2016 World Cup of Golf


The 2016 World Cup of Golf was a golf tournament played from 24–27 November at Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. It was the 58th World Cup. Twenty-eight countries competed as two-player teams. The format was 72-hole stroke play; the first and third days were alternate shot, and the second and fourth days were four-ball play.
The tournament was won by Denmark by four shots.

Qualification

, the individual champion of the 2013 World Cup of Golf, qualified automatically, representing Australia, and was allowed to select his partner as defined below. One player each from 27 other countries qualified based on their position in the Official World Golf Ranking on 1 August. The deadline for these players to commit was 11 August.
The 28 exempt players selected a partner from the same country, if such a player was ranked in the top 500 of the OWGR. If less than five other players from that country were ranked in the top 500, a player could choose a partner from outside the top 500. The deadline for teams to be finalized is 26 August.

Teams

The table below lists the teams in order of qualification, together with their World Ranking at the time of the tournament.
CountrySeeded playerUnseeded player
Rickie Fowler Jimmy Walker
Adam Scott Marc Leishman
Hideki Matsuyama Ryo Ishikawa
Chris Wood Andy Sullivan
Russell Knox Duncan Stewart
Rafael Cabrera-Bello Jon Rahm
Shane Lowry Graeme McDowell
An Byeong-hun Kim Kyung-tae
Thongchai Jaidee Kiradech Aphibarnrat
Søren Kjeldsen Thorbjørn Olesen
Danny Lee Ryan Fox
Alexander Norén David Lingmerth
Francesco Molinari Matteo Manassero
Bernd Wiesberger Martin Wiegele
Thomas Pieters Nicolas Colsaerts
Joost Luiten Darius van Driel
Jaco van Zyl George Coetzee
Jhonattan Vegas Julio Vegas
Victor Dubuisson Romain Langasque
Bradley Dredge Stuart Manley
Alex Čejka Stephan Jäger
Ricardo Gouveia José-Filipe Lima
David Hearn Adam Hadwin
Wu Ashun Li Haotong
Miguel Tabuena Angelo Que
Pan Cheng-tsung Chan Shih-chang
Shiv Chawrasia S. Chikkarangappa
Danny Chia Nicholas Fung

The following players were eligible to be a seeded player but did not commit. The order is based on the World Rankings on 1 August 2016. Three countries with an eligible player did not compete: Argentina, Fiji and Paraguay. They were replaced by Chinese Taipei, India and Malaysia.