2009 World Cup (men's golf)
Introduction 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. The team purse was $5,500,000 with $1,700,000 going to the winner. The event was won by Italy with a score of 259 (−29).
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, Asian, and South American 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 CountryPlayersQualified   Rafael Echenique and Estanislao Goya  OWGR   Robert Allenby and Stuart Appleby  OWGR   Rafael Barcellos and Ronaldo Francisco  South American Qualifier   Stuart Anderson and Graham DeLaet  European Qualifier   Hugo León and Martin Ureta  South American Qualifier   Liang Wenchong and Zhang Lianwei  Host country   Søren Kjeldsen and Søren Hansen  OWGR   Ross Fisher and Ian Poulter  OWGR   Christian Cévaër and Thomas Levet  OWGR   Alex Čejka and Martin Kaymer  OWGR   Jyoti Randhawa and Jeev Milkha Singh  OWGR   Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy  OWGR   Edoardo Molinari and Francesco Molinari  OWGR   Hiroyuki Fujita and Ryuji Imada  OWGR   Danny Lee and David Smail  OWGR   Mohammed Shabbir Iqbal and Mohammed Munir  Asian Qualifier   Mars Pucay and Angelo Que  Asian Qualifier   David Drysdale and Alastair Forsyth  European Qualifier   Lam Chih Bing and Mardan Mamat  Asian Qualifier   Rory Sabbatini and Richard Sterne  OWGR   Charlie Wi and Yang Yong-eun  OWGR   Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño and Sergio García  OWGR   Robert Karlsson and Henrik Stenson  OWGR   Lin Wen-tang and Lu Wei-chih  OWGR   Prayad Marksaeng and Thongchai Jaidee  OWGR   John Merrick and Nick Watney  OWGR   Alfredo Adrian and Jhonattan Vegas  South American Qualifier   Stephen Dodd and Jamie Donaldson  European Qualifier*Source
Final leaderboard PlaceCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)1    64-66-61-68=259 −29 1,700,000T2    58-68-64-70=260 −28 725,000   64-65-62-69=2604    66-69-63-64=262 −26 308,0005    62-71-64-69=266 −22 230,0006    68-70-62-67=267 −21 200,000T7    66-71-66-65=268 −20 128,000   65-70-62-71=268   64-75-61-68=268   67-72-67-62=268   66-68-64-70=268T12    69-67-65-70=271 −17 80,000   67-67-65-72=271T14    66-70-66-70=272 −16 68,000  67-68-65-72=272T16    68-72-64-69=273 −15 62,000   66-70-66-71=273   67-70-67-69=27319    61-75-64-74=274 −14 58,000T20    67-73-67-69=276 −12 55,000  67-68-70-71=276T22    65-71-68-73=277 −11 50,000   69-75-64-69=277   67-74-67-69=27725    64-74-65-76=279 −9 46,00026    68-75-68-69=280 −8 44,00027    69-71-67-74=281 −7 42,00028    69-73-64-78=284 −4 40,000*Source
References
External links * Official site* Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site