# 2003 WGC-World Cup

The 2003 WGC-World Cup took place November 13–16 at the Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Ocean Course in Kiawah Island, South Carolina, U.S. It was the 49th World Cup and the fourth as a World Golf Championship event. 24 countries competed and each country sent two players. The prize money totaled $4,000,000 with $1,400,000 going to the winning pair. The South African team of Rory Sabbatini and Trevor Immelman won. They won by four strokes stroke over the English team of Paul Casey and Justin Rose.

## Qualification and format

18 teams qualified based on the Official World Golf Ranking and were joined by six teams via qualifiers in Singapore and Mexico.
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

| Country | Players |
| Argentina | Ángel Cabrera and Eduardo Romero |
| Australia | Stephen Leaney and Stuart Appleby |
| Chile | Felipe Aguilar and Roy Mackenzie |
| Denmark | Anders Hansen and Søren Kjeldsen |
| England | Paul Casey and Justin Rose |
| France | Raphaël Jacquelin and Thomas Levet |
| Germany | Alex Čejka and Marcel Siem |
| Hong Kong | Derek Fung and James Stewart |
| India | Gaurav Ghei and Digvijay Singh |
| Ireland | Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley |
| Japan | Shigeki Maruyama and Hidemichi Tanaka |
| Mexico | Antonio Maldonado and Alex Quiroz |
| Myanmar | Aung Win and Kyi Hla Han |
| New Zealand | Michael Campbell and David Smail |
| Paraguay | Carlos Franco and Marco Ruiz |
| Scotland | Alastair Forsyth and Paul Lawrie |
| South Africa | Trevor Immelman and Rory Sabbatini |
| South Korea | K. J. Choi and Hur Suk-ho |
| Spain | Ignacio Garrido and Miguel Ángel Jiménez |
| Sweden | Niclas Fasth and Freddie Jacobson |
| Thailand | Jamnian Chitprasong and Pomsakonm Tipsanit |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Robert Ames and Stephen Ames |
| United States | Jim Furyk and Justin Leonard |
| Wales | Bradley Dredge and Ian Woosnam |
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## Scores

| Place | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| 1 | South Africa | 70-69-63-73=275 | −13 | 1,400,000 |
| 2 | England | 73-73-66-67=279 | −9 | 700,000 |
| 3 | France | 69-72-68-71=280 | −8 | 400,000 |
| 4 | Germany | 67-77-67-71=282 | −6 | 200,000 |
| T5 | Ireland | 74-77-66-67=284 | −4 | 135,000 |
| T5 | United States | 71-70-68-75=284 | −4 | 135,000 |
| T7 | Japan | 74-71-71-69=285 | −3 | 102,500 |
| T7 | Sweden | 72-72-67-74=285 | −3 | 102,500 |
| T9 | Paraguay | 70-75-70-71=286 | −2 | 71,667 |
| T9 | Scotland | 71-73-68-74=286 | −2 | 71,667 |
| T9 | South Korea | 71-75-71-69=286 | −2 | 71,667 |
| 12 | Wales | 68-74-71-75=288 | E | 60,000 |
| 13 | Argentina | 70-73-70-76=289 | +1 | 55,000 |
| 14 | Spain | 71-75-66-81=293 | +5 | 50,000 |
| T15 | Australia | 72-76-71-75=294 | +6 | 48,000 |
| T15 | New Zealand | 71-74-72-77=294 | +6 | 48,000 |
| T15 | Trinidad and Tobago | 75-81-67-71=294 | +6 | 48,000 |
| 18 | Mexico | 71-78-70-79=298 | +10 | 46,000 |
| 19 | Denmark | 72-84-72-73=301 | +13 | 45,000 |
| 20 | Myanmar | 72-83-73-74=302 | +14 | 44,000 |
| 21 | Hong Kong | 76-80-69-78=303 | +15 | 43,000 |
| 22 | India | 81-83-71-69=304 | +16 | 42,000 |
| 23 | Thailand | 76-78-76-84=314 | +26 | 41,000 |
| WD | Chile | WD after nine holes | WD after nine holes | |
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