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2001 WGC-World Cup
Golf tournament
Golf tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2001 World Cup |
| dates | 15–18 November |
| location | Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan |
| coordinates | |
| course | Taiheiyo Club |
| format | 72 holes stroke play |
| (best ball & alternate shot) | |
| par | 72 |
| yardage | 7277 yd |
| field | 24 two-man teams |
| cut | None |
| purse | US$3.0 million |
| winners_share | US$1.0 million |
| champion | |
| Ernie Els & Retief Goosen | |
| score | 264 (−24) |
| map | Asia#Japan#Japan Shizuoka Prefecture |
| map_label | Taiheiyo Club |
| map_caption | Location in Asia##Location in Japan##Location in Shizuoka Prefecture |
| map_relief | yes |
| map_size | 220 |
| previous | [2000](2000-wgc-world-cup) |
| next | [2002](2002-wgc-world-cup) |
(best ball & alternate shot) Ernie Els & Retief Goosen The 2001 WGC-World Cup took place 15–18 November at the Taiheiyo Club, Gotemba Course in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was the 47th World Cup and the second as a World Golf Championship event. 24 countries competed and each country sent two players. The prize money totaled $3,000,000 with $1,000,000 going to the winning pair. The South African team of Ernie Els and Retief Goosen won in a sudden-death playoff over teams from Denmark, New Zealand and the United States.
Qualification and format
18 teams qualified based on the Official World Golf Ranking and were six teams via qualifiers.
The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players. The first and third days were fourball play and the second and final days were foursomes play.
Teams
| Country | Players |
|---|---|
| Ángel Cabrera and Eduardo Romero | |
| Aaron Baddeley and Adam Scott | |
| Ian Leggatt and Mike Weir | |
| Liang Wenchong and Zhang Lianwei | |
| Thomas Bjørn and Søren Hansen | |
| Paul Casey and Ian Poulter | |
| Dinesh Chand and Vijay Singh | |
| Raphaël Jacquelin and Thomas Levet | |
| Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley | |
| Toshimitsu Izawa and Shigeki Maruyama | |
| Danny Chia and Periasamy Gunasegaran | |
| Octavio Gonzalez and Alex Quiroz | |
| Maarten Lafeber and Robert-Jan Derksen | |
| Michael Campbell and David Smail | |
| Henrik Bjørnstad and Per Haugsrud | |
| PRY | Ángel Franco and Carlos Franco |
| Rodrigo Cuello and Danny Zarate | |
| Andrew Coltart and Dean Robertson | |
| Ernie Els and Retief Goosen | |
| Sergio García and Miguel Ángel Jiménez | |
| Niclas Fasth and Robert Karlsson | |
| David Duval and Tiger Woods | |
| Mark Mouland and Phillip Price | |
| Tony Johnstone and Mark McNulty |
Source
Scores
| Place | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 64-71-63-66=264 | −24 | 1,000,000 | |
| T2 | 65-69-65-65=264 | 316,667 | ||
| 63-66-65-70=264 | ||||
| 66-68-63-67=264 | ||||
| 5 | 65-72-63-67=267 | −21 | 115,000 | |
| T6 | 62-73-66-67=268 | −20 | 95,000 | |
| 63-71-65-69=268 | ||||
| T8 | 67-68-63-71=269 | −19 | 70,000 | |
| 66-69-66-68=269 | ||||
| 67-68-63-71=269 | ||||
| T11 | 64-69-65-72=270 | −18 | 50,000 | |
| 62-71-66-71=270 | ||||
| 66-71-62-71=270 | ||||
| T14 | 66-70-64-71=271 | −17 | 39,500 | |
| 64-72-64-71=271 | ||||
| 16 | 62-73-66-71=272 | −16 | 38,000 | |
| T17 | 67-69-68-70=274 | −14 | 36,000 | |
| 66-71-67-70=274 | ||||
| 67-72-61-74=274 | ||||
| 20 | 66-74-66-72=278 | −10 | 34,000 | |
| 21 | PRY | 68-72-66-75=281 | −7 | 33,000 |
| 22 | 70-72-64-76=282 | −6 | 32,000 | |
| 23 | 66-80-68-71=285 | −3 | 31,000 | |
| 24 | 67-75-73-74=289 | +1 | 30,000 |
Playoff
- First hole: Denmark and South Africa advance with birdies, New Zealand and the United States eliminated
- Second hole: South Africa wins with par
Source
References
References
- (17 November 2011). "South Africans rally to win wild World Cup". ESPN.
- (18 November 2001). "EMC World Cup final-round scores". ESPN.
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