| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 15–18 November | 
| Location | Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan 35°18′31.3″N 138°56′4.6″E / 35.308694°N 138.934611°E | 
| Course(s) | Taiheiyo Club | 
| Format | 72 holes stroke play (best ball & alternate shot) | 
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 | 
| Length | 7,277 yards (6,654 m) | 
| Field | 24 two-man teams | 
| Cut | None | 
| Prize fund | US$3.0 million | 
| Winner's share | US$1.0 million | 
| Champion | |
|  South Africa Ernie Els & Retief Goosen | |
| 264 (−24) | |
| Location Map | |
|   Taiheiyo Club Location in Asia   Taiheiyo Club Location in Japan   Taiheiyo Club Location in Shizuoka Prefecture | |
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 $1,000,000 going to the winning pair. The South African team of Ernie Els and Retief Goosen won in a sudden-death playoff over teams from Denmark, New Zealand and the United States.[1]
Qualification and format
18 teams qualified based on the Official World Golf Ranking and were six teams via qualifiers.
The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players. The first and third days were fourball play and the second and final days were foursomes play.
Teams
| Country | Players | 
|---|---|
|  Argentina | Ángel Cabrera and Eduardo Romero | 
| .svg.png.webp) Australia | Aaron Baddeley and Adam Scott | 
| .svg.png.webp) Canada | Ian Leggatt and Mike Weir | 
|  China | Liang Wenchong and Zhang Lianwei | 
|  Denmark | Thomas Bjørn and Søren Hansen | 
|  England | Paul Casey and Ian Poulter | 
|  Fiji | Dinesh Chand and Vijay Singh | 
|  France | Raphaël Jacquelin and Thomas Levet | 
|  Ireland | Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley | 
|  Japan | Toshimitsu Izawa and Shigeki Maruyama | 
|  Malaysia | Danny Chia and Periasamy Gunasegaran | 
|  Mexico | Octavio Gonzalez and Alex Quiroz | 
|  Netherlands | Maarten Lafeber and Robert-Jan Derksen | 
|  New Zealand | Michael Campbell and David Smail | 
|  Norway | Henrik Bjørnstad and Per Haugsrud | 
| .svg.png.webp) Paraguay | Ángel Franco and Carlos Franco | 
|  Philippines | Rodrigo Cuello and Danny Zarate | 
|  Scotland | Andrew Coltart and Dean Robertson | 
|  South Africa | Ernie Els and Retief Goosen | 
|  Spain | Sergio García and Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 
|  Sweden | Niclas Fasth and Robert Karlsson | 
|  United States | David Duval and Tiger Woods | 
|  Wales | Mark Mouland and Phillip Price | 
|  Zimbabwe | Tony Johnstone and Mark McNulty | 
Source[2]
Scores
| Place | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Africa | 64-71-63-66=264 | −24 | 1,000,000 | 
| T2 |  Denmark | 65-69-65-65=264 | 316,667 | |
|  New Zealand | 63-66-65-70=264 | |||
|  United States | 66-68-63-67=264 | |||
| 5 |  England | 65-72-63-67=267 | −21 | 115,000 | 
| T6 | .svg.png.webp) Canada | 62-73-66-67=268 | −20 | 95,000 | 
|  Spain | 63-71-65-69=268 | |||
| T8 |  Argentina | 67-68-63-71=269 | −19 | 70,000 | 
|  Fiji | 66-69-66-68=269 | |||
|  France | 67-68-63-71=269 | |||
| T11 |  Japan | 64-69-65-72=270 | −18 | 50,000 | 
|  Scotland | 62-71-66-71=270 | |||
|  Wales | 66-71-62-71=270 | |||
| T14 | .svg.png.webp) Australia | 66-70-64-71=271 | −17 | 39,500 | 
|  Ireland | 64-72-64-71=271 | |||
| 16 |  Sweden | 62-73-66-71=272 | −16 | 38,000 | 
| T17 |  China | 67-69-68-70=274 | −14 | 36,000 | 
|  Mexico | 66-71-67-70=274 | |||
|  Norway | 67-72-61-74=274 | |||
| 20 |  Zimbabwe | 66-74-66-72=278 | −10 | 34,000 | 
| 21 | .svg.png.webp) Paraguay | 68-72-66-75=281 | −7 | 33,000 | 
| 22 |  Netherlands | 70-72-64-76=282 | −6 | 32,000 | 
| 23 |  Malaysia | 66-80-68-71=285 | −3 | 31,000 | 
| 24 |  Philippines | 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[2]
References
- ↑ "South Africans rally to win wild World Cup". ESPN. Associated Press. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- 1 2 "EMC World Cup final-round scores". ESPN. 18 November 2001. Retrieved 16 October 2012.