2011 World Cup (men's golf)

January 2020 2011 World Cup 24–27 November Haikou, Hainan Island, China Mission Hills Haikou, Blackstone course 72 holes stroke playbest ball & alternate shot 72 7441 yd m 28 two-man teams None US$7.5 million US$2.4 million Matt Kuchar & Gary Woodland 264 (−24) China#Hainan Mission Hills Location in East Asia##Location in Hainan yes 220 2009 2013 The 2011 Omega Mission Hills World Cup was a golf tournament that took place 24–27 November on the Blackstone coursehttp://worldcup.pgatour.com/about_the_course.aspx The 56th World Cup of Golf – About the course 2011-11-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20111125125716/http://worldcup.pgatour.com/about_the_course.aspx 2011-11-25 dead dmy-all at Mission Hills Haikou in Hainan, China. It was the 56th World Cup, and the first since 2009, when the tournament switched to being staged biennially. 28 countries competed as two player teams. The purse was increased from $5.5 million in 2009 to $7.5 million in 2011.http://worldcup.pgatour.com/newsdetails.aspx?Hid=1090 World Cup Becomes Biennial 2011-11-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20110928151929/http://worldcup.pgatour.com/newsdetails.aspx?Hid=1090 2011-09-28 dead dmy-all The event was won by the United States, represented by Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland with a score of 264, 24 under par.http://worldcup.pgatour.com/newsdetails.aspx?Hid=1123 The 56th World Cup of Golf – Kuchar, Woodland complete U.S. rally at OMEGA World Cup 2011-11-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20111203205725/http://worldcup.pgatour.com/newsdetails.aspx?Hid=1123 2011-12-03 dead dmy-allhttps://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/7286396/matt-kuchar-gary-woodland-help-united-states-end-drought-golf-world-cup-win U.S. team wins golf's World Cup 27 November 2011 ESPN Associated Press 28 November 2011https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/8918561/US-team-of-Matt-Kuchar-and-Gary-Woodland-win-Golf-World-Cup.html US team of Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland win Golf World Cup 27 November 2011 Daily Telegraph 28 November 2011https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/nov/27/matt-kuchar-golf-world-cup?newsfeed=true Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland win World Cup for USA at Mission Hills 27 November 2011 Guardian Press Association 28 November 2011https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/15908376 United States duo Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland win World Cup 27 November 2011 BBC Sport 28 November 2011 Qualification and format The leading 18 available players from different countries in the Official World Golf Ranking qualified automatically on 18 July. These 18 players then selected a player from their country to compete with them. The person they picked 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 wanted as long as they are a professional from the same country.http://worldcup.pgatour.com/qualification_process.aspx The 56th World Cup of Golf – Qualification Process 2011-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20110726121332/http://worldcup.pgatour.com/qualification_process.aspx 2011-07-26 dead dmy-all A further nine countries qualified via three qualifying stages, held in Malaysia,http://worldcup.pgatour.com/newsdetails.aspx?Hid=1095 The 56th World Cup of Golf – Singapore Make the Grade at the Omega Mission Hills World Cup Asian Qualifying 2011-11-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20111118005831/http://worldcup.pgatour.com/newsdetails.aspx?Hid=1095 2011-11-18 dead dmy-all Estoniahttp://worldcup.pgatour.com/newsdetails.aspx?Hid=1096 The 56th World Cup of Golf – Austria, The Netherlands and Portugal Qualify for the Omega Mission Hills World Cup 2011-11-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20111118010616/http://worldcup.pgatour.com/newsdetails.aspx?Hid=1096 2011-11-18 dead dmy-all and Venezuela.http://www.tourdelasamericas.com/news/986/?lg=en Tour de las Americas – Brazil, Mexico & Guatemala qualify to the World Cup 2011-11-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120615165647/http://www.tourdelasamericas.com/news/986/?lg=en 2012-06-15 dead dmy-all The final team was the host nation, China. The 18 qualifying players (together with their country and World Ranking on 18 July) were Martin Kaymer (Germany, ranked 3), Rory McIlroy (Ireland, 4), Matt Kuchar (USA, 8), Charl Schwartzel (South Africa, 12), Ian Poulter (England, 16), Robert Karlsson (Sweden, 19), Francesco Molinari (Italy, 23), Álvaro Quirós (Spain, 24), Martin Laird (Scotland, 26), Anders Hansen (Denmark, 41), Raphaël Jacquelin (France, 69), Yuta Ikeda (Japan, 70), Brendan Jones (Australia, 73), Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium, 75), Camilo Villegas (Colombia, 78), Jamie Donaldson (Wales, 98), Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand, 101) and Brendon de Jonge (Zimbabwe, 106). South Korea, Fiji and Argentina would have qualified automatically had their leading players chosen to play.http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/archive/2011/owgr29f2011.pdf Official World Golf Ranking 2011 Week 29 17 July 2011 23 November 2011 The event was a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players. The first and third days were fourball play and the second and final days were foursomes play. Teams The table below lists the teams together with their World Ranking (if any) at the time of the tournament.http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/archive/2011/owgr47f2011.pdf Official World Golf Ranking 2011 Week 47 20 November 2011 24 November 2011 CountryPlayersQualifiedBrendan Jones (81) and Richard Green (88) OWGRFlorian Praegant (378) and Roland Steiner (616) European QualifierNicolas Colsaerts (75) and Jérôme Theunis (–) OWGRAdilson da Silva (376) and Lucas Lee (1037) South American QualifierLiang Wenchong (252) and Zhang Xinjun (647)Host nationCamilo Villegas(79) and Manuel Villegas (1308) OWGRAnders Hansen (31) and Thorbjørn Olesen (174) OWGRIan Poulter (25) and Justin Rose (16)OWGRRaphaël Jacquelin (100) and Grégory Bourdy (131) OWGRMartin Kaymer (4) and Alex Čejka (314)OWGRPablo Acuña (–) and José Toledo (–) South American QualifierThis was a combined Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland team. They competed under the Republic of Ireland flag although both golfers were from Northern Ireland.Rory McIlroy (2) and Graeme McDowell (14) OWGRFrancesco Molinari (39) and Edoardo Molinari (61) OWGRYuta Ikeda (73) and Tetsuji Hiratsuka (89) OWGRJosé de Jesús Rodríguez (399) and Óscar Serna (934) South American QualifierJoost Luiten (66) and Robert-Jan Derksen (218) European QualifierGareth Paddison (753) and Michael Hendry (559)Asian QualifierRicardo Santos (266) and Hugo Santos (–) European QualifierMartin Laird (42) and Stephen Gallacher (127) OWGRMardan Mamat (269) and Lam Chih Bing (793) Asian QualifierCharl Schwartzel (13) and Louis Oosthuizen (37)OWGRKim Hyung-sung (315) and Park Sung-joon (437) Asian QualifierÁlvaro Quirós (47) and Miguel Ángel Jiménez (40) OWGRRobert Karlsson (28) and Alex Norén (63)OWGRThongchai Jaidee (150) and Kiradech Aphibarnrat (184)OWGRMatt Kuchar (10) and Gary Woodland (48)OWGRJamie Donaldson (83) and Rhys Davies (140)OWGRBrendon de Jonge (126) and Bruce McDonald (–)OWGR The tournament included three pairs of brothers: the Villegas brothers representing Colombia, the Molinari brothers representing Italy and the Santos brothers representing Portugal.http://worldcup.pgatour.com/newsdetails.aspx?Hid=1102 The 56th World Cup of Golf – Brothers in arms at OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup 2011-11-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20111030102742/http://worldcup.pgatour.com/newsdetails.aspx?Hid=1102 2011-10-30 dead dmy-all Result Australia led after the first round with a better-ball score of 61. Ireland and Scotland were in joint second place with 63, followed by The Netherlands and United States with 64. After the second round foursomes, Australia and Ireland were joint leaders at 131. Scotland were third at 132, followed by Spain, New Zealand and United States at 134. Ireland led by two shots at the end of the third day with a total of 195 after a better-ball score of 64. Germany, South Africa and United States were tied for second at 197 with Australia fifth at 198. Germany and South Africa had the best scores of the day with 61. The United States had a last round foursome score of 67 to win by two shots over England and Germany. Ireland had a last round 72 to drop to a tie for fourth place. PlaceCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)164-70-63-67=264−24 2,400,000T266-69-68-63=266 −22 1,025,000 65-71-61-69=266T461-70-67-69=267−21 332,500 64-71-64-68=267 63-68-64-72=267 63-69-69-66=267867-69-65-67=268−20 200,000T965-69-68-67=269 −19 135,000 66-71-64-68=2691166-70-67-67=270−18 105,0001268-68-61-74=271−17 96,000T1365-72-68-67=272 −16 81,000 66-70-68-68=272 66-69-65-72=2721666-68-68-71=273−15 74,0001767-69-64-74=274−14 72,000T1868-68-68-71=275 −13 69,000 66-70-68-71=275T2069-72-65-70=276 −12 64,000 66-70-66-74=276 70-68-66-72=276T2368-71-67-72=278 −10 59,000 65-76-64-73=2782566-74-66-73=279−9 56,0002668-75-65-74=282−6 54,0002775-74-66-70=285−3 52,0002867-77-68-84=296+8 50,000 Sourcehttp://www.asiantour.com/tournaments/100/results/ World Cup 2011 Asian Tour 22 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160923101753/http://www.asiantour.com/tournaments/100/results/ 23 September 2016 dead https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/8918561/US-team-of-Matt-Kuchar-and-Gary-Woodland-win-Golf-World-Cup.html US team of Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland win Golf World Cup The Telegraph 27 November 2011 Notes References External links Official site 19.905375 110.310699 type:event title Category:World Cup (men's golf) Category:Golf tournaments in China Category:Sport in Hainan World Cup (men's) World Cup golf