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.PGATOUR.com - OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup - Team Profiles The team purse was $5,000,000 with $1,600,000 going to the winner.PGATOUR.com - OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup - Format / Prize Money Breakdown 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,Finland earns spot in Omega Mission Hills World Cup - Europe Asian,Qualifying results for Omega Mission Hills World Cup - Asia and South AmericanSeveral countries qualify for OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup - South America 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
CountryPlayersRichard Green and Brendan JonesGraham DeLaet and Wes HeffernanFelipe Aguilar and Mark TulloLiang Wenchong and Zhang LianweiAnders Hansen and Søren HansenRoss Fisher and Ian PoulterRoope Kakko and Mikko KorhonenGrégory Bourdy and Grégory HavretAlex Čejka and Martin KaymerPablo Acuna and Alejandro VillavicencioJyoti Randhawa and Jeev Milkha SinghGraeme McDowell and Paul McGinleyEdoardo Molinari and Francesco MolinariRyuji Imada and Toru Taniguchi
CountryPlayersDaniel De Leon and Óscar SernaMark Brown and David SmailMars Pucay and Angelo QueTiago Cruz and Ricardo SantosAlastair Forsyth and Colin MontgomerieRory Sabbatini and Richard SterneBae Sang-moon and Kim Hyung-taeMiguel Ángel Jiménez and Pablo LarrazábalRobert Karlsson and Henrik StensonLin Wen-tang and Lu Wen-tehPrayad Marksaeng and Thongchai JaideeBen Curtis and Brandt SnedekerMiguel Martinez and Raul SanzBradley Dredge and Richard Johnson
Source
Scores PlaceCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)165-67-66-63=261−27 1,600,000264-63-67-70=264−24 800,000T363-68-63-76=270−18 345,000 66-68-68-68=270562-69-68-73=272−16 194,000669-74-63-67=273−15 167,000T770-70-67-67=274−14 141,500 69-73-64-68=274964-69-69-73=275−13 116,000T1067-76-66-67=276−12 92,000 68-75-62-71=276 67-72-65-72=276T1364-71-69-73=277−11 70,000 65-75-64-73=277 67-73-67-70=2771665-68-68-77=278−10 63,000T1769-75-64-72=280−8 60,000 67-72-70-71=280T1970-73-64-74=281−7 56,000 68-73-68-72=2812169-70-68-75=282−6 53,000T2269-76-66-72=283−5 50,000 65-75-68-75=2832468-75-69-72=284−4 47,0002569-77-68-71=285−3 45,0002668-70-71-78=287−1 43,0002766-77-71-74=288E 41,0002871-74-75-74=294+6 40,000 SourcePGATOUR.com - OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup - Full leaderboard
References
External links Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site Mission Hills Golf Club