2002 WGC-World Cup

2002 World Cup

Tournament information
Dates	12–15 December
Location	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Course(s)	Vista Vallarta Club de Golf Nicklaus Course
Format	72 holes stroke play (best ball & alternate shot)
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,153 yards (6,541 m)
Field	24 two-man teams
Cut	None
Prize fund	US$3.0 million
Winner's share	US$1.0 million
Champion
Japan Toshimitsu Izawa & Shigeki Maruyama
252 (−36)
Location Map
Vista Vallarta Club de Golf Location in North America Show map of North America Vista Vallarta Club de Golf Location in Mexico Show map of Mexico Vista Vallarta Club de Golf Location in Jalisco Show map of Jalisco
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The 2002 WGC-World Cup took place 12–15 December at the Vista Vallarta Club de Golf, Nicklaus Course in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. It was the 48th World Cup and the third as a World Golf Championship event. 24 countries competed and each country sent two players. The prize money totaled $3,000,000 with $1,000,000 going to the winning pair. The Japanese team of Toshimitsu Izawa and Shigeki Maruyama won. They won by two strokes stroke over the American team of Phil Mickelson and David Toms.

Qualification and format

18 teams qualified based on the Official World Golf Ranking and were joined by host country, Mexico, and five teams via qualifiers in Malaysia and Mexico.^[1]

The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players. The first and third days were fourball play and the second and final days were foursomes play.

Teams

Country	Players
Argentina	Ángel Cabrera and Eduardo Romero
Australia	Craig Parry and Adam Scott
Canada	Ian Leggatt and Mike Weir
Colombia	Jesús Amaya and Rigoberto Velasquez
Denmark	Anders Hansen and Søren Hansen
England	Paul Casey and Justin Rose
Fiji	Dinesh Chand and Vijay Singh
France	Raphaël Jacquelin and Thomas Levet
Germany	Alex Čejka and Sven Strüver
Ireland	Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley
Japan	Toshimitsu Izawa and Shigeki Maruyama
Mexico	Pablo del Olmo and Esteban Toledo
Myanmar	Kyi Hla Han and Soo Kyaw Naing
New Zealand	Michael Campbell and Craig Perks
Scotland	Alastair Forsyth and Paul Lawrie
Singapore	Lam Chih Bing and Mardan Mamat
South Africa	Tim Clark and Rory Sabbatini
South Korea	K. J. Choi and Hur Suk-ho
Sweden	Niclas Fasth and Carl Pettersson
Switzerland	André Bossert and Marc Chatelain
Trinidad and Tobago	Robert Ames and Stephen Ames
United States	Phil Mickelson and David Toms
Venezuela	Jaime Acevedo and Carlos Larraín
Wales	Bradley Dredge and Ian Woosnam

Source^[1]

Scores

Place	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Japan	64-64-58-66=252	−36	1,000,000
2	United States	65-67-57-65=254	−34	500,000
T3	England	65-63-62-68=258	−30	225,000
	South Korea	61-67-64-66=258
5	South Africa	62-64-62-71=259	−29	115,000
T6	Argentina	64-68-62-66=260	−28	95,000
	Australia	60-67-65-68=260
T8	Canada	59-67-64-71=261	−27	75,000
	Ireland	64-67-62-68=261
10	Fiji	63-62-62-75=262	−26	60,000
11	Denmark	63-70-62-68=263	−25	55,000
T12	Scotland	63-65-62-75=265	−23	47,500
	Wales	63-68-65-69=265
T14	Sweden	62-71-64-69=266	−22	39,500
	Switzerland	63-67-65-71=266
16	Myanmar	66-66-64-72=268	−20	38,000
T17	France	61-72-64-73=270	−18	35,500
	New Zealand	65-73-64-68=270
	Singapore	70-65-65-70=270
	Trinidad and Tobago	63-66-64-77=270
21	Germany	67-69-64-71=271	−17	33,000
22	Venezuela	66-67-72-69=274	−14	32,000
T23	Colombia	66-68-69-74=277	−11	30,500
	Mexico	68-72-66-71=277

Source^[2][3]

References

External links

• Vista Vallarta Club de Golf

20°40′N 105°16′W / 20.667°N 105.267°W / 20.667; -105.267

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