Players confirmed for the World Cup of Golf - PGA of Australia

Players confirmed for the World Cup of Golf


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.


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