2000 WGC-World Cup explained

2000 World Cup
Dates:7–10 December
Location:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Course:Buenos Aires Golf Club
Format:72 holes stroke play
(best ball & alternate shot)
Par:72
Yardage:6896yd
Field:24 two-man teams
Cut:None
Purse:US$3.0 million
Winners Share:US$1.0 million
Champion:
David Duval & Tiger Woods
Score:254 (−34)
Map:South America#Argentina#Argentina Buenos Aires Province
Map Label:Buenos Aires Golf Club
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:220
Previous:1999
Next:2001

The 2000 WGC-World Cup took place 7–10 December at the Buenos Aires Golf Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the 46th World Cup and the first as a World Golf Championship event. 24 countries competed and each country sent two players. The prize money totaled $3,000,000 with $1,000,000 going to the winning pair. The American team of David Duval and Tiger Woods won by three strokes over the home Argentine team of Ángel Cabrera and Eduardo Romero.[1]

Qualification and format

18 teams qualified based on the Official World Golf Ranking and were six teams via qualifiers.

The tournament 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

Country Players
Ángel Cabrera and Eduardo Romero
Peter O'Malley and Lucas Parsons
Glen Hnatiuk and Mike Weir
Jesús Amaya and Gustavo Mendoza
Brian Davis and Jamie Spence
Mikael Piltz and Kalle Väinölä
Thomas Levet and Jean van de Velde
Alex Čejka and Thomas Gögele
Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley
Shigeki Maruyama and Hidemichi Tanaka
Danny Chia and Rashid Ishmail
Frank Nobilo and Greg Turner
Carlos Franco and Esteban Isasi
Paul Lawrie and Gary Orr
Darren Fichardt and Retief Goosen
Kwang-soo Choi and Nam-sin Park
Miguel Ángel Jiménez and José María Olazábal
Pierre Fulke and Mathias Grönberg
Chawalit Plaphol and Thammanoon Sriroj
Robert Ames and Stephen Ames
David Duval and Tiger Woods
Cipriano Castro and Miguel Martinez
Phillip Price and Ian Woosnam
Tony Johnstone and Mark McNulty

Source

Scores

Place Country Score To par Money (US$)
1 61-65-60-68=254 −34 1,000,000
2 57-67-65-68=257 −31 500,000
3 64-66-68-67=265 −23 300,000
4 60-71-67-68=266 −22 150,000
5 64-69-65-70=268 −20 115,000
6 57-67-65-80=269 −19 100,000
align=center rowspan=3T7 62-69-66-73=270 align=center rowspan=3−18 align=right rowspan=380,000
63-69-67-71=270
64-70-63-73=270
align=center rowspan=2T10 61-72-62-76=271 align=center rowspan=2−17 align=right rowspan=257,500
64-66-66-75=271
align=center rowspan=3T12 58-70-69-75=272 align=center rowspan=3−16 align=right rowspan=345,000
65-72-66-69=272
62-72-67-71=272
15 68-64-67-74=273 −15 39,000
16 66-69-70-69=274 −14 38,000
align=center rowspan=2T17 61-72-66-79=278 align=center rowspan=2−10 align=right rowspan=236,500
63-70-66-79=278
19 68-67-67-77=279 −9 35,000
20 62-72-70-76=280 −8 34,000
21 68-70-70-73=281 −7 33,000
22 66-67-72-79=284 −4 32,000
23 70-74-71-81=296 +8 31,000
24 67-81-68-84=300 +12 30,000

Source[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Woods, Duval hold off Argentina . Tom . Clark . 11 December 2000 . 16 October 2012 . USA Today.
  2. News: 2000 EMC World Cup results . ESPN . 17 November 2000 . 16 October 2012.