2016 World Cup of Golf (known as the 2016 ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf for sponsorship reasons) is a golf tournament being be played from 24–27 November at Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. It will be the 58th World Cup.
Twenty-eight countries will compete as two-player teams. The format is 72-hole stroke play; the first and third days are four-ball play, and the second and fourth days are alternate shot. The World Cup of Golf kicks off Thursday Down Under, featuring some of the best players from every corner of the globe. Here's what you need to know about the four-day tourney. 1.
The Basics What: The World Cup of Golf Where: Kingston Heath Golf Club, Melbourne, Australia When: Thursday-Sunday The tournament became the World Cup of Golf in 1967 and has been biennially contested 57 times.
The 2016 edition will be the 58th. Previous champions include Sam Snead, Ben Hogan, Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer, Peter Thomson, Ernie Els, Jason Day and the late Arnold Palmer. Jason Day won the individual prize of $7 million for finishing with the lowest aggregate score to par, 10 under. Adam Scott’s seven-under-par performance pushed the Australian team to victory at 17-under, 10 shots clear of second-place finishers Matt Kuchar and Kevin Streelman of the United States. Scott looks to defend his title at home with partner Marc Leishman, as Day is sitting this event out.
Cabrera Bello and Jon Rahim signed for a three-under 69 in the alternate-shot format, giving them a one-shot lead over Americans Ricky Fowler and Jimmy Walker, French duo Victor Dubuisson and Romain Langasque and China’s Wu Ashan and Li Haotong. Leishman’s par attempt on the 18th slid past the hole, dropping the Australians back into a tie for 14th.
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