2002 WGC-World Cup

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2002 World Cup
Tournament information
Dates 12–15 December
Location Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Course(s) Vista Vallarta Club de Golf
Nicklaus Course
Format 72 holes stroke play
(best ball & alternate shot)
Statistics
Par 72
Length 7,153 yards (6,541 m)
Field 24 two-man teams
Cut None
Prize fund US$3.0 million
Winner's share US$1.0 million
Champion
 Japan
Toshimitsu Izawa & Shigeki Maruyama
252 (−36)

The 2002 WGC-World Cup took place 12–15 December at the Vista Vallarta Club de Golf, Nicklaus Course in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. It was the 48th World Cup and the third as a World Golf Championship event. 24 countries competed and each country sent two players. The prize money totaled $3,000,000 with $1,000,000 going to the winning pair. The Japanese team of Toshimitsu Izawa and Shigeki Maruyama won. They won by two strokes stroke over the American team of Phil Mickelson and David Toms.

Qualification and format

18 teams qualified based on the Official World Golf Ranking and were joined by host country, Mexico, and five teams via qualifiers in Malaysia and Mexico.[1]

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

Country Players
 Argentina Ángel Cabrera and Eduardo Romero
 Australia Craig Parry and Adam Scott
 Canada Ian Leggatt and Mike Weir
 Colombia Jesús Amaya and Rigoberto Velasquez
 Denmark Anders Hansen and Søren Hansen
 England Paul Casey and Justin Rose
 Fiji Dinesh Chand and Vijay Singh
 France Raphaël Jacquelin and Thomas Levet
 Germany Alex Čejka and Sven Strüver
 Ireland Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley
 Japan Toshimitsu Izawa and Shigeki Maruyama
 Mexico Pablo Del Olmo and Esteban Toledo
 Myanmar Kyi Hla Han and Soo Kyaw Naing
 New Zealand Michael Campbell and Craig Perks
 Scotland Alastair Forsyth and Paul Lawrie
 Singapore Lam Chih Bing and Mardan Mamat
 South Africa Tim Clark and Rory Sabbatini
 South Korea K. J. Choi and S. K. Ho
 Sweden Niclas Fasth and Carl Pettersson
  Switzerland André Bossert and Marc Chatelain
 Trinidad and Tobago Robert Ames and Stephen Ames
 United States Phil Mickelson and David Toms
 Venezuela Jamie Acevedo and Carlos Larrain
 Wales Bradley Dredge and Ian Woosnam

Source[1]

Scores

# Country Score To par Money (US$)
1  Japan 64-64-58-66=252 −36 1,000,000
2  United States 65-67-57-65=254 −34 500,000
T3  England 65-63-62-68=258 −30 225,000
 South Korea 61-67-64-66=258
5  South Africa 62-64-62-71=259 −9 115,000
T6  Argentina 64-68-62-66=260 −28 95,000
 Australia 60-67-65-68=260
T8  Canada 59-67-64-71=261 −27 75,000
 Ireland 64-67-62-68=261
10  Fiji 63-62-62-75=262 −26 60,000
11  Denmark 63-70-62-68=263 −25 55,000
T12  Scotland 63-65-62-75=265 −23 47,500
 Wales 63-68-65-69=265
T14  Sweden 62-71-64-69=266 −22 39,500
  Switzerland 63-67-65-71=266
16  Myanmar 66-66-64-72=268 −20 38,000
T17  France 61-72-64-73=270 −18 35,500
 New Zealand 65-73-64-68=270
 Singapore 70-65-65-70=270
 Trinidad and Tobago 63-66-64-77=270
21  Germany 67-69-64-71=271 −17 33,000
22  Venezuela 66-67-72-69=274 −14 32,000
T23  Colombia 66-68-69-74=277 −11 30,500
 Mexico 68-72-66-71=277

Source[2][3]

References

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