The event, which began its life in 1953 as the Canada Cup, officially became known as the World Cup of Golf in 1967. An esteemed list of players, such as Sam Snead, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Lee Trevino, Nick Faldo, Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer, Tiger Woods, Ernie Els and Colin Montgomerie, have all been able to call themselves world champions over the years.
Yet not even a champions list as prestigious as this has been enough to save the event, as over time it began to draw fewer and fewer marquee names. The 2018 World Cup, played at Royal Melbourne and won by the Belgian pairing of Thomas Detry and Thomas Pieters, proved to be its swansong. Thankfully, we will always have the memories of what…