The 28 nations to compete were determined based on the top-ranked player from each country from the Official World Golf Ranking as of 3 September 2018. These 28 seeded players selected a partner from the same country ranked in the top 500 of the OWGR. If there were less than five possible choices in the top 500, the seeded player could choose any of the next five players from that country in the rankings, even if they were ranked outside the top 500. The deadline for teams to be finalized was 20 September.
Teams
The table below lists the teams in order of qualification together with their World Rankings at the time of the tournament.
Country
Seeded player
Unseeded player
Marc Leishman
Cameron Smith
Tyrrell Hatton
Ian Poulter
Kyle Stanley
Matt Kuchar
Kiradech Aphibarnrat
Prom Meesawat
Thorbjørn Olesen
Søren Kjeldsen
Satoshi Kodaira
Hideto Tanihara
An Byeong-hun
Kim Si-woo
Li Haotong
Wu Ashun
Adam Hadwin
Nick Taylor
Russell Knox
Martin Laird
Thomas Pieters
Thomas Detry
Dylan Frittelli
Erik van Rooyen
Alexander Björk
Joakim Lagergren
Ryan Fox
Mark Brown
Jhonattan Vegas
Joseph Naffah
Adrián Otaegui
Jorge Campillo
Shane Lowry
Paul Dunne
Alexander Lévy
Mike Lorenzo-Vera
Joost Luiten
Daan Huizing
Anirban Lahiri
Gaganjeet Bhullar
Mikko Korhonen
Mikko Ilonen
Abraham Ancer
Roberto Díaz
Martin Kaymer
Maximilian Kieffer
Andrea Pavan
Renato Paratore
Scott Vincent
Benjamin Follett-Smith
Gavin Green
Ben Leong
Stuart Manley
Bradley Dredge
Peter Karmis
Alexander Tranacher
The following players were eligible to be a seeded player but did not commit. The order is based on the World Rankings on 3 September 2018. Five countries with an eligible player did not compete: Argentina, Austria, Chinese Taipei, Chile and Paraguay. They were replaced by Zimbabwe, Malaysia, Wales and Greece.
Australia, England and South Korea tied for the lead after the first day fourball matches with 10-under-par rounds of 62. Conditions were difficult for the second day foursomes with rain and gusty winds. Belgium and South Korea led after day 2 on 10-under-par. Mexico had the best round of the day, 70, to lift themselves into 7th place while hosts Australia had a disappointing round of 76 and dropped into a tie for 8th place. On the third day Belgium had their second fourball round of 63 and took a 5-stroke lead, ahead of Italy, Mexico and South Korea. On the final day Australia set the clubhouse lead on 268 after a final round 65. Belgium came to the last with a two-stroke lead. Thomas Pieters put their second shot to four feet, which Thomas Detry holed to give Belgium a three-stroke victory with a final round of 68. Mexico tied with Australia for second place.
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Country
Score
To par
Money
1
63-71-63-68=265
−23
2,240,000
T2
62-76-65-65=268
−20
957,500
T2
67-70-65-66=268
−20
957,500
T4
68-73-64-66=271
−17
362,000
T4
63-77-66-65=271
−17
362,000
T6
65-71-66-70=272
−16
252,500
T6
62-72-68-70=272
−16
252,500
8
62-74-67-70=273
−15
185,000
9
65-74-64-71=274
−14
140,000
T10
66-73-68-69=276
−12
102,333
T10
64-72-70-70=276
−12
102,333
T10
64-76-65-71=276
−12
102,333
13
66-76-68-67=277
−11
82,000
T14
67-71-67-73=278
−10
74,000
T14
67-78-67-66=278
−10
74,000
T16
66-79-66-68=279
−9
69,000
T16
70-73-66-70=279
−9
69,000
T18
66-75-68-71=280
−8
64,000
T18
65-76-69-70=280
−8
64,000
T18
66-76-66-72=280
−8
64,000
21
68-74-64-75=281
−7
60,000
22
63-73-72-74=282
−6
58,000
23
66-79-70-72=287
−1
56,000
T24
69-82-68-70=289
+1
53,000
T24
65-82-67-75=289
+1
53,000
26
68-81-68-73=290
+2
50,000
27
72-84-66-73=295
+7
48,000
28
66-87-68-86=307
+19
46,000
Rounds 1 and 3 were four-ball, rounds 2 and 4 were foursomes. Prize money is for the pair.
