Tournament
officials announced today that world No. 6 Adam Scott has selected Marc
Leishman, winner of six events worldwide, to be his partner for the upcoming
World Cup of Golf to form one of the 28 two-man teams who will represent their
countries at Kingston Heath Golf Club, from November 23-27.

Leishman,
who was paired with Scott when he won his green jacket at The Masters in 2013,
will be making his first World Cup of Golf appearance. Winner of the 2012
Travelers Championship on the PGA TOUR, Leishman has five other international
victories, including his most recent at the 2015 Nedbank Golf Challenge in
South Africa on the European Tour last December. Leishman entered the final
round with a one-stroke lead over Henrik Stenson and shot 67 to win by six,
becoming the second Australian (Robert Allenby in 2009) to win the title.

Leishman
was voted Rookie of the Year in 2009 on the PGA TOUR after three top-10
finishes, including a runner-up finish to Tiger Woods at the BMW Championship.

Scott
and Leishman were teammates on the International Team in The Presidents Cup in
2013 and in 2015. The two were paired together in 2015 during the Saturday
foursomes where they defeated Bubba Watson and J.B. Holmes 1-up. Leishman also
defeated Jordan Spieth that year in singles play.

"I’m
extremely excited about playing in the World Cup of Golf with Adam. I can’t
wait to represent my country back home in Australia," Leishman said. "Also, my
best to Jason for a quick recovery."

"It’s (Kingston
Heath) probably in the top three, to be honest. Along with Augusta National
Golf Club and St. Andrews. Kingston Heath is not long, it’s a very fun golf
course and you can shoot really low there. You’ll have a lot of wedges in your
hand – you have to be really precise," Leishman added in an interview earlier
this year.

A native
Victorian hailing from Warrnambool, Leishman enjoyed a very successful amateur
career, winning many junior tournaments in Victoria and playing on the pennant
team for Commonwealth Golf Club along with Jarrod Lyle.

Leishman’s
selection to team with Adam Scott came after Jason Day announced last week that
he was forced to withdraw due to a back injury.

The 2016 World Cup of Golf 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.

The World Cup of Golf field now
includes:

• Two major championship winners from 2016 in Jimmy Walker (US PGA Championship) and Danny Willett (The Masters)
• 27 Olympians
• 18 past participants of either The Ryder Cup or The Presidents Cup
• 6 players from the 2016 Ryder Cup in Rickie Fowler, Jimmy Walker, Danny Willet, Lee Westwood, Cabrera Bella and Thomas Pieters
• 3 players in the top 10 and 17 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking
• 3 past World Cup of Golf champions – Adam Scott, Francesco Molinari and Bradley Dredge

World
Cup of Golf 2016 Field

Player                            
Country      Partner

Adam
Scott
                 
AUS             Marc
Leishman

Rickie
Fowler
             
USA             Jimmy
Walker

Danny
Willett              
ENG             Lee
Westwood

Hideki
Matsuyama    JPN
             Ryo
Ishikawa

Russell
Knox
               
SCO             
Duncan Stewart

Rafa
Cabrera Bello     ESP
             
Jon Rahm

Shane
Lowry
              
IRL
              
Graeme McDowell

Byeong
Hun An           KOR
            K.T. Kim

Thongchai
Jaidee       THA
            
Kiradech Aphibarnrat

Soren
Kjeldsen           DEN
            Thorbjorn
Olesen

Danny
Lee
                   
NZL             
Ryan Fox

Alex
Noren                  
SWE             David
Lingmerth

Francesco
Molinari    ITA
             
Matteo Manassero

Bernd
Wiesberger     AUT
            Martin
Wiegele

Thomas
Pieters           BEL
             
Nicolas Colsaerts

Joost
Luiten
                
NED             Darius
van Driel

Jaco Van
Zyl
                
RSA             
George Coetzee

Jamie
Donaldson        WAL
            Bradley
Dredge

Jhonattan
Vegas        VEN
            Julio Vegas

Victor
Dubuisson        FRA
             Romain
Langasque

Alex
Cejka                    
GER             
Stephan Jaeger

Ricardo
Gouveia         POR
            Jose-Filipe
Lima

David
Hearn
               
CAN             Graham
DeLaet

Ashun Wu
                   
CHN             Haotong
Li

Miguel
Tabuena         PHI
             
Angelo Que

Cheng
Tsung Pan       TPE
             
Chan Shih-chang

SSP
Chawrasia            
IND              S
Chikarangappa

Danny
Chia
                 
MAS            Nicholas Fung