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Australia awaits for World Cup of Golf field


Tournament officials today announced a final field whose diverse accomplishments, backgrounds and native countries will make up the 28 two-man teams which will descend on Melbourne, Australia, to represent their countries in the World Cup of Golf at Kingston Heath Golf Club from November 23-27.

Tournament officials today announced a final field whose diverse accomplishments, backgrounds and native countries will make up the 28 two-man teams which will descend on Melbourne, Australia, to represent their countries in the World Cup of Golf at Kingston Heath Golf Club from November 23-27.

The field includes:

·         Six major championship winners

·         27 Olympians

·         18 past participants of either The Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup

·         2 sets of brothers

·         4 players in the top 10 and 17 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking

·         Players from countries representing six different continents

·         4 past World Cup champions

·         A player who shot 58 on the Web.Com Tour this year

·         Players with a combined 317 victories from around the globe

"The field this year for the World Cup of Golf is a perfect example of why this tournament is consistently one of the most unique and exciting event’s on golf’s calendar," said Executive Director Matt Kamienski. "The 56 players competing in the World Cup of Golf include both household names, who represent the very best in the game, as well as top emerging competitors from countries across the globe."

2016 World Cup of Golf Field:

Country

Name

OWGR

INT WINS

World Cup of Golf appearances

Years

AUS

Jason Day

1

11

1

2013

AUS

Adam Scott

7

26

3

2001, 2002, 2013

AUT

Bernd Wiesberger

60

4

1

2013

AUT

Martin Wiegele

1224

4

1

2004

BEL

Thomas Pieters

54

2

0

 

BEL

Nicolas Colsaerts

124

2

2

2011, 2013

CAN

David Hearn

138

1

1

2013

CAN

Graham DeLaet

144

4

2

2008, 2009

CHN

Ashun Wu

140

2

1

2013

CHN

Haotong Li

161

0

0

 

DEN

Søren Kjeldsen

45

4

5

98, 99, 03, 04, 09

DEN

Thorbjørn Olesen

71

3

2

11, 14

ENG

Danny Willett

10

5

1

2013

ENG

Lee Westwood

43

41

0

0

ESP

Rafa Cabrera Bello

26

4

1

2013

ESP

Jon Rahm

126

0

0

0

FIJ

Vijay Singh

127

56

3

01, 02, 13

FIJ

Krishna Singh

1835

0

0

 

FRA

Victor Dubuisson

90

2

1

2013

FRA

Romain Langasque

209

0

0

 

GER

Alex Cejka

117

8

11

95-97, 00, 02, 03, 05, 07, 08, 09, 11

GER

Stephan Jaeger

415

0

0

 

IND

SSP Chawrasia

234

3

0

 

IND

S Chikarangappa

439

0

0

 

IRL

Shane Lowry

35

3

1

2013

IRL

Graeme McDowell

70

11

4

08, 09, 11, 14

ITA

Francesco Molinari

58

3

6

06-09, 11, 14

ITA

Matteo Manassero

316

4

1

2013

JPN

Hideki Matsuyama

16

7

0

0

JPN

Ryo Ishikawa

197

13

1

2013

KOR

Byeong Hun An

34

2

0

 

KOR

K.T. Kim

51

14

0

 

NED

Joost Luiten

68

4

1

2011

NED

Darius van Driel

404

0

0

 

NZL

Danny Lee

47

2

1

2009

NZL

Ryan Fox

136

2

0

 

PHI

Miguel Tabuena

155

0

0

 

PHI

Angelo Que

368

0

3

2008, 2009, 2014

POR

Ricardo Gouveia


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