2008 World Cup (men's golf)


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. The team purse was $5,000,000 with $1,600,000 going to the winner. 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, Asian, and South American 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.

Teams

CountryPlayers
Richard Green and Brendan Jones
Graham DeLaet and Wes Heffernan
Felipe Aguilar and Mark Tullo
Liang Wen-Chong and Zhang Lian-wei
Anders Hansen and Søren Hansen
Ross Fisher and Ian Poulter
Roope Kakko and Mikko Korhonen
Grégory Bourdy and Grégory Havret
Alex Čejka and Martin Kaymer
Pablo Acuna and Alejandro Villavicencio
Jyoti Randhawa and Jeev Milkha Singh
Graeme McDowell and Paul McGinley
Edoardo Molinari and Francesco Molinari
Ryuji Imada and Toru Taniguchi

CountryPlayers
Daniel De Leon and Oscar Serna
Mark Brown and David Smail
Mars Pucay and Angelo Que
Tiago Cruz and Ricardo Santos
Alastair Forsyth and Colin Montgomerie
Rory Sabbatini and Richard Sterne
Bae Sang-moon and Kim Hyung-tae
Miguel Ángel Jiménez and Pablo Larrazábal
Robert Karlsson and Henrik Stenson
Lin Wen-tang and Lu Wen-teh
Prayad Marksaeng and Thongchai Jaidee
Ben Curtis and Brandt Snedeker
Miguel Martinez and Raul Sanz
Bradley Dredge and Richard Johnson

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