1955 Canada Cup
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combined score
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | June 9–12 |
| Location | Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States |
| Course(s) | Columbia Country Club |
| Format | 72 holes stroke play combined score |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Field | 25 two-man teams |
| Cut | None |
| Prize fund | US$15,300 |
| Winner's share | $2,500 team $2,500 individual |
| Champion | |
 United StatesEd Furgol & Chick Harbert | |
| 560 (E) | |
| Location map | |
  Columbia Country Club Location in the United States  Columbia Country Club Location in Maryland | |
The 1955 Canada Cup took place June 9–12 at the Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, Maryland, a suburb northwest of Washington, D.C., United States. It was the third Canada Cup event, which became the World Cup in 1967. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 25 teams; the same teams that had contested the 1954 event. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results.[1] The American team of Ed Furgol and Chick Harbert won by nine strokes over the Australian team of Kel Nagle and Peter Thomson.[2][3] For the first time there was an official competition for the leading individual score. This was won by Ed Furgol, who beat Peter Thomson and Flory Van Donck in a sudden-death playoff.
