2018 World Cup of Golf

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2018 World Cup of Golf
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Tournament information
Dates22–25 November
Location South Oakleigh, Australia
37°55′S145°05′E / 37.91°S 145.09°E / -37.91; 145.09
Course(s) Metropolitan Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
four-ball & alternate shot
Statistics
Par72
Length7,321 yards (6,694 m)
Field28 two-man teams
Prize fund$7.0 million
Winner's share$2.24 million
Champion
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Thomas Pieters & Thomas Detry
265 (−23)
Location Map
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Metropolitan GC
Location in Australia
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Metropolitan GC
Location in Victoria
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Metropolitan GC
Location in Melbourne
  2016
TBD 

The 2018 World Cup of Golf (known as the 2018 ISPS Handa Melbourne World Cup of Golf for sponsorship reasons) was a golf tournament that was played from 22 to 25 November at Metropolitan Golf Club in South Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia. It was the 59th World Cup. The format is 72-hole stroke play; the first and third days were four-ball (best ball), and the second and fourth days were foursomes (alternate shot) play. [1] [2]

Contents

The Belgian pair of Thomas Pieters and Thomas Detry won with a score of 265, 23-under-par. Australia and Mexico tied for second place, three strokes behind. It was Belgium's first victory in the World Cup. [3] [4]

Qualification

The 28 nations to compete were determined based on the top-ranked player from each country from the Official World Golf Ranking as of 3 September 2018.

These 28 seeded players selected a partner from the same country ranked in the top 500 of the OWGR. If there were less than five possible choices in the top 500, the seeded player could choose any of the next five players from that country in the rankings, even if they were ranked outside the top 500. The deadline for teams to be finalized was 20 September.

Teams

The table below lists the teams in order of qualification (i.e. ranking of seeded player on 3 September 2018) together with their World Rankings at the time of the tournament.

CountrySeeded playerUnseeded player
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Marc Leishman (21) Cameron Smith (33)
Flag of England.svg  England Tyrrell Hatton (25) Ian Poulter (39)
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Kyle Stanley (30) Matt Kuchar (29)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Kiradech Aphibarnrat (36) Prom Meesawat (488)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen (42) Søren Kjeldsen (231)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Satoshi Kodaira (54) Hideto Tanihara (165)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea An Byeong-hun (50) Kim Si-woo (57)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Li Haotong (40) Wu Ashun (177)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Adam Hadwin (65) Nick Taylor (313)
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Russell Knox (67) Martin Laird (186)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Thomas Pieters (70) Thomas Detry (140)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Dylan Frittelli (75) Erik van Rooyen (135)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Alexander Björk (63) Joakim Lagergren (188)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Ryan Fox (89) Mark Brown (496)
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Jhonattan Vegas (107) Joseph Naffah (2012)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Adrián Otaegui (69) Jorge Campillo (99)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Shane Lowry (74) Paul Dunne (106)
Flag of France.svg  France Alexander Lévy (95) Mike Lorenzo-Vera (115)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Joost Luiten (110) Daan Huizing (320)
Flag of India.svg  India Anirban Lahiri (139) Gaganjeet Bhullar (137)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Mikko Korhonen (108) Mikko Ilonen (310)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Abraham Ancer (60) Roberto Díaz (742)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Martin Kaymer (159) Maximilian Kieffer (291)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Andrea Pavan (103) Renato Paratore (227)
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Scott Vincent (148) Benjamin Follett-Smith (919)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Gavin Green (198) Ben Leong (397)
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Stuart Manley (242) Bradley Dredge (466)
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Peter Karmis (248) Alexander Tranacher (2012)

The following players were eligible to be a seeded player but did not commit. The order is based on the World Rankings on 3 September 2018. Five countries with an eligible player did not compete: Argentina, Austria, Chinese Taipei, Chile and Paraguay (withdrew as alternate). They were replaced by Zimbabwe, Malaysia, Wales and Greece.

Final leaderboard

Australia, England and South Korea tied for the lead after the first day fourball rounds with 10-under-par rounds of 62. [5] Conditions were difficult for the second day foursomes with rain and gusty winds. Belgium and South Korea led after day 2 on 10-under-par. Mexico had the best round of the day, 70, to lift themselves into 7th place while hosts Australia had a disappointing round of 76 and dropped into a tie for 8th place. [6] On the third day Belgium had their second fourball round of 63 and took a 5-stroke lead, ahead of Italy, Mexico and South Korea. [7] On the final day Australia set the clubhouse lead on 268 after a final round 65. Belgium came to the last with a two-stroke lead. Thomas Pieters put their second shot to four feet, which Thomas Detry holed to give Belgium a three-stroke victory with a final round of 68. Mexico tied with Australia for second place. [8]

PlaceCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 63-71-63-68=265−232,240,000
T2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 62-76-65-65=268−20957,500
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 67-70-65-66=268
T4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 68-73-64-66=271−17362,000
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 63-77-66-65=271
T6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 65-71-66-70=272−16252,500
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 62-72-68-70=272
8Flag of England.svg  England 62-74-67-70=273−15185,000
9Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 65-74-64-71=274−14140,000
T10Flag of France.svg  France 66-73-68-69=276−12102,333
Flag of India.svg  India 64-72-70-70=276
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 64-76-65-71=276
13Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 66-76-68-67=277−1182,000
T14Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 67-71-67-73=278−1074,000
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 67-78-67-66=278
T16Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 66-79-66-68=279−969,000
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 70-73-66-70=279
T18Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 66-75-68-71=280−864,000
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 65-76-69-70=280
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 66-76-66-72=280
21Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 68-74-64-75=281−760,000
22Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 63-73-72-74=282−658,000
23Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 66-79-70-72=287−156,000
T24Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 69-82-68-70=289+153,000
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 65-82-67-75=289
26Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 68-81-68-73=290+250,000
27Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 72-84-66-73=295+748,000
28Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 66-87-68-86=307+1946,000

Rounds 1 and 3 were four-ball (best ball), rounds 2 and 4 were foursomes (alternate shot). Prize money is for the pair.

Notes and references

  1. "World Cup of Golf – Format". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  2. The World Cup of Golf Fact Sheet PGA Tour World Cup of Golf 2018
  3. "World Cup of Golf: Belgium's Thomas Pieters and Thomas Detry win by three shots". BBC Sport. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  4. "Thomas Pieters, Thomas Detry lead Belgium to first World Cup of Golf title". Golf Digest. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  5. Everill, Ben (22 November 2018). "Team Australia share lead at home". PGA Tour.
  6. "Mastering the rain: Belgium, South Korea tied at World Cup of Golf". PGA Tour. 23 November 2018.
  7. "Team Belgium takes big lead at World Cup of Golf". PGA Tour. 24 November 2018.
  8. "Belgium hangs on for 3-stroke win at ISPS Handa Melbourne World Cup of Golf". PGA Tour. 25 November 2018.

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