2013 World Cup of Golf explained

The 2013 ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf is a golf tournament that was played 21–24 November at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. It was the 57th World Cup. The format changed from being a team event to being primarily an individual event with a team component. Sixty players from 34 countries competed in the individual tournament and 26 teams (two-player combined score) competed for the team prize. The total purse was US$8 million, $7 million for the individual competition and $1 million for the teams.^[1] The event was a 72-hole stroke play tournament. Official World Golf Ranking points were award for the first time in the World Cup.

Australia's Jason Day shot a final round 70 to win the individual tournament.^[2] Day teamed with Adam Scott to win the team prize.^{[3] [4]}

Qualification

The field was based on the Official World Golf Ranking on 23 September 2013.^[5] The top 15 players in the rankings were eligible with a limit of four players per country. After the top 15, players were eligible with a limit of two players per country until the field of 60 players was filled.^[6] The individual portion was similar to what will be used at the 2016 Summer Olympics, except that England, Scotland, and Wales fielded teams instead of a single Great Britain team in the Olympics.^[6]

Players

The table below lists the players together with their World Ranking at the time of the tournament.^[7]

Player	Country	Ranking
		157
		68
		131
		193
		44
		39
		112
		127
		129
		91
		63
		247
		18
		67
		269
		32
		488
		309
		62
		418
		52
		270
		43
		142
		214
		110
		47
		219
		260
		319
		334
		7
		141
		79
		316
		104
		217
		75
		38
		346
		12
		37
		58
		168
		285
		408
		216
		2
		172
		83
		128
		404
		46
		134
		384
		56
		308
		114
		71
		162

Final leaderboards

Individual competition

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1			68-70-66-70=274	−10	1,200,000
2			66-68-71-71=276	−8	760,000
3			75-68-68-66=277	−7	490,000
4			71-68-68-71=278	−6	340,000
align=center rowspan=2	T5			71-70-70-70=281	−3	270,000
		71-71-70-69=281
7			72-67-71-72=282	−2	240,000
align=center rowspan=4	T8			70-71-71-71=283	−1	197,500
		67-72-72-72=283
		75-67-66-75=283	-			66-69-74-74=283

Team competition

Place	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1		143-138-134-136=551	−17	600,000
2		137-137-142-145=561	−7	300,000
align=center rowspan=2	T3		137-140-147-139=563	align=center rowspan=2	−5	align=center rowspan=2	50,000
	143-138-141-141=563
5		141-144-141-144=570	+2	align=center rowspan=6	0
6		147-141-145-139=572	+4
align=center rowspan=2	T7		145-140-145-143=573	align=center rowspan=2	+5
	144-145-139-145=573
9		143-142-143-147=575	+7
10		141-143-146-146=576	+8

External links

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Notes and References

1. Web site: ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf Media Guide . PGA Tour . 26 November 2013.
2. News: Jason Day wins as Australia triumph at home . 24 November 2013 . BBC Sport . 25 November 2013.
3. News: Jason Day earns first win since 2010 . 24 November 2013 . ESPN . Associated Press . 25 November 2013.
4. Web site: Australia wins the World Cup of Golf, Jason Day holds on to win the individual title . 24 November 2013 . ABC.net . 25 November 2013.
5. Web site: Official World Golf Ranking – Week 38, 2013 . 22 September 2013 . 19 November 2013.
6. Web site: 2013 ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf – Format & How players qualify . 19 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131120213215/http://worldcup.pgatour.com/format.aspx . 20 November 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
7. Web site: Official World Golf Ranking – Week 46, 2013 . 17 November 2013 . 19 November 2013.