# 2001 WGC-World Cup

The 2001 WGC-World Cup took place 15–18 November at the Taiheiyo Club, Gotemba Course in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was the 47th World Cup and the second 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 South African team of Ernie Els and Retief Goosen won in a sudden-death playoff over teams from Denmark, New Zealand and the United States.

## 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

| Country | Players |
| Argentina | Ángel Cabrera and Eduardo Romero |
| Australia | Aaron Baddeley and Adam Scott |
| Canada | Ian Leggatt and Mike Weir |
| China | Liang Wenchong and Zhang Lianwei |
| Denmark | Thomas Bjørn and Søren Hansen |
| England | Paul Casey and Ian Poulter |
| Fiji | Dinesh Chand and Vijay Singh |
| France | Raphaël Jacquelin and Thomas Levet |
| Ireland | Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley |
| Japan | Toshimitsu Izawa and Shigeki Maruyama |
| Malaysia | Danny Chia and Periasamy Gunasegaran |
| Mexico | Octavio Gonzalez and Alex Quiroz |
| Netherlands | Maarten Lafeber and Robert-Jan Derksen |
| New Zealand | Michael Campbell and David Smail |
| Norway | Henrik Bjørnstad and Per Haugsrud |
| Paraguay | Ángel Franco and Carlos Franco |
| Philippines | Rodrigo Cuello and Danny Zarate |
| Scotland | Andrew Coltart and Dean Robertson |
| South Africa | Ernie Els and Retief Goosen |
| Spain | Sergio García and Miguel Ángel Jiménez |
| Sweden | Niclas Fasth and Robert Karlsson |
| United States | David Duval and Tiger Woods |
| Wales | Mark Mouland and Phillip Price |
| Zimbabwe | Tony Johnstone and Mark McNulty |
Source

## Scores

| Place | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| 1 | South Africa | 64-71-63-66=264 | −24 | 1,000,000 |
| T2 | Denmark | 65-69-65-65=264 | −24 | 316,667 |
| T2 | New Zealand | 63-66-65-70=264 | −24 | 316,667 |
| T2 | United States | 66-68-63-67=264 | −24 | 316,667 |
| 5 | England | 65-72-63-67=267 | −21 | 115,000 |
| T6 | Canada | 62-73-66-67=268 | −20 | 95,000 |
| T6 | Spain | 63-71-65-69=268 | −20 | 95,000 |
| T8 | Argentina | 67-68-63-71=269 | −19 | 70,000 |
| T8 | Fiji | 66-69-66-68=269 | −19 | 70,000 |
| T8 | France | 67-68-63-71=269 | −19 | 70,000 |
| T11 | Japan | 64-69-65-72=270 | −18 | 50,000 |
| T11 | Scotland | 62-71-66-71=270 | −18 | 50,000 |
| T11 | Wales | 66-71-62-71=270 | −18 | 50,000 |
| T14 | Australia | 66-70-64-71=271 | −17 | 39,500 |
| T14 | Ireland | 64-72-64-71=271 | −17 | 39,500 |
| 16 | Sweden | 62-73-66-71=272 | −16 | 38,000 |
| T17 | China | 67-69-68-70=274 | −14 | 36,000 |
| T17 | Mexico | 66-71-67-70=274 | −14 | 36,000 |
| T17 | Norway | 67-72-61-74=274 | −14 | 36,000 |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 66-74-66-72=278 | −10 | 34,000 |
| 21 | Paraguay | 68-72-66-75=281 | −7 | 33,000 |
| 22 | Netherlands | 70-72-64-76=282 | −6 | 32,000 |
| 23 | Malaysia | 66-80-68-71=285 | −3 | 31,000 |
| 24 | Philippines | 67-75-73-74=289 | +1 | 30,000 |
Playoff
* First hole: Denmark and South Africa advance with birdies, New Zealand and the United States eliminated
* Second hole: South Africa wins with par
Source