2009 World Cup (men's golf) explained

2009 World Cup
Dates:	26–29 November
Location:	Shenzhen, China
Course:	Mission Hills Golf Club, Olazabal course
Format:	72 holes stroke play (best ball & alternate shot)
Par:	72
Yardage:	7320yd
Field:	28 two-man teams
Cut:	None
Purse:	US$5.5 million
Winners Share:	US$1.7 million
Champion:	Edoardo Molinari & Francesco Molinari
Score:	259 (−29)
Map:	China#China Guangdong
Map Label:	Mission Hills Golf Club
Map Relief:	yes
Map Label Position:	left
Map Size:	240
Previous:	2008
Next:	2011

The 2009 Omega Mission Hills World Cup took place from 26 November to 29 November at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China. It was the 55th World Cup. 28 countries competed as two-man teams.^[1] The team purse was $5,500,000 with $1,700,000 going to the winner.^[2] The event was won by Italy with a score of 259 (−29).^[3]

Qualification and format

The leading 18 available players from the Official World Golf Ranking on 1 September 2009 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. Nine countries earned their spot in the World Cup, three each from the European,^[4] Asian,^[5] and South American^[6] qualifiers. The host country, China, rounded out the field.

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

Country	Players	Qualified
		OWGR
		OWGR
		South American Qualifier
		European Qualifier
		South American Qualifier
		Host country
		OWGR
		OWGR
		OWGR
		OWGR
		OWGR
^[7]		OWGR
		OWGR
		OWGR
		OWGR
		Asian Qualifier
		Asian Qualifier
		European Qualifier
		Asian Qualifier
		OWGR
		OWGR
		OWGR
		OWGR
		OWGR
		OWGR
		OWGR
		South American Qualifier
		European Qualifier

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Final leaderboard

Place	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1		64-66-61-68=259	−29	1,700,000
align=center rowspan=2	T2		58-68-64-70=260	align=center rowspan=2	−28	align=right rowspan=2	725,000
	64-65-62-69=260
4		66-69-63-64=262	−26	308,000
5		62-71-64-69=266	−22	230,000
6		68-70-62-67=267	−21	200,000
align=center rowspan=5	T7		66-71-66-65=268	align=center rowspan=5	−20	align=right rowspan=5	128,000
	65-70-62-71=268
	64-75-61-68=268
	67-72-67-62=268
	66-68-64-70=268
align=center rowspan=2	T12		69-67-65-70=271	align=center rowspan=2	−17	align=right rowspan=2	80,000
	67-67-65-72=271
align=center rowspan=2	T14		66-70-66-70=272	align=center rowspan=2	−16	align=right rowspan=2	68,000
	67-68-65-72=272
align=center rowspan=3	T16		68-72-64-69=273	align=center rowspan=3	−15	align=right rowspan=3	62,000
	66-70-66-71=273
	67-70-67-69=273
19		61-75-64-74=274	−14	58,000
align=center rowspan=2	T20		67-73-67-69=276	align=center rowspan=2	−12	align=right rowspan=2	55,000
	67-68-70-71=276
align=center rowspan=3	T22		65-71-68-73=277	align=center rowspan=3	−11	align=right rowspan=3	50,000
	69-75-64-69=277
	67-74-67-69=277
25		64-74-65-76=279	−9	46,000
26		68-75-68-69=280	−8	44,000
27		69-71-67-74=281	−7	42,000
28		69-73-64-78=284	−4	40,000

• Source^[8]

External links

• Official site
• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Omega Mission Hills World Cup – Player Profiles . PGA Tour . November 2, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715073412/http://worldcup.pgatour.com/newsdetails.aspx?Hid=1025 . 2011-07-15 . dmy-all.
2. Web site: Omega Mission Hills World Cup – Format / Prize Money Breakdown . PGA Tour . https://web.archive.org/web/20091130184716/http://worldcup.pgatour.com/prize_format.aspx . 2009-11-30 . dmy-all.
3. News: Italy edge Ireland to win World Cup of Golf in China . 29 November 2009 . BBC Sport . 30 November 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091130052524/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8384911.stm . 30 November 2009 . live.
4. Web site: Canada, Wales and Scotland Qualify for Omega Mission Hills World Cup . PGA Tour . September 29, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715074012/http://worldcup.pgatour.com/newsdetails.aspx?Hid=1022 . 2011-07-15 . dmy-all.
5. Web site: Singapore Wins Omega Mission Hills World Cup Qualifier, Pakistan Makes History . PGA Tour . September 1, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715074016/http://worldcup.pgatour.com/newsdetails.aspx?Hid=1017 . 2011-07-15 . dmy-all.
6. Web site: Chile, Venezuela and Brazil Make it to the Omega Mission Hills World Cup . PGA Tour . September 26, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110715074024/http://worldcup.pgatour.com/newsdetails.aspx?Hid=1021 . 2011-07-15 . dmy-all.
7. This 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.
8. Web site: Omega Mission Hills World Cup – Full leaderboard . PGA Tour . https://web.archive.org/web/20120422172741/http://worldcup.pgatour.com/results.aspx . 2012-04-22 . dmy-all.