2007 Omega Mission Hills World Cup

The 2007 Omega Mission Hills World Cup took place from November 22 to November 25 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. The individual purse is $2,500,000 with $800,000 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.

Contents 1 Qualification and format 2 Teams 3 Scores 4 Round summaries 4.1 1st Round 4.2 2nd Round 4.3 3rd Round 5 Prize money breakdown 6 References 7 External links

Qualification and format

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

The Championship is a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team comprising 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 Wen-Chong and Zhang Lian-Wei  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 Tony Lascuna 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 Seung-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) # Country Score To-par 1  United States 61 -11 2  Germany 62 -10 3  Scotland 63 -9  Wales  England  Thailand  Finland  South Africa 9  France 64 -8  Austria 11  South Korea 65 -7  Italy  Netherlands  Denmark  India  Argentina  China 18  Australia 66 -6  Canada  Sweden  Paraguay  Ireland 23  Spain 67 -5  New Zealand  Japan  Philippines 27  Colombia 68 -4  Puerto Rico Source[3]

2nd Round (Foursomes) # Country Score To-par 1  United States 61-69=130 -14 2  Scotland 63-68=131 -13  England 4  South Africa 63-69=132 -12 5  Germany 62-71=133 -11  Italy 65-68=133  Denmark 8  South Korea 65-69=134 -10  Netherlands 10  Argentina 65-70=135 -9  France 64-71=135 12  China 65-71=136 -8  Sweden 66-70=136 14  Finland 63-74=137 -7 15  Canada 66-72=138 -6  Ireland  Australia  Spain 67-71=138 19  Austria 64-75=139 -5  Thailand 63-76=139  Wales  Paraguay 66-73=139 23  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) # Country Score To-par 1  United States 61-69-66=196 -20 2  Scotland 63-68-66=197 -19  France 64-71-62=197 4  South Africa 63-69-66=198 -18  England 63-68-67=198 6  Netherlands 65-69-65=199 -17  Argentina 65-70-64=199  Germany 62-71-66=199 9  Denmark 65-68-68=201 -15 10  Canada 66-72-64=202 -14  Thailand 63-76-63=202  Italy 65-68-69=202  Sweden 66-70-66=202  Finland 63-74-65=202 15  South Korea 65-69-69=203 -13  Ireland 66-72-65=203  Spain 67-71-65=203  China 65-71-67=203 19  India 65-75-65=205 -11 20  Australia 66-72-68=206 -10  Wales 63-76-67=206  Paraguay 66-73-67=206 23  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)

#	Country	Score	To-par
1*	Scotland	63-68-66-66=263	-25
2	United States	61-69-66-67=263	-25
3	France	64-71-62-67=264	-24
4	England	63-69-66-67=265	-23
5	South Africa	63-69-66-69=267	-21
6	Sweden	66-70-66-66=268	-20
	Netherlands	65-69-65-69=268
	Argentina	65-70-64-69=268
	Germany	62-71-66-69=268
10	Denmark	65-68-68-68=269	-19
11	South Korea	65-69-69-68=271	-17
	China	65-71-67-68=271
13	Spain	67-71-65-70=273	-15
	Finland	63-74-65-71=273
15	Thailand	63-76-63-73=275	-13
	Paraguay	66-73-67-69=275
17	Italy	65-68-69-74=276	-12
	Canada	66-72-64-74=276
	Austria	64-75-69-68=276
	India	65-75-65-71=276
21	Australia	66-72-68-73=279	-9
22	Wales	63-76-67-74=280	-8
	Philippines	67-73-68-72=280
24	Ireland	66-72-65-78=281	-7
25	Japan	67-73-69-73=282	-6
26	Colombia	68-79-68-68=283	-5
27	New Zealand	67-77-70-73=287	-1
28	Puerto Rico	68-73-71-76=288	E

• Scotland won in a play-off.
• Source^[6]

Round summaries

1st Round

The 1st round took place on November 22 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]

2nd Round

The 2nd round took place on November 23 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]

3rd Round

The 3rd round took place on November 24 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]

Prize money breakdown

# Per team ($) Per player ($) 1 1,600,000 800,000 2 800,000 400,000 3 450,000 225,000 4 240,000 120,000 5 194,000 97,000 6 167,000 83,500 7 150,000 75,000 8 133,000 66,500 9 116,000 58,000 10 101,000 50,500 11 92,000 46,000 12 83,000 41,500 13 75,000 37,500 14 70,000 35,500

# Per team ($) Per player ($) 15 65,000 32,500 16 63,000 31,500 17 61,000 30,500 18 59,000 29,500 19 57,000 28,500 20 55,000 27,500 21 53,000 26,500 22 51,000 25,500 23 49,000 24,500 24 47,000 23,500 25 45,000 22,500 26 43,000 21,500 27 41,000 20,500 28 40,000 20,000

• Source^[2]

References

External links

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

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