Ryan
Fox and Danny Lee will team up for the second time this year as they look to
make history and claim the World Cup of Golf for the first time in history at
Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne.

While
the dynamic duo played as individuals at the Rio Olympics where they grew their
relationship on and off the course and now return to take on the world in a
genuine teams format starting tomorrow.

Ryan
Fox has had a great build up after an impressive performance across the ditch
at the Emirates Australian Open last week where he finished fourth. Fox got the
chance to go toe to toe with world number five Jordan Spieth who went on to win
the title for the second time.

With
Lee joining him, it provides an exciting partnership as the PGA Tour
professional is capable of big birdie runs combined with his experience at the
last years Presidents Cup will be pivotal. This coupled with Fox’s long and
aggressive brand of golf, is sure to create fireworks in a format that may suit
the pair.The last time a Kiwi pair came close to the
World Cup title was in 1967 where Sir Bob Charles and Walter Godfrey finished
second place.

For
Fox and Lee to go one better than that result they will have some stiff competition.
TAB favourites and host nation Australia will be aiming to go back to back
after Jason Day and Adam Scott won in 2013. The two have since been split up
due to Day’s back injury with Marc Leishman coming to the floor. The only time
they’ve teamed up was at 2015 Presidents Cup, halving one foursomes match.

It
is impossible not to mention the American side of Rickie Fowler and Jimmy
Walker. The record books don’t lie with the United States having won the title
a whopping 24 times. The next best being defending champions Australia with
five.The Kiwi pair have had some early success in the
build up to the tournament, winning the charity challenge at the historic
Melbourne Cricket ground yesterday. Albeit, a minor victory, it’s great to see
Fox and Lee back together representing New Zealand.

Played at the Kingston Heath Golf Club
which is ranked in the top 50 on the globe, the World Cup of Golf is played as
a 72-hole stroke play event where the teams play four-ball in rounds one and
three with the best score of the two counting whereas rounds two and four are
foursomes where the players play alternate shots using the same ball. This will
make for exciting viewing as the scoring could be very low if Melbourne’s
traditional winds don’t feature.Coverage of the World Cup of Golf will tee off
at 2:00pm on Sky Sport 54 where you can witness national rivalry at it’s finest
and maybe even New Zealand history.