2008 World Cup (men's golf)

2008 World Cup
Tournament information
Dates	27–30 November
Location	Shenzhen, China
Course(s)	Mission Hills Golf Club, Olazabal course
Format	72 holes stroke play; (best ball & alternate shot)
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,320 yards (6,690 m)
Field	28 two-man teams
Cut	None
Prize fund	US$5.0 million
Winner's share	US$1.6 million
Champion
	Sweden; Robert Karlsson & Henrik Stenson
	261 (−27)
Location map
	Mission Hills Golf Club Location in China Mission Hills Golf Club Location in Guangdong
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The 2008 Omega Mission Hills World Cup took place from 27 November to 30 November at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China. It was the 54th World Cup. 28 countries competed and each country sent two players.^[1] The team purse was $5,000,000 with $1,600,000 going to the winner.^[2] The Swedish team of Robert Karlsson and Henrik Stenson won the tournament. This was the second time that Sweden won the World Cup.

Qualification and format

The leading 18 available players from the Official World Golf Ranking on 1 September 2008 qualified. These 18 players then selected a player from their country to compete with them. The person they pick had to be ranked within the top 100 on the Official World Golf Ranking as of 1 September. If there was no other player from that country within the top 100 then the next highest ranked player would be their partner. If there was no other available player from that country within the top 500, then the exempt player could choose whoever he wants as long as they are a professional from the same country. World qualifiers were held in September and October. Nine countries earned their spot in the World Cup, three each from the European,^[3] Asian,^[4] and South American^[5] qualifiers. The host country, China, rounded out the field.

The event is a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players. The first and third days are four-ball play and the second and final days are foursomes play.^[2]

Teams

Country	Players
Australia	Richard Green and Brendan Jones
Canada	Graham DeLaet and Wes Heffernan
Chile	Felipe Aguilar and Mark Tullo
China	Liang Wenchong and Zhang Lianwei
Denmark	Anders Hansen and Søren Hansen
England	Ross Fisher and Ian Poulter
Finland	Roope Kakko and Mikko Korhonen
France	Grégory Bourdy and Grégory Havret
Germany	Alex Čejka and Martin Kaymer
Guatemala	Pablo Acuna and Alejandro Villavicencio
India	Jyoti Randhawa and Jeev Milkha Singh
Ireland	Graeme McDowell and Paul McGinley
Italy	Edoardo Molinari and Francesco Molinari
Japan	Ryuji Imada and Toru Taniguchi

Country	Players
Mexico	Daniel De Leon and Óscar Serna
New Zealand	Mark Brown and David Smail
Philippines	Mars Pucay and Angelo Que
Portugal	Tiago Cruz and Ricardo Santos
Scotland	Alastair Forsyth and Colin Montgomerie
South Africa	Rory Sabbatini and Richard Sterne
South Korea	Bae Sang-moon and Kim Hyung-tae
Spain	Miguel Ángel Jiménez and Pablo Larrazábal
Sweden	Robert Karlsson and Henrik Stenson
Taiwan	Lin Wen-tang and Lu Wen-teh
Thailand	Prayad Marksaeng and Thongchai Jaidee
United States	Ben Curtis and Brandt Snedeker
Venezuela	Miguel Martinez and Raul Sanz
Wales	Bradley Dredge and Richard Johnson

Source^[1]

Scores

Place	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Sweden	65-67-66-63=261	−27	1,600,000
2	Spain	64-63-67-70=264	−24	800,000
T3	Australia	63-68-63-76=270	−18	345,000
T3	Japan	66-68-68-68=270	−18	345,000
5	Germany	62-69-68-73=272	−16	194,000
6	England	69-74-63-67=273	−15	167,000
T7	South Africa	70-70-67-67=274	−14	141,500
T7	Thailand	69-73-64-68=274	−14	141,500
9	United States	64-69-69-73=275	−13	116,000
T10	Chile	67-76-66-67=276	−12	92,000
	France	68-75-62-71=276
	Philippines	67-72-65-72=276
T13	Canada	64-71-69-73=277	−11	70,000
	Denmark	65-75-64-73=277
	Portugal	67-73-67-70=277
16	Ireland	65-68-68-77=278	−10	63,000
T17	China	69-75-64-72=280	−8	60,000
T17	India	67-72-70-71=280	−8	60,000
T19	Italy	70-73-64-74=281	−7	56,000
T19	Scotland	68-73-68-72=281	−7	56,000
21	Finland	69-70-68-75=282	−6	53,000
T22	Guatemala	69-76-66-72=283	−5	50,000
T22	New Zealand	65-75-68-75=283	−5	50,000
24	Taiwan	68-75-69-72=284	−4	47,000
25	Wales	69-77-68-71=285	−3	45,000
26	South Korea	68-70-71-78=287	−1	43,000
27	Mexico	66-77-71-74=288	E	41,000
28	Venezuela	71-74-75-74=294	+6	40,000

Source^[2]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b PGATOUR.com - OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup Archived 2007-11-23 at the Wayback Machine - Team Profiles
^ ^a ^b ^c PGATOUR.com - OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup Archived 2007-11-25 at the Wayback Machine - Format / Prize Money Breakdown
^ Finland earns spot in Omega Mission Hills World Cup Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine - Europe
^ Qualifying results for Omega Mission Hills World Cup Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine - Asia
^ Several countries qualify for OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup Archived 2009-02-07 at the Wayback Machine - South America
^ PGATOUR.com - OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine - Full leaderboard

External links

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[autogenerated2-1] PGATOUR.com - OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup Archived 2007-11-23 at the Wayback Machine - Team Profiles

[autogenerated1-2] PGATOUR.com - OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup Archived 2007-11-25 at the Wayback Machine - Format / Prize Money Breakdown

[3] Finland earns spot in Omega Mission Hills World Cup Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine - Europe

[4] Qualifying results for Omega Mission Hills World Cup Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine - Asia

[5] Several countries qualify for OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup Archived 2009-02-07 at the Wayback Machine - South America

[6] PGATOUR.com - OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine - Full leaderboard

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