piñero
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The teams were:
Great Britain and Ireland: Brian Barnes (captain), Neil Coles, Nick Faldo, Mark James, Nick Job, Sandy Lyle, Carl Mason, Eddie Polland, Des Smyth, Sam Torrance, Brian Waites
Continent of Europe: Ángel Gallardo (captain), Francisco Abreu, Manuel Ballesteros, Seve Ballesteros, Manuel Calero, José María Cañizares, Baldovino Dassù, Antonio Garrido, Bernhard Langer, Massimo Mannelli, Manuel Piñero
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The teams were:
Great Britain and Ireland: Tony Jacklin (captain), Nick Faldo, Bernard Gallacher, Mark James, Sandy Lyle, John O'Leary, Des Smyth, Sam Torrance, Brian Waites, Ian Woosnam
Continent of Europe: Bernhard Langer (captain), Juan Anglada, Manuel Ballesteros, Manuel Calero, José María Cañizares, Baldovino Dassù, Manuel Garcia, Antonio Garrido, Manuel Montes, Manuel Piñero
Rest of the World: Greg Norman (captain), Hugh Baiocchi, John Bland, Bob Charles, Vicente Fernández, Jaime Gonzalez, Jeff Hawkes, Tony Johnstone, Mac O'Grady, Vaughan Somers
The tournament was played from 13 to 16 September between 10 teams, the four home nations, five from continental Europe and a Rest of the World team. The event was again played at Ferndown Golf Club in Dorset. There were 4 players in each team who each played a round of stroke-play on each of the first two days. The best three rounds on each day were used to determine the team score. The leading four teams then played semi-finals and a final on the next two days.The semi-finals and final were match-play contests with two fourball matches in the morning and four singles in the afternoon.
There was a £4,000 prize for the leading player after the first two days. This was won by Sandy Lyle with a score of 129, a stroke ahead of Howard Clark.
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The teams were:
England: Nick Faldo (captain), Howard Clark, Mark James, Brian Waites
Scotland: Bernard Gallacher (captain), Ken Brown, Sandy Lyle, Sam Torrance
Wales: Craig Defoy, David Llewellyn, Philip Parkin, Ian Woosnam
Ireland: Eamonn Darcy (captain), Christy O'Connor Jnr, Ronan Rafferty, Des Smyth
France: Jean Garaïalde, Bernard Pascassio, Michel Tapia, Géry Watine
Italy: Renato Campagnoli, Baldovino Dassù, Massimo Mannelli, Costantino Rocca
Spain: Manuel Calero, José María Cañizares, Antonio Garrido, José Rivero
Sweden: Anders Forsbrand, Krister Kinell, Magnus Persson Atlevi, Ove Sellberg
West Germany: Torsten Giedion, Karl-Heinz Gögele, Manfred Kessler, Carlo Knauss
Rest of the World: Michael Clayton, David Frost, Jaime Gonzalez, Peter Teravainen
