October 6, 2009
After the conclusion of the European and South American Qualifiers for the Omega Mission Hills World Cup, the 28 nations to contest the 55th staging of the event have been confirmed.
Canada, Wales, Scotland, Chile, Venezuela and Brazil took the last six available places at their respective qualifiers in Estonia and Venezuela to book their places to the outstanding Mission Hills Golf Club for the US$ 5.5 million event from November 26-29.
They will join many of the world’s finest players to represent their countries in the Omega Mission Hills World Cup, including World Number Five Henrik Stenson of Sweden and his partner, Robert Karlsson, as well as World Number Eight Sergio Garcia and his partner for Spain, Gonzalo Fernanez-Castaño.
YE Yang will be the freshest Major Champion in the field as he looks to complete his dream season with a victory for Korea, in partnership with Charlie Wi, following his unforgettable victory in the USPGA Championship in August.
Other nations amongst the favourites to take the Omega Mission Hills World Cup are Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell, England’s Ian Poulter and Ross Fisher, the Australian pairing of Robert Allenby and Stuart Appleby, Denmark’s Søren Hansen and Søren Kjeldsen, Germany’s Martin Kaymer and Alex Cejka, the US team of Nick Watney and John Merrick and the South African pairing of Rory Sabbatini and Richard Sterne.
The 28 Nations to contest the Omega Mission Hills World Cup:
1 Spain (Sergio Garcia / Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano)
2 Sweden (Henrik Stenson / Robert Karlsson)
3 Ireland (Rory McIlroy / Graeme McDowell)
4 England (Ian Poulter / Ross Fisher)
5 Germany (Martin Kaymer / Alex Cejka)
6 South Africa (Rory Sabbatini / Richard Sterne)
7 United States (Nick Watney / John Merrick)
8 Australia (Robert Allenby / Stuart Appleby)
9 Denmark (Søren Hansen / Søren Kjeldsen)
10 India (Jeev Milkha Singh / Jyoti Randhawa)
11 Thailand (Thongchai Jaidee / Pryad Marksaeng)
12 Argentina (Tano Goya / Rafa Echenique)
13 Italy (Francesco Molinari / Edoardo Molinari)
14 Japan (Ryuji Imada /Hiroyuki Fujita)
15 France (Thomas Levet /Christian Cevaer)
16 Chinese Taipei (Lin Wen-Tang / Lu Wei-Chih)
17 New Zealand (David Smail / Danny Lee)
18 Korea (YE Yang / Charlie Wi)
19 Wales (Stephen Dodd / Jamie Donaldson)
20 Scotland (David Drysdale / Alastair Forsyth)
21 Canada (Graeme Deleat / Stuart Anderson)
22 China (Liang Wen-chong / Zhang Liang-Wei)
23 Singapore (Lam Chih Bing / Mardan Mamat)
24 Philippines ( Angelo Que / Marc Pucay)
25 Venezuela ( Jhonattan Vegas / Alfredo Adrian
26 Chile ( Martin Ureta / Hugo Leon)
27 Pakistan (Muhammad Munir / Muhammad Shabbir)
28 Brazil (Rafael Barcellos / Ronaldo Francisco)
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