With the qualification deadline for the
World Cup of Golf now passed, 28 countries have been confirmed to be competing
in November.
With the qualification deadline for the
World Cup of Golf now passed, 28 countries have been confirmed to be competing
in November.
Headlined by the defending champions from Australia; Jason Day and Adam Scott the 56 man field will also feature a minimum of 25 players from the top-100 in the world.
While some players have confirmed who will partner them in their quest to win the World Cup of Golf others are yet to finalise their team with nominations needing to be made by the 26thAugust.
Full
list of confirmed players:
OWGR Rank |
Name |
Partner |
Country |
1 |
Jason Day |
Adam Scott (No. 7 OWGR) |
AUS |
6 |
Bubba Watson |
TBA |
USA |
10 |
Danny Willett |
Lee Westwood (No. 43 OWGR) |
ENG |
19 |
Russell Knox |
Duncan Stewart (No. 392 OWGR) |
SCO |
20 |
Hideki Matsuyama |
TBA |
JPN |
27 |
Rafa Cabrera Bello |
TBA |
ESP |
32 |
Byeong Hun An |
TBA |
KOR |
35 |
Emiliano Grillo |
TBA |
ARG |
36 |
Shane Lowry |
TBA |
IRL |
40 |
Alex Noren |
David Lingmerth (No. 52 OWGR) |
SWE |
41 |
Thongchai Jaidee |
TBA |
THA |
44 |
Soren Kjeldsen |
Thorbjorn Olesen (No. 67 OWGR) |
DEN |
45 |
Danny Lee |
TBA |
NZL |
57 |
Francesco Molinari |
TBA |
ITA |
58 |
Bernd Wiesberger |
TBA |
AUT |
61 |
Thomas Pieters |
Nicolas Colsaerts (No. 124 OWGR) |
BEL |
65 |
Joost Luiten |
TBA |
NED |
72 |
Jaco Van Zyl |
TBA |
RSA |
80 |
Jhonattan Vegas |
Julio Vegas (No. 1841 OWGR) |
VEN |
82 |
Jamie Donaldson |
TBA |
WAL |
88 |
Victor Dubuisson |
TBA |
FRA |
116 |
Alex Cejka |
TBA |
GER |
131 |
Vijay Singh |
TBA |
FIJ |
134 |
Ricardo Gouveia |
TBA |
POR |
136 |
David Hearn |
TBA |
CAN |
137 |
Wu Ashun |
TBA |
CHN |
145 |
Fabrizio Zanotti |
TBA |
PAR |
153 |
Miguel Tabuena |
TBA |
PHI |
The World Cup of Golf will be played at Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne from the 24-27 November.
The 2016 tournament will return to a 72-hole, stroke play, two-man team event format. The first and third days of competition will be the foursomes (alternate shot) format and the second and final days are fourball (best ball) play.
Tickets and hospitality packages starting at $30 are now available by visiting the World Cup of Golf website at www.WorldCupofGolf.com.