Mark Calcavecchia, Chip Beck and Tom Kite each beat European opponents by six strokes Sunday, boosting the U.S. PGA team to its third consecutive victory in the Four Tours World Championship of Golf.
Each team won three matches, tying the score at 6-6, but the Americans triumphed on the basis of better total strokes, 404 to 416. Japan beat Australia-New Zealand 9-3 for third place.For the Americans, Calcavecchia beat Mark James 68-74, Beck won over Bernhard Langer 62-68 and Kite defeated Ian Woosnam 65-71.
For Europe, Ronan Rafferty, the European tour's leading money winner, won 66-70 against Ken Green, Gordon Brand Jr. beat Payne Stewart 69-70 and Jose-Maria Olazabal was a 68-69 winner over Curtis Strange.
The Americans won $65,000 each, and the Europeans took home $40,000 apiece.
Greg Norman was the only winner for the Australia-New Zealand team, beating Japanese captain Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki 65-68.