2016 World Cup of Golf

2016 World Cup of Golf
Tournament information
Dates24–27 November
LocationMelbourne, Australia
Course(s)Kingston Heath Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
alternate shot & four-ball
Statistics
Par72
Field28 two-man teams
Prize fund$8.0 million
Winner's share$2.56 million
Champion
 Denmark
Søren Kjeldsen & Thorbjørn Olesen
268 (−20)
Location map
Kingston Heath GC is located in Australia
Kingston Heath GC
Kingston Heath GC
Location in Australia
Kingston Heath GC is located in Victoria
Kingston Heath GC
Kingston Heath GC
Location in Victoria
Kingston Heath GC is located in Melbourne
Kingston Heath GC
Kingston Heath GC
Location in Melbourne
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The 2016 World Cup of Golf (known as the 2016 ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf for sponsorship reasons) was a golf tournament played from 24–27 November at Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia.[1] It was the 58th World Cup.[2] Twenty-eight countries competed as two-player teams.[3] The format was 72-hole stroke play; the first and third days were alternate shot, and the second and fourth days were four-ball play.

The tournament was won by Denmark by four shots.[4][5]

Qualification

Jason Day, the individual champion of the 2013 World Cup of Golf, qualified automatically, representing Australia, and was allowed to select his partner as defined below. One player each from 27 other countries qualified based on their position in the Official World Golf Ranking on 1 August. The deadline for these players to commit was 11 August.[3]

The 28 exempt players selected a partner from the same country, if such a player was ranked in the top 500 of the OWGR. If less than five other players from that country were ranked in the top 500, a player could choose a partner from outside the top 500.[3] The deadline for teams to be finalized is 26 August.

Teams

The table below lists the teams in order of qualification (i.e. ranking of seeded player on 1 August 2016), together with their World Ranking at the time of the tournament.

Country Seeded player Unseeded player
 United States Rickie Fowler (12) Jimmy Walker (20)
 Australia Adam Scott (7) Marc Leishman (54)
 Japan Hideki Matsuyama (6) Ryo Ishikawa (100)
 England Chris Wood (38) Andy Sullivan (46)
 Scotland Russell Knox (19) Duncan Stewart (324)
 Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello (32) Jon Rahm (131)
 Ireland Shane Lowry (43) Graeme McDowell (83)
 South Korea An Byeong-hun (42) Kim Kyung-tae (56)
 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee (52) Kiradech Aphibarnrat (81)
 Denmark Søren Kjeldsen (45) Thorbjørn Olesen (67)
 New Zealand Danny Lee (64) Ryan Fox (135)
 Sweden Alex Norén (9) David Lingmerth (66)
 Italy Francesco Molinari (33) Matteo Manassero (340)
 Austria Bernd Wiesberger (40) Martin Wiegele (1319)
 Belgium Thomas Pieters (50) Nicolas Colsaerts (106)
 Netherlands Joost Luiten (59) Darius van Driel (385)
 South Africa Jaco van Zyl (94) George Coetzee (141)
 Venezuela Jhonattan Vegas (74) Julio Vegas (1871)
 France Victor Dubuisson (79) Romain Langasque (192)
 Wales Bradley Dredge (91) Stuart Manley (881)
 Germany Alex Čejka (150) Stephan Jäger (472)
 Portugal Ricardo Gouveia (125) José-Filipe Lima (287)
 Canada David Hearn (149) Adam Hadwin (187)
 China Wu Ashun (171) Li Haotong (130)
 Philippines Miguel Tabuena (154) Angelo Que (416)
 Chinese Taipei Pan Cheng-tsung (195) Chan Shih-chang (188)
 India Shiv Chawrasia (226) S. Chikkarangappa (326)
 Malaysia Danny Chia (296) Nicholas Fung (329)

The following players were eligible to be a seeded player but did not commit. The order is based on the World Rankings on 1 August 2016. Three countries with an eligible player did not compete: Argentina, Fiji and Paraguay. They were replaced by Chinese Taipei, India and Malaysia.

Final leaderboard

Place Country Score To par Money (US$)[6]
1  Denmark 72-60-70-66=268 −20 2,560,000
T2  China 70-65-72-65=272 −16 880,333
 France 70-67-72-63=272
 United States 70-67-69-66=272
5  Sweden 72-66-73-62=273 −15 380,000
T6  Italy 71-66-73-64=274 −14 297,500
 Japan 73-65-71-65=274
8  Spain 69-67-73-66=275 −13 215,000
T9  Australia 74-68-70-65=277 −11 142,500
 Ireland 72-69-70-66=277
T11  Canada 75-68-69-66=278 −10 105,000
 New Zealand 75-64-72-67=278
T13  Belgium 73-69-70-67=279 −9 83,500
 England 71-66-77-65=279
 Germany 74-71-70-64=279
 South Africa 76-66-71-66=279
T17  Austria 73-68-71-68=280 −8 75,000
 Netherlands 75-64-75-66=280
T19  Scotland 78-65-72-67=282 −6 70,000
 Chinese Taipei 74-65-74-69=282
 Thailand 73-66-77-66=282
T22  India 74-66-75-68=283 −5 63,000
 Malaysia 77-68-72-66=283
 South Korea 74-69-76-64=283
 Wales 74-66-80-63=283
26  Portugal 74-68-72-70=284 −4 58,000
27  Venezuela 74-68-76-67=285 −3 56,000
28  Philippines 77-67-77-70=291 +3 54,000

References

  1. ^ "Kingston Heath to host World Cup in 2016 return". PGA Tour. 6 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Australia awarded upcoming World Cup, Presidents Cup". PGA Tour. 10 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Glossary: Eligibility, Formats". PGA Tour. 16 December 2015. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  4. ^ "World Cup of Golf: Kjeldsen and Olesen lead Denmark to first victory in the tournament". BBC Sport. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Søren Kjeldsen and Thorbjørn Olesen post maiden golf World Cup win for Denmark". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  6. ^ "World Cup of Golf". Golf Channel. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

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