OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup

Damn, I wanted to write this insightful post about the Golf World Cup taking place this week in Chinas humongous Mission Hills Golf Club. Unfortunately, I’m on the road, so you’ll have to settle with some quick facts.

Defending champion is Germany, as Bernhard Langer and Marcel Siem won the trophy last year. To defend it, Martin “European Tour Rookie of the year” Kaymer will team up with Alex “I can’t believe I didn’t have to go through Q-School” Cejka.

The field is as follows.

Argentinia: Andres Romero and Ricardo Gonzalez
Australia: Nick O’Hern and Nathan Green
Austria: Markus Brier and Claude Grenier
Canada: Mike Weir and Wes Heffernan
China: Liang Wen-chong and Zhang Lian-wei
Columbia: Gustavo Mendoza and Jorge Benedetti
Denmark: Anders Hansen and Søren Hansen
England: Justin Rose and Ian Poulter
France: Raphaël Jacquelin and Gregory Havret
Finland: Mikko Ilonen and Pasi Purhonen
Germany: Martin Kaymer and Alex Cejka
India: Jyoti Randhawa and Gaurev Ghei
Ireland: Michael Hoey and Gareth Maybin
Italy: Edoardo Molinari and Francesco Molinari
Japan: Hideto Tanihara and Tetsuji Hiratsuka
Korea: Lee Seung-ho and Lee Sung
New Zealand: Richard Lee and Stephen Scahill
Paraguay: Carlos Franco and Fabrizio Zanotti
Philippines: Tony Lascuna and Gerald Rosales
Puerto Rico: Wilfredo Morales and Miguel Suárez
Scotland: Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren
South Africa: Retief Goosen and Trevor Immelman
Spain: José Maria Olazábal and Miguel Angel Jiménez
Sweden: Robert Karlsson and Peter Hanson
Thailand: Thongchai Jaidee and Prayad Marksaeng
Netherlands: Robert-Jan Derksen and Maarten Lafeber
USA: Arron Oberholser and Sean O’Hair
Wales: Stephen Dodd and Bradley Dredge