Golf tournament
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7–10 December |
| Location | Buenos Aires, Argentina 34°28′01″S 58°41′56″W / 34.467°S 58.699°W / -34.467; -58.699 |
| Course(s) | Buenos Aires Golf Club |
| Format | 72 holes stroke play (best ball & alternate shot) |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6,896 yards (6,306 m) |
| Field | 24 two-man teams |
| Cut | None |
| Prize fund | US$3.0 million |
| Winner's share | US$1.0 million |
| Champion | |
 United StatesDavid Duval & Tiger Woods | |
| 254 (−34) | |
| Location map | |
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| ← 19992001 → | |
The 2000 WGC-World Cup took place 7–10 December at the Buenos Aires Golf Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the 46th World Cup and the first as a World Golf Championship event. 24 countries competed and each country sent two players. The prize money totaled $3,000,000 with $1,000,000 going to the winning pair. The American team of David Duval and Tiger Woods won by three strokes over the home Argentine team of Ángel Cabrera and Eduardo Romero.
Qualification and format
18 teams qualified based on the Official World Golf Ranking and were six teams via qualifiers.
The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players. The first and third days were fourball play and the second and final days were foursomes play.
Teams
Source
Scores
| Place | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States |
61-65-60-68=254 | −34 | 1,000,000 |
| 2 |  Argentina |
57-67-65-68=257 | −31 | 500,000 |
| 3 |  Paraguay |
64-66-68-67=265 | −23 | 300,000 |
| 4 |  Japan |
60-71-67-68=266 | −22 | 150,000 |
| 5 |  Scotland |
64-69-65-70=268 | −20 | 115,000 |
| 6 |  New Zealand |
57-67-65-80=269 | −19 | 100,000 |
| T7 |  Germany |
62-69-66-73=270 | −18 | 80,000 |
 Spain |
63-69-67-71=270 | |||
 Sweden |
64-70-63-73=270 | |||
| T10 |  Canada |
61-72-62-76=271 | −17 | 57,500 |
 Ireland |
64-66-66-75=271 | |||
| T12 |  Australia |
58-70-69-75=272 | −16 | 45,000 |
 South Africa |
65-72-66-69=272 | |||
 Zimbabwe |
62-72-67-71=272 | |||
| 15 |  Wales |
68-64-67-74=273 | −15 | 39,000 |
| 16 |  England |
66-69-70-69=274 | −14 | 38,000 |
| T17 |  South Korea |
61-72-66-79=278 | −10 | 36,500 |
 Thailand |
63-70-66-79=278 | |||
| 19 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
68-67-67-77=279 | −9 | 35,000 |
| 20 |  France |
62-72-70-76=280 | −8 | 34,000 |
| 21 |  Finland |
68-70-70-73=281 | −7 | 33,000 |
| 22 |  Colombia |
66-67-72-79=284 | −4 | 32,000 |
| 23 |  Malaysia |
70-74-71-81=296 | +8 | 31,000 |
| 24 |  Venezuela |
67-81-68-84=300 | +12 | 30,000 |
Source
References
- Clark, Tom (11 December 2000). "Woods, Duval hold off Argentina". USA Today. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- ^ "2000 EMC World Cup results". ESPN. 17 November 2000. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
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