The 2008 Omega Mission Hills World Cup took place from 27 November to 30 November at
Mission Hills Golf Club
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in
Shenzhen, China
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. 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.
- Format / Prize Money Breakdown The Swedish team of
Robert Karlsson and
Henrik Stenson
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He is the first male Swedish and first male Nordic major champion, having won the 2016 Open Championship at Royal Troon with a major championship record score of 264. ...
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
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The rankings are based on a player's position in individual tournaments (i.e. not pairs or team events) over a "rolli ...
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, Asian, and South American 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
*Source
Scores
Source
- Full leaderboard
References
External links
Coverage on the PGA Tour's official siteMission Hills Golf Club
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