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2000 World Cup
Tournament information
Dates7–10 December
Location Buenos Aires, Argentina
34°28′01″S 58°41′56″W / 34.467°S 58.699°W / -34.467; -58.699
Course(s) Buenos Aires Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
( best ball & alternate shot)
Statistics
Par72
Length6,896 yards (6,306 m)
Field24 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$3.0 million
Winner's shareUS$1.0 million
Champion
  United States
David Duval & Tiger Woods
254 (−34)
Location map
Location in South America
Location in Argentina
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The 2000 WGC-World Cup took place 7–10 December at the Buenos Aires Golf Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the 46th World Cup and the first 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 American team of David Duval and Tiger Woods won by three strokes over the home Argentine team of Ángel Cabrera and Eduardo Romero. [1]

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
  Argentina Ángel Cabrera and Eduardo Romero
  Australia Peter O'Malley and Lucas Parsons
  Canada Glen Hnatiuk and Mike Weir
  Colombia Jesús Amaya and Gustavo Mendoza
  England Brian Davis and Jamie Spence
  Finland Mikael Piltz and Kalle Väinölä
  France Thomas Levet and Jean van de Velde
  Germany Alex Čejka and Thomas Gögele
  Ireland Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley
  Japan Shigeki Maruyama and Hidemichi Tanaka
  Malaysia Danny Chia and Rashid Ishmail
  New Zealand Frank Nobilo and Greg Turner
  Paraguay Carlos Franco and Esteban Isasi
  Scotland Paul Lawrie and Gary Orr
  South Africa Darren Fichardt and Retief Goosen
  South Korea Kwang-soo Choi and Nam-sin Park
  Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez and José María Olazábal
  Sweden Pierre Fulke and Mathias Grönberg
  Thailand Chawalit Plaphol and Thammanoon Sriroj
  Trinidad and Tobago Robert Ames and Stephen Ames
  United States David Duval and Tiger Woods
  Venezuela Cipriano Castro and Miguel Martinez
  Wales Phillip Price and Ian Woosnam
  Zimbabwe Tony Johnstone and Mark McNulty

Source [2]

Scores

Place Country Score To par Money (US$)
1   United States 61-65-60-68=254 −34 1,000,000
2   Argentina 57-67-65-68=257 −31 500,000
3   Paraguay 64-66-68-67=265 −23 300,000
4   Japan 60-71-67-68=266 −22 150,000
5   Scotland 64-69-65-70=268 −20 115,000
6   New Zealand 57-67-65-80=269 −19 100,000
T7   Germany 62-69-66-73=270 −18 80,000
  Spain 63-69-67-71=270
  Sweden 64-70-63-73=270
T10   Canada 61-72-62-76=271 −17 57,500
  Ireland 64-66-66-75=271
T12   Australia 58-70-69-75=272 −16 45,000
  South Africa 65-72-66-69=272
  Zimbabwe 62-72-67-71=272
15   Wales 68-64-67-74=273 −15 39,000
16   England 66-69-70-69=274 −14 38,000
T17   South Korea 61-72-66-79=278 −10 36,500
  Thailand 63-70-66-79=278
19   Trinidad and Tobago 68-67-67-77=279 −9 35,000
20   France 62-72-70-76=280 −8 34,000
21   Finland 68-70-70-73=281 −7 33,000
22   Colombia 66-67-72-79=284 −4 32,000
23   Malaysia 70-74-71-81=296 +8 31,000
24   Venezuela 67-81-68-84=300 +12 30,000

Source [2]

References

  1. ^ Clark, Tom (11 December 2000). "Woods, Duval hold off Argentina". USA Today. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  2. ^ a b "2000 EMC World Cup results". ESPN. 17 November 2000. Retrieved 16 October 2012.