2008 World Cup (men's golf)

Golf tournament

Mission Hills Golf Club

Location in China

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Mission Hills Golf Club

Location in Guangdong

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The 2008 Omega Mission Hills World Cup took place from 27 November to 30 November at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China. It was the 54th World Cup. 28 countries competed and each country sent two players.^[1] The team purse was $5,000,000 with $1,600,000 going to the winner.^[2] The Swedish team of Robert Karlsson and Henrik Stenson won the tournament. This was the second time that Sweden won the World Cup.

The leading 18 available players from the Official World Golf Ranking 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,^[3] Asian,^[4] and South American^[5] 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.^[2]

Country Players  Australia Richard Green and Brendan Jones  Canada Graham DeLaet and Wes Heffernan  Chile Felipe Aguilar and Mark Tullo  China Liang Wenchong and Zhang Lianwei  Denmark Anders Hansen and Søren Hansen  England Ross Fisher and Ian Poulter  Finland Roope Kakko and Mikko Korhonen  France Grégory Bourdy and Grégory Havret  Germany Alex Čejka and Martin Kaymer  Guatemala Pablo Acuna and Alejandro Villavicencio  India Jyoti Randhawa and Jeev Milkha Singh  Ireland Graeme McDowell and Paul McGinley  Italy Edoardo Molinari and Francesco Molinari  Japan Ryuji Imada and Toru Taniguchi

Country Players  Mexico Daniel De Leon and Óscar Serna  New Zealand Mark Brown and David Smail  Philippines Mars Pucay and Angelo Que  Portugal Tiago Cruz and Ricardo Santos  Scotland Alastair Forsyth and Colin Montgomerie  South Africa Rory Sabbatini and Richard Sterne  South Korea Bae Sang-moon and Kim Hyung-tae  Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez and Pablo Larrazábal  Sweden Robert Karlsson and Henrik Stenson  Taiwan Lin Wen-tang and Lu Wen-teh  Thailand Prayad Marksaeng and Thongchai Jaidee  United States Ben Curtis and Brandt Snedeker  Venezuela Miguel Martinez and Raul Sanz  Wales Bradley Dredge and Richard Johnson

• Source^[1]

Place	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Sweden	65-67-66-63=261	−27	1,600,000
2	Spain	64-63-67-70=264	−24	800,000
T3	Australia	63-68-63-76=270	−18	345,000
	Japan	66-68-68-68=270
5	Germany	62-69-68-73=272	−16	194,000
6	England	69-74-63-67=273	−15	167,000
T7	South Africa	70-70-67-67=274	−14	141,500
	Thailand	69-73-64-68=274
9	United States	64-69-69-73=275	−13	116,000
T10	Chile	67-76-66-67=276	−12	92,000
	France	68-75-62-71=276
	Philippines	67-72-65-72=276
T13	Canada	64-71-69-73=277	−11	70,000
	Denmark	65-75-64-73=277
	Portugal	67-73-67-70=277
16	Ireland	65-68-68-77=278	−10	63,000
T17	China	69-75-64-72=280	−8	60,000
	India	67-72-70-71=280
T19	Italy	70-73-64-74=281	−7	56,000
	Scotland	68-73-68-72=281
21	Finland	69-70-68-75=282	−6	53,000
T22	Guatemala	69-76-66-72=283	−5	50,000
	New Zealand	65-75-68-75=283
24	Taiwan	68-75-69-72=284	−4	47,000
25	Wales	69-77-68-71=285	−3	45,000
26	South Korea	68-70-71-78=287	−1	43,000
27	Mexico	66-77-71-74=288	E	41,000
28	Venezuela	71-74-75-74=294	+6	40,000

Source^[2][6]

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

22°47′9″N 114°0′25″E / 22.78583°N 114.00694°E / 22.78583; 114.00694