2001 WGC-World Cup
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 15–18 November |
Location | Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan 35°18′31.3″N 138°56′4.6″E / 35.308694°N 138.934611°E |
Course(s) | |
Format | 72 holes stroke play (best ball & alternate shot) |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,277 yards (6,654 m) |
Field | 24 two-man teams |
Cut | None |
Prize fund | US$3.0 million |
Winner's share | US$1.0 million |
Champion | |
South Africa Ernie Els & Retief Goosen | |
264 (−24) | |
Location Map | |
Taiheiyo Club Location in Asia | |
The 2001 WGC-World Cup took place 15–18 November at the , Gotemba Course in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was the 47th World Cup and the second as a World Golf Championship event. 24 countries competed and each country sent two players. The prize money totaled $3,000,000 with $1,000,000 going to the winning pair. The South African team of Ernie Els and Retief Goosen won in a sudden-death playoff over teams from Denmark, New Zealand and the United States.[1]
Qualification and format[]
18 teams qualified based on the Official World Golf Ranking and were six teams via qualifiers.
The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players. The first and third days were fourball play and the second and final days were foursomes play.
Teams[]
Country | Players |
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Argentina | Ángel Cabrera and Eduardo Romero |
Australia | Aaron Baddeley and Adam Scott |
Canada | Ian Leggatt and Mike Weir |
China | Liang Wenchong and Zhang Lianwei |
Denmark | Thomas Bjørn and Søren Hansen |
England | Paul Casey and Ian Poulter |
Fiji | Dinesh Chand and Vijay Singh |
France | Raphaël Jacquelin and Thomas Levet |
Ireland | Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley |
Japan | Toshimitsu Izawa and Shigeki Maruyama |
Malaysia | Danny Chia and |
Mexico | and |
Netherlands | Maarten Lafeber and Robert-Jan Derksen |
New Zealand | Michael Campbell and David Smail |
Norway | Henrik Bjørnstad and Per Haugsrud |
Paraguay | Ángel Franco and Carlos Franco |
Philippines | and |
Scotland | Andrew Coltart and Dean Robertson |
South Africa | Ernie Els and Retief Goosen |
Spain | Sergio García and Miguel Ángel Jiménez |
Sweden | Niclas Fasth and Robert Karlsson |
United States | David Duval and Tiger Woods |
Wales | Mark Mouland and Phillip Price |
Zimbabwe | Tony Johnstone and Mark McNulty |
Source[2]
Scores[]
# | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
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1 | South Africa | 64-71-63-66=264 | −24 | 1,000,000 |
T2 | Denmark | 65-69-65-65=264 | 316,667 | |
New Zealand | 63-66-65-70=264 | |||
United States | 66-68-63-67=264 | |||
5 | England | 65-72-63-67=267 | −21 | 115,000 |
T6 | Canada | 62-73-66-67=268 | −20 | 95,000 |
Spain | 63-71-65-69=268 | |||
T8 | Argentina | 67-68-63-71=269 | −19 | 70,000 |
Fiji | 66-69-66-68=269 | |||
France | 67-68-63-71=269 | |||
T11 | Japan | 64-69-65-72=270 | −18 | 50,000 |
Scotland | 62-71-66-71=270 | |||
Wales | 66-71-62-71=270 | |||
T14 | Australia | 66-70-64-71=271 | −17 | 39,500 |
Ireland | 64-72-64-71=271 | |||
16 | Sweden | 62-73-66-71=272 | −16 | 38,000 |
T17 | China | 67-69-68-70=274 | −14 | 36,000 |
Mexico | 66-71-67-70=274 | |||
Norway | 67-72-61-74=274 | |||
20 | Zimbabwe | 66-74-66-72=278 | −10 | 34,000 |
21 | Paraguay | 68-72-66-75=281 | −7 | 33,000 |
22 | Netherlands | 70-72-64-76=282 | −6 | 32,000 |
23 | Malaysia | 66-80-68-71=285 | −3 | 31,000 |
24 | Philippines | 67-75-73-74=289 | +1 | 30,000 |
Playoff
- First hole: Denmark and South Africa advance with birdies, New Zealand and the United States eliminated
- Second hole: South Africa wins with par
Source[2]
References[]
- ^ "South Africans rally to win wild World Cup". ESPN. Associated Press. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- ^ a b "EMC World Cup final-round scores". ESPN. 18 November 2001. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- World Cup (men's golf)
- Golf tournaments in Japan
- Sport in Shizuoka Prefecture
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- November 2001 sports events in Asia