Countries

The Official World Golf Rankings as at June 22, 2009 will determine the 18 leading nations that qualify automatically for the Omega Mission Hills World Cup.

The host country (China) receives an automatic qualification.

Players representing each country

The leading 18 available players, each native-born citizens* of different countries from the World Ranking will have until Friday 3 July 2009 to commit to playing in the Omega Mission Hills World Cup. The 18 nations that qualify automatically and their leading player are therefore confirmed on 3 July.
 
The leading player may select any player of his choosing from the same country provided such player was ranked within the top 100 on the Official World Golf Ranking as of either June 22, 2009 or Aug. 17, 2009. If there was no other player from that country within the top 100 on the OWGR on either of the dates, the exempt player’s partner shall be the next highest ranked available player from the same country outside of the Top 100 as of Aug. 17. If there is no other available player from that country within the top 500 on the OWGR as at Aug. 17, the exempt player may select a professional of his choosing from the same country, without regard to the chosen player’s World Ranking.  The deadline for the leading player to select his partner is Aug. 28, 2009.

* In certain circumstances a player may not have actually been born in the country with which he is clearly associated. In such circumstances the determinations will be handled by the Federation on a case-by-case basis.