2016 World Cup of Golf

The 2016 World Cup of Golf (known as the 2016 ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf for sponsorship reasons) was a golf tournament played from 24–27 November at Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia.[1] It was the 58th World Cup.[2] Twenty-eight countries competed as two-player teams.[3] The format was 72-hole stroke play; the first and third days were alternate shot, and the second and fourth days were four-ball play.

2016 World Cup of Golf
Tournament information
Dates24–27 November
LocationMelbourne, Australia
Course(s)Kingston Heath Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
alternate shot & four-ball
Statistics
Par72
Field28 two-man teams
Prize fund$8.0 million
Winner's share$2.56 million
Champion
 Denmark
Søren Kjeldsen & Thorbjørn Olesen
268 (−20)
Kingston Heath GC
Location in Australia

The tournament was won by Denmark by four shots.[4][5]

Qualification

Jason Day, the individual champion of the 2013 World Cup of Golf, qualified automatically, representing Australia, and was allowed to select his partner as defined below. One player each from 27 other countries qualified based on their position in the Official World Golf Ranking on 1 August. The deadline for these players to commit was 11 August.[3]

The 28 exempt players selected a partner from the same country, if such a player was ranked in the top 500 of the OWGR. If less than five other players from that country were ranked in the top 500, a player could choose a partner from outside the top 500.[3] The deadline for teams to be finalized is 26 August.

Teams

The table below lists the teams in order of qualification (i.e. ranking of seeded player on 1 August 2016), together with their World Ranking at the time of the tournament.

CountrySeeded playerUnseeded player
 United StatesRickie Fowler (12)Jimmy Walker (20)
 AustraliaAdam Scott (7)Marc Leishman (54)
 JapanHideki Matsuyama (6)Ryo Ishikawa (100)
 EnglandChris Wood (38)Andy Sullivan (46)
 ScotlandRussell Knox (19)Duncan Stewart (324)
 SpainRafa Cabrera-Bello (32)Jon Rahm (131)
 IrelandShane Lowry (43)Graeme McDowell (83)
 South KoreaAn Byeong-hun (42)Kim Kyung-tae (56)
 ThailandThongchai Jaidee (52)Kiradech Aphibarnrat (81)
 DenmarkSøren Kjeldsen (45)Thorbjørn Olesen (67)
 New ZealandDanny Lee (64)Ryan Fox (135)
 SwedenAlex Norén (9)David Lingmerth (66)
 ItalyFrancesco Molinari (33)Matteo Manassero (340)
 AustriaBernd Wiesberger (40)Martin Wiegele (1319)
 BelgiumThomas Pieters (50)Nicolas Colsaerts (106)
 NetherlandsJoost Luiten (59)Darius van Driel (385)
 South AfricaJaco van Zyl (94)George Coetzee (141)
 VenezuelaJhonattan Vegas (74)Julio Vegas (1871)
 FranceVictor Dubuisson (79)Romain Langasque (192)
 WalesBradley Dredge (91)Stuart Manley (881)
 GermanyAlex Čejka (150)Stephan Jäger (472)
 PortugalRicardo Gouveia (125)José-Filipe Lima (287)
 CanadaDavid Hearn (149)Adam Hadwin (187)
 ChinaWu Ashun (171)Li Haotong (130)
 PhilippinesMiguel Tabuena (154)Angelo Que (416)
 Chinese TaipeiPan Cheng-tsung (195)Chan Shih-chang (188)
 IndiaShiv Chawrasia (226)S. Chikkarangappa (326)
 MalaysiaDanny Chia (296)Nicholas Fung (329)

The following players were eligible to be a seeded player but did not commit. The order is based on the World Rankings on 1 August 2016. Three countries with an eligible player did not compete: Argentina, Fiji and Paraguay. They were replaced by Chinese Taipei, India and Malaysia.

Final leaderboard
#CountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)[6]
1 Denmark72-60-70-66=268−202,560,000
T2 China70-65-72-65=272−16880,333
 France70-67-72-63=272
 United States70-67-69-66=272
5 Sweden72-66-73-62=273−15380,000
T6 Italy71-66-73-64=274−14297,500
 Japan73-65-71-65=274
8 Spain69-67-73-66=275−13215,000
T9 Australia74-68-70-65=277−11142,500
 Ireland72-69-70-66=277
T11 Canada75-68-69-66=278−10105,000
 New Zealand75-64-72-67=278
T13 Belgium73-69-70-67=279−983,500
 England71-66-77-65=279
 Germany74-71-70-64=279
 South Africa76-66-71-66=279
T17 Austria73-68-71-68=280−875,000
 Netherlands75-64-75-66=280
T19 Scotland78-65-72-67=282−670,000
 Chinese Taipei74-65-74-69=282
 Thailand73-66-77-66=282
T22 India74-66-75-68=283−563,000
 Malaysia77-68-72-66=283
 South Korea74-69-76-64=283
 Wales74-66-80-63=283
26 Portugal74-68-72-70=284−458,000
27 Venezuela74-68-76-67=285−356,000
28 Philippines77-67-77-70=291+354,000

References
  1. "Kingston Heath to host World Cup in 2016 return". PGA Tour. 6 January 2016.
  2. "Australia awarded upcoming World Cup, Presidents Cup". PGA Tour. 10 October 2015.
  3. "Glossary: Eligibility, Formats". PGA Tour. 16 December 2015. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  4. "World Cup of Golf: Kjeldsen and Olesen lead Denmark to first victory in the tournament". BBC Sport. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  5. "Søren Kjeldsen and Thorbjørn Olesen post maiden golf World Cup win for Denmark". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  6. "World Cup of Golf". Golf Channel. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

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