2004 WGC-World Cup

The 2004 WGC-World Cup took place 18–21 November at the Real Club de Golf de Seville in Seville, Spain. It was the 50th World Cup and the fifth as a World Golf Championship event. 24 countries competed and each country sent two players. The prize money totaled $4,000,000 with $1,400,000 going to the winning pair.[1] The English team of Paul Casey and Luke Donald won. They won by one stroke over the home Spanish team of Sergio García and Miguel Ángel Jiménez.[2]

2004 World Cup
Tournament information
Dates18–21 November
LocationSeville, Spain
Course(s)Real Club de Golf de Seville
Format72 holes stroke play
(best ball & alternate shot)
Statistics
Par72
Length7,134 yards (6,523 m)
Field24 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$4.0 million
Winner's shareUS$1.4 million
Champion
 England
Paul Casey & Luke Donald
257 (−31)

Qualification and format

18 teams qualified based on the Official World Golf Ranking and were joined by six teams via qualifiers in South America and Asia.[3]

The tournament 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
CountryPlayers
 ArgentinaÁngel Cabrera and Eduardo Romero
 AustraliaStephen Leaney and Nick O'Hern
 AustriaMarkus Brier and Martin Wiegele
 CanadaStuart Anderson and Darren Griff
 ColombiaJose Garrido and Manuel Merizalde
 DenmarkAnders Hansen and Søren Kjeldsen
 EnglandPaul Casey and Luke Donald
 FranceRaphaël Jacquelin and Thomas Levet
 GermanyKariem Baraka and Marcel Siem
 IrelandPádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley
 ItalyAndrea Maestroni and Alessandro Tadini
 JapanShigeki Maruyama and Hidemichi Tanaka
 MexicoAntonio Maldonado and Alejandro Quiroz
 MyanmarKyi Hla Han and Soe Kyaw Naing
 NetherlandsRobert-Jan Derksen and Maarten Lafeber
 New ZealandCraig Perks and David Smail
 ScotlandScott Drummond and Alastair Forsyth
 South AfricaTrevor Immelman and Rory Sabbatini
 South KoreaKim Dae-sub and Shin Yong-jin
 SpainSergio García and Miguel Ángel Jiménez
 SwedenJoakim Haeggman and Freddie Jacobson
 TaiwanLu Wei-chih and Wang Ter-chang
 United StatesBob Tway and Scott Verplank
 WalesBradley Dredge and Phillip Price

Source[4]

Scores
#CountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1 England61-64-68-64=257−311,400,000
2 Spain63-68-61-66=258−30700,000
3 Ireland60-71-64-65=260−28400,000
4 South Africa66-65-64-68=263−25200,000
T5 Austria60-70-68-67=265−23135,000
 Netherlands65-69-63-68=265
T7 Germany64-69-66-68=267−2195,000
 Sweden64-67-64-72=267
 United States64-67-64-72=267
T10 Australia64-68-65-72=269−1962,500
 Japan62-69-65-73=269
 South Korea65-70-64-70=269
 Wales65-69-64-71=269
14 Denmark64-73-67-66=270−1850,000
T15 France68-68-66-70=272−1648,500
 New Zealand69-73-62-68=272
17 Italy70-71-64-68=273−1547,000
18 Scotland64-72-66-72=274−1446,000
19 Argentina70-71-65-70=276−1245,000
20 Canada68-71-64-73=277−1144,000
21 Colombia67-73-65-75=280−843,000
22 Myanmar69-73-67-73=282−642,000
23 Taiwan70-70-68-75=283−541,000
24 Mexico74-72-68-74=288E40,000

Source[5][6]

References
  1. "All eyes set on the host Spaniards at the World Cup". PGA Tour. 14 November 2004. Archived from the original on 10 August 2007. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  2. "Casey, Donald lead England to World Cup victory". PGA Tour. 21 November 2004. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  3. "Asia to host World Golf Championships-World Cup qualifier". PGA Tour. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  4. "World Cup player profiles". PGA Tour. 2004. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  5. "World Cup of Golf final scores". ESPN. Associated Press. 21 November 2004. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  6. "$4,000,000 WGC- World Cup Leaderboard". The Sports Network. 21 November 2004. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
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