After a one-year absence, the $7.5 million Omega Mission Hills World Cup is ready to resume on November 24 at Mission Hills Golf Club on Hainan Island, China. The two-man, now-biennial team event was won in 2009 by Italians Edoardo Molinari and Francesco Molinari in Shenzhen, China.
The field will be comprised of 56 players from 28 countries, with the victorious duo sharing the largest prize in Asian golf, $2.4 million. The format involves 72 holes of stroke play, with alternating rounds of four-ball (best-ball) and foursomes.
Among the top teams entered is Northern Ireland, represented by the past two U.S. Open champions, Graeme McDowell in 2010 and Rory McIlroy this year. The USA team includes Matt Kuchar - fresh off a win in last week's Presidents Cup in Australia - and Gary Woodland.
Other formidable squads include the Germans, with 2010 PGA champion Martin Kaymer and Alex Cejka; Sweden, with Robert Karlsson and Henrik Stenson - who captured the 2008 title; the South Africans with two major champions, 2010 British Open winner Louis Oosthuizen and 2011 Masters champion Charl Schwartzel.
Spain's team also looks strong, with the long-hitting Alvaro Quiros and the crafty veteran, Miguel Angel Jimenez, as does England with Ian Poulter and Justin Rose.
And of course there are the Molinaris, who became the first brother duo to take home the John Jay Hopkins trophy and first Italians to win the Omega Mission Hills World Cup. - http://www.cybergolf.com/
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