The 2005 WGC-World Cup took place 17–20 November at the Oceânico Golf on its Victoria Course in

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. It was the 51st

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and the sixth as a

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event. The course was designed by Arnold Palmer and opened in 2004, the year before it hosted the World Cup. Eleven years after this tournament, in 2016, Dom Pedro Golf acquired the Victoria Course and four other Vilamoura courses from Oceânico Golf. 24 countries competed and each country sent two players. The prize money totaled $4,000,000 with $1,400,000 going to the winning pair. The Welsh team of

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and

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won. They won by two strokes over the English and Swedish teams after the event was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

Qualification and format

The defending champion was joined by 18 teams based on the

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and five teams via qualification. The tournament was scheduled to be 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

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play. The final round was canceled due to rain.

Teams

Scores

Source

References

External links

Victoria Clube de Golfe official site
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