# 2009 World Cup (men's golf)

The 2009 Omega Mission Hills World Cup took place from 26 November to 29 November at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China. It was the 55th World Cup. 28 countries competed as two-man teams. The team purse was $5,500,000 with $1,700,000 going to the winner. The event was won by Italy with a score of 259 (−29).

## Qualification and format

The leading 18 available players from the Official World Golf Ranking on 1 September 2009 qualified. These 18 players then selected a player from their country to compete with them. The person they pick had to be ranked within the top 100 on the Official World Golf Ranking as of 1 September. If there was no other player from that country within the top 100 then the next highest ranked player would be their partner. If there was no other available player from that country within the top 500, then the exempt player could choose whoever he wants as long as they are a professional from the same country. World qualifiers were held in September. Nine countries earned their spot in the World Cup, three each from the European, Asian, and South American qualifiers. The host country, China, rounded out the field.
The event 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 | Qualified |
| Argentina | Rafael Echenique and Estanislao Goya | OWGR |
| Australia | Robert Allenby and Stuart Appleby | OWGR |
| Brazil | Rafael Barcellos and Ronaldo Francisco | South American Qualifier |
| Canada | Stuart Anderson and Graham DeLaet | European Qualifier |
| Chile | Hugo León and Martin Ureta | South American Qualifier |
| China | Liang Wenchong and Zhang Lianwei | Host country |
| Denmark | Søren Kjeldsen and Søren Hansen | OWGR |
| England | Ross Fisher and Ian Poulter | OWGR |
| France | Christian Cévaër and Thomas Levet | OWGR |
| Germany | Alex Čejka and Martin Kaymer | OWGR |
| India | Jyoti Randhawa and Jeev Milkha Singh | OWGR |
| Ireland | Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy | OWGR |
| Italy | Edoardo Molinari and Francesco Molinari | OWGR |
| Japan | Hiroyuki Fujita and Ryuji Imada | OWGR |
| New Zealand | Danny Lee and David Smail | OWGR |
| Pakistan | Mohammed Shabbir Iqbal and Mohammed Munir | Asian Qualifier |
| Philippines | Mars Pucay and Angelo Que | Asian Qualifier |
| Scotland | David Drysdale and Alastair Forsyth | European Qualifier |
| Singapore | Lam Chih Bing and Mardan Mamat | Asian Qualifier |
| South Africa | Rory Sabbatini and Richard Sterne | OWGR |
| South Korea | Charlie Wi and Yang Yong-eun | OWGR |
| Spain | Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño and Sergio García | OWGR |
| Sweden | Robert Karlsson and Henrik Stenson | OWGR |
| Taiwan | Lin Wen-tang and Lu Wei-chih | OWGR |
| Thailand | Prayad Marksaeng and Thongchai Jaidee | OWGR |
| United States | John Merrick and Nick Watney | OWGR |
| Venezuela | Alfredo Adrian and Jhonattan Vegas | South American Qualifier |
| Wales | Stephen Dodd and Jamie Donaldson | European Qualifier |
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## Final leaderboard

| Place | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| 1 | Italy | 64-66-61-68=259 | −29 | 1,700,000 |
| T2 | Ireland | 58-68-64-70=260 | −28 | 725,000 |
| T2 | Sweden | 64-65-62-69=260 | −28 | 725,000 |
| 4 | England | 66-69-63-64=262 | −26 | 308,000 |
| 5 | Japan | 62-71-64-69=266 | −22 | 230,000 |
| 6 | Australia | 68-70-62-67=267 | −21 | 200,000 |
| T7 | Germany | 66-71-66-65=268 | −20 | 128,000 |
| T7 | South Africa | 65-70-62-71=268 | −20 | 128,000 |
| T7 | South Korea | 64-75-61-68=268 | −20 | 128,000 |
| T7 | United States | 67-72-67-62=268 | −20 | 128,000 |
| T7 | Wales | 66-68-64-70=268 | −20 | 128,000 |
| T12 | Chile | 69-67-65-70=271 | −17 | 80,000 |
| T12 | Venezuela | 67-67-65-72=271 | −17 | 80,000 |
| T14 | Denmark | 66-70-66-70=272 | −16 | 68,000 |
| T14 | India | 67-68-65-72=272 | −16 | 68,000 |
| T16 | Philippines | 68-72-64-69=273 | −15 | 62,000 |
| T16 | Singapore | 66-70-66-71=273 | −15 | 62,000 |
| T16 | Thailand | 67-70-67-69=273 | −15 | 62,000 |
| 19 | Argentina | 61-75-64-74=274 | −14 | 58,000 |
| T20 | France | 67-73-67-69=276 | −12 | 55,000 |
| T20 | New Zealand | 67-68-70-71=276 | −12 | 55,000 |
| T22 | China | 65-71-68-73=277 | −11 | 50,000 |
| T22 | Pakistan | 69-75-64-69=277 | −11 | 50,000 |
| T22 | Taiwan | 67-74-67-69=277 | −11 | 50,000 |
| 25 | Canada | 64-74-65-76=279 | −9 | 46,000 |
| 26 | Brazil | 68-75-68-69=280 | −8 | 44,000 |
| 27 | Spain | 69-71-67-74=281 | −7 | 42,000 |
| 28 | Scotland | 69-73-64-78=284 | −4 | 40,000 |
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