2013 World Cup of Golf

The 2013 ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf is a golf tournament that was played 21–24 November at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. It was the 57th World Cup. The format changed from being a team event to being primarily an individual event with a team component.[2] Sixty players from 34 countries competed in the individual tournament and 26 teams (two-player combined score) competed for the team prize. The total purse was US$8 million, $7 million for the individual competition and $1 million for the teams.[1] The event was a 72-hole stroke play tournament.[2] Official World Golf Ranking points were award for the first time in the World Cup.[2]

2013 World Cup of Golf
Tournament information
Dates21–24 November
LocationMelbourne, Australia
Course(s)Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par71[1]
Length7,046 yards (6,443 m)[1]
Field60 man individual
26 two-man teams
CutNone
Prize fundUS$8.0 million
$7.0 million – individual
$1.0 million – team
Winner's share$1.2 million – individual
$600,000 – team
Champion
Australia Jason Day – individual
 Australia – team
Jason Day & Adam Scott
Individual – 274 (−10)
Team – 551 (−17)
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Royal  Melbourne Golf Club is located in Australia
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Melbourne Golf Club
Royal Melbourne Golf Club is located in Victoria
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Royal Melbourne Golf Club is located in Melbourne
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Location in greater Melbourne

Australia's Jason Day shot a final round 70 to win the individual tournament.[3] Day teamed with Adam Scott to win the team prize.[4][5]

Qualification

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The field was based on the Official World Golf Ranking on 23 September 2013.[6] The top 15 players in the rankings were eligible with a limit of four players per country. After the top 15, players were eligible with a limit of two players per country until the field of 60 players was filled.[2] The individual portion was similar to what will be used at the 2016 Summer Olympics, except that England, Scotland, and Wales fielded teams instead of a single Great Britain team in the Olympics.[2]

Players

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The table below lists the players together with their World Ranking at the time of the tournament.[7]

Player Country Ranking
Felipe Aguilar   Chile 157
Kiradech Aphibarnrat   Thailand 68
Bae Sang-moon   South Korea 131
Gaganjeet Bhullar   India 193
Thomas Bjørn   Denmark 44
Jonas Blixt   Sweden 39
Grégory Bourdy   France 112
Rafa Cabrera-Bello   Spain 127
K. J. Choi   South Korea 129
George Coetzee   South Africa 91
Nicolas Colsaerts   Belgium 63
Adilson da Silva   Brazil 247
Jason Day   Australia 18
Brendon de Jonge   Zimbabwe 67
Robert-Jan Derksen   Netherlands 269
Victor Dubuisson   France 32
Óscar Fraustro   Mexico 488
Brad Fritsch   Canada 309
Stephen Gallacher   Scotland 62
Fabián Gómez   Argentina 418
Branden Grace   South Africa 52
Emiliano Grillo   Argentina 270
Peter Hanson   Sweden 43
David Hearn   Canada 142
Michael Hendry   New Zealand 214
Ryo Ishikawa   Japan 110
Miguel Ángel Jiménez   Spain 47
Roope Kakko   Finland 219
Maximilian Kieffer   Germany 260
Espen Kofstad   Norway 319
Mikko Korhonen   Finland 334
Matt Kuchar   United States 7
Anirban Lahiri   India 141
Martin Laird   Scotland 79
Antonio Lascuña   Philippines 316
Liang Wenchong   China 104
José-Filipe Lima   Portugal 217
Shane Lowry   Ireland 75
Matteo Manassero   Italy 38
Stuart Manley   Wales 346
Graeme McDowell   Ireland 12
Francesco Molinari   Italy 37
Thorbjørn Olesen   Denmark 58
Prayad Marksaeng   Thailand 168
Angelo Que   Philippines 285
Alexandre Rocha   Brazil 408
Ricardo Santos   Portugal 216
Adam Scott   Australia 2
Siddikur Rahman   Bangladesh 172
Marcel Siem   Germany 83
Vijay Singh   Fiji 128
Tim Sluiter   Netherlands 404
Kevin Streelman   United States 46
Hideto Tanihara   Japan 134
Mark Tullo   Chile 384
Bernd Wiesberger   Austria 56
Tim Wilkinson   New Zealand 308
Danny Willett   England 114
Chris Wood   England 71
Wu Ashun   China 162

Final leaderboards

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Individual competition

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Place Player Country Score To par Money (US$)
1 Jason Day   Australia 68-70-66-70=274 −10 1,200,000
2 Thomas Bjørn   Denmark 66-68-71-71=276 −8 760,000
3 Adam Scott   Australia 75-68-68-66=277 −7 490,000
4 Matt Kuchar   United States 71-68-68-71=278 −6 340,000
T5 Kiradech Aphibarnrat   Thailand 71-70-70-70=281 −3 270,000
Ryo Ishikawa   Japan 71-71-70-69=281
7 Hideto Tanihara   Japan 72-67-71-72=282 −2 240,000
T8 David Hearn   Canada 70-71-71-71=283 −1 197,500
Stuart Manley   Wales 67-72-72-72=283
Francesco Molinari   Italy 75-67-66-75=283
Kevin Streelman   United States 66-69-74-74=283

Team competition

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Place Country Score To par Money (US$)
1   Australia 143-138-134-136=551 −17 600,000
2   United States 137-137-142-145=561 −7 300,000
T3   Denmark 137-140-147-139=563 −5 50,000
  Japan 143-138-141-141=563
5   Canada 141-144-141-144=570 +2 0
6   South Africa 147-141-145-139=572 +4
T7   France 145-140-145-143=573 +5
  Germany 144-145-139-145=573
9   Thailand 143-142-143-147=575 +7
10   Scotland 141-143-146-146=576 +8

Notes and references

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  1. ^ a b c "ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e "2013 ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf – Format & How players qualify". Archived from the original on 20 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Jason Day wins as Australia triumph at home". BBC Sport. 24 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Jason Day earns first win since 2010". ESPN. Associated Press. 24 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Australia wins the World Cup of Golf, Jason Day holds on to win the individual title". ABC.net. 24 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Official World Golf Ranking – Week 38, 2013" (PDF). 22 September 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Official World Golf Ranking – Week 46, 2013" (PDF). 17 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
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