Dates 15–18 November Course(s) Taiheiyo Club Length 7,277 yards (6,654 m) | Location Gotemba, Japan Par 72 | |
Format 72 holes stroke play
(best ball & alternate shot) | ||
The 2001 WGC-World Cup took place 15–18 November at the Taiheiyo Club in Gotemba, 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.
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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
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Scores
Playoff
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References
2001 WGC-World Cup Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA