2007 World Cup (men's golf)

2007 World Cup

Tournament information
Dates	22–25 November
Location	Shenzhen, China
Course(s)	Mission Hills Golf Club, Olazabal course
Format	72 holes stroke play (best ball & alternate shot)
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,251 yards (6,630 m)
Field	28 two-man teams
Cut	None
Prize fund	US$5.0 million
Winner's share	US$1.6 million
Champion
Scotland Colin Montgomerie & Marc Warren
263 (−25)
Location map
Mission Hills Golf Club Location in China Show map of China Mission Hills Golf Club Location in Guangdong Show map of Guangdong

The 2007 Omega Mission Hills World Cup took place from 22 November to 25 November at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China. It was the 53rd World Cup. 28 countries competed and each country sent two players.^[1] The team purse is $5,000,000 with $1,600,000 going to the winner.^[2] The Scottish team of Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren won the tournament. They defeated the American team of Heath Slocum and Boo Weekley in a playoff on the third extra hole. This was the first time that Scotland won the World Cup.

Qualification and format

The leading 18 available players from the Official World Golf Ranking on 3 September 2007 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 3 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 from 27 September to 30 September. Ten countries earned their spot in the World Cup, five from the Asian qualifier and five from the Aruba qualifier.

The tournament was 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.^[2]

Teams

Country Players  Argentina Ricardo González and Andrés Romero  Australia Nathan Green and Nick O'Hern  Austria Markus Brier and Claude Grenier  Canada Wes Heffernan and Mike Weir  China Liang Wenchong and Zhang Lianwei  Colombia Jorge Benedetti and Gustavo Mendoza  Denmark Anders Hansen and Søren Hansen  England Ian Poulter and Justin Rose  Finland Mikko Ilonen and Pasi Purhonen  France Grégory Havret and Raphaël Jacquelin  Germany Alex Čejka and Martin Kaymer  India Gaurav Ghei and Jyoti Randhawa  Ireland Michael Hoey and Gareth Maybin  Italy Edoardo Molinari and Francesco Molinari

Country Players  Japan Tetsuji Hiratsuka and Hideto Tanihara  Netherlands Robert-Jan Derksen and Maarten Lafeber  New Zealand Richard Lee and Stephen Scahill  Paraguay Carlos Franco and Fabrizio Zanotti  Philippines Antonio Lascuña and Gerald Rosales  Puerto Rico Wilfredo Morales and Miguel Suàrez  Scotland Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren  South Africa Retief Goosen and Trevor Immelman  South Korea Lee Seong-ho and Lee Sung  Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez and José Manuel Lara  Sweden Peter Hanson and Robert Karlsson  Thailand Thongchai Jaidee and Prayad Marksaeng  United States Heath Slocum and Boo Weekley  Wales Stephen Dodd and Bradley Dredge

• Source^[1]

Scores

1st round (four-ball) Place Country Score To par 1  United States 61 −11 2  Germany 62 −10 T3  England 63 −9  Finland  Scotland  South Africa  Thailand  Wales T9  Austria 64 −8  France T11  Argentina 65 −7  China  Denmark  India  Italy  Netherlands  South Korea T18  Australia 66 −6  Canada  Ireland  Paraguay  Sweden T23  Japan 67 −5  New Zealand  Philippines  Spain T27  Colombia 68 −4  Puerto Rico Source[3]

2nd round (foursomes) Place Country Score To par 1  United States 61-69=130 −14 T2  England 63-68=131 −13  Scotland 63-68=131 4  South Africa 63-69=132 −12 T5  Denmark 65-68=133 −11  Germany 62-71=133  Italy 65-68=133 T8  Netherlands 65-69=134 −10  South Korea 65-69=134 T10  Argentina 65-70=135 −9  France 64-71=135 T12  China 65-71=136 −8  Sweden 66-70=136 14  Finland 63-74=137 −7 T15  Australia 66-72=138 −6  Canada 66-72=138  Ireland 66-72=138  Spain 67-71=138 T19  Austria 64-75=139 −5  Paraguay 66-73=139  Thailand 63-76=139  Wales 63-76=139 T23  India 65-75=140 −4  Japan 67-73=140  Philippines 26  Puerto Rico 68-73=141 −3 27  New Zealand 67-77=144 E 28  Colombia 68-79=147 +3 Source[4]

3rd round (four-ball) Place Country Score To par 1  United States 61-69-66=196 −20 T2  France 64-71-62=197 −19  Scotland 63-68-66=197 T4  England 63-68-67=198 −18  South Africa 63-69-66=198 T6  Argentina 65-70-64=199 −17  Germany 62-71-66=199  Netherlands 65-69-65=199 9  Denmark 65-68-68=201 −15 T10  Canada 66-72-64=202 −14  Finland 63-74-65=202  Italy 65-68-69=202  Sweden 66-70-66=202  Thailand 63-76-63=202 T15  China 65-71-67=203 −13  Ireland 66-72-65=203  South Korea 65-69-69=203  Spain 67-71-65=203 19  India 65-75-65=205 −11 T20  Australia 66-72-68=206 −10  Paraguay 66-73-67=206  Wales 63-76-67=206 T23  Austria 64-75-69=208 −8  Philippines 67-73-68=208 25  Japan 67-73-69=209 −7 26  Puerto Rico 68-73-71=212 −4 27  New Zealand 67-77-70=214 −2 28  Colombia 68-79-68=215 −1 Source[5]

4th round (foursomes)

Place	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1*	Scotland	63-68-66-66=263	−25	1,600,000
2	United States	61-69-66-67=263	−25	800,000
3	France	64-71-62-67=264	−24	450,000
4	England	63-69-66-67=265	−23	240,000
5	South Africa	63-69-66-69=267	−21	194,000
T6	Argentina	65-70-64-69=268	−20	141,500
	Germany	62-71-66-69=268
	Netherlands	65-69-65-69=268
	Sweden	66-70-66-66=268
10	Denmark	65-68-68-68=269	−19	101,000
T11	China	65-71-67-68=271	−17	87,500
	South Korea	65-69-69-68=271
T13	Finland	63-74-65-71=273	−15	72,500
	Spain	67-71-65-70=273
T15	Paraguay	66-73-67-69=275	−13	64,000
	Thailand	63-76-63-73=275
T17	Austria	64-75-69-68=276	−12	58,000
	Canada	66-72-64-74=276
	India	65-75-65-71=276
	Italy	65-68-69-74=276
21	Australia	66-72-68-73=279	−9	53,000
T22	Philippines	67-73-68-72=280	−8	50,000
	Wales	63-76-67-74=280
24	Ireland	66-72-65-78=281	−7	47,000
25	Japan	67-73-69-73=282	−6	45,000
26	Colombia	68-79-68-68=283	−5	43,000
27	New Zealand	67-77-70-73=287	−1	41,000
28	Puerto Rico	68-73-71-76=288	E	40,000

*Scotland won in a playoff.
Source^[2][6]

Round summaries

First round

The first round took place on 22 November and it was played in four-ball format. The front 9 scoring average was 32.036 and the back 9 average was 32.893 making the 18 hole average 64.929. The leaders after day one was the American team of Boo Weekley and Heath Slocum who shot an 11-under-par 61. Weekley shot 6 birdies and an eagle while Slocum added a birdie and an eagle. Weekley's eagle was a hole out on the 12th hole which is a 457-yard par 4.

Right behind the Americans were the German team of Alex Čejka and Martin Kaymer who finished the day at a 10-under-par 62. Čejka led the team with 8 birdies. The German team of Marcel Siem and Bernhard Langer won the World Cup last year.

Six teams shot a 9-under-par round of 63 and they are tied in third place. The Finnish team was the first off the tee and the surprise was Pasi Purhonen who is not ranked in the Official World Golf Rankings. He started out shooting birdie-birdie-eagle and also birdied the 9th. His partner Mikko Ilonen birdied the 5th hole as well. The team shot a 30 on the front 9 which helped them finish at 63. The Welsh team of Bradley Dredge and Stephen Dodd also shot a 63; including birdies on four of the last five holes. Another team that finished with a 63 was the English team of Justin Rose and Ian Poulter who had a pair of eagles. The Scottish team of Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren also shot a 63 which included no bogeys. The South African and Thai team also shot a round of 63.

The host country China finished the day at 65 (-7) to be in a tie for 11th place. There were a total of 12 bogeys by all teams. Colombia and Puerto Rico (who are tied in last) each had 2 bogeys; no other team had more than one.^[7]

Second round

The second round took place on 23 November and it was played in foursomes format. The amount of bogeys on the day almost septupled the amount from the 1st Round. A total of 83 bogeys were shot on the day including 8 double bogeys, one triple and one "other". The New Zealand team shot a quintuple-bogey 9 on the par-4 14th hole. The lowest round on the day was a 4-under-par 68 which was shot by four different teams. 14 teams shot rounds of par or worse. After the first two days, no team has had a bogey-free 36 holes.

The American team maintained their one stroke lead by shooting a 3-under-par 69. The Americans had a total of five birdies, four of which were on par-5s. The other birdie was on the par-4 opening hole. Since 2000, three of the seven winners have held the lead after 36 holes and have gone on to win the championship.

The English and Scottish teams are tied in 2nd place, one stroke behind the Americans. Both teams shot rounds of 68. The South African team is in 4th, 2 strokes behind the Americans. The host country China shot a 71 on the day and are tied in 12th place.^[8]

Third round

The third round took place on 24 November and it was played in four-ball format. The front 9 scoring average was 32.964 and the back 9 average was 33.643 making the 18 hole average 66.607. The American team maintained their one stroke lead by shooting a 66. Weekley eagled the 3rd hole and made birdies at 7, 9 and 11. All of those holes were par-5s. The American team has a total of 3 eagles on the tournament which is more than any other team. Germany has the most birdies with 22 while the Americans have 16. England and Denmark have the fewest bogeys, with one each. If the Americans win the event then they will be the first team to lead wire-to-wire in the last seven years. They have held a stroke lead after the first three days of the event.

The best round of the day was the 10-under-par 62 shot by the French team. The great round moved them from 10th place to 2nd place and they are 1 stroke behind the Americans. Raphaël Jacquelin made five birdies and his partner Grégory Havret made three birdies and an eagle. The French are tied with the Scottish team who shot a 66 on the day. Two strokes behind the Americans is the South African and English teams. The Dutch, Argentinians and Germans are tied in 6th place only 3 strokes behind the Americans.

Every team was under par on the day. Only five teams posted a better third round score compared to their 1st round score.^[9]

References

1. PGATOUR.com - OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup Archived 2007-11-23 at the Wayback Machine - Team Profiles
2. PGATOUR.com - OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup Archived 2007-11-25 at the Wayback Machine - Format / Prize Money Breakdown
3. Omega Mission Hills World Cup^{[permanent dead link‍]} - Scores After Round 1
4. Omega Mission Hills World Cup^{[permanent dead link‍]} - Scores After Round 2
5. Omega Mission Hills World Cup^{[permanent dead link‍]} - Scores After Round 3
6. Omega Mission Hills World Cup^{[permanent dead link‍]} - Final Results
7. "Omega Mission Hills World Cup: First-round notes". PGA Tour. 22 November 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
8. Chemycz, Joe (23 November 2007). "Omega Mission Hills World Cup: Second-round notes". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
9. Chemycz, Joe (24 November 2007). "Omega Mission Hills World Cup: Third-round notes". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2012.

External links

• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site
• Mission Hills Golf Club official site

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