2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS–WORLD CUPNOTESSix players have competed in all four World Cupssince the inception of the World GolfChampionships in 2000: Angel Cabrera andEduardo Romero (Argentina), Thomas Levet(France), Padraig Harrington and PaulMcGinley (Ireland) and Shigeki Maruyama(Japan).When Wales’ Phillip Price was forced towithdraw due to injury, Ian Woosnam joinedBradley Dredge. Thomas Bjorn of Denmarkwithdrew due to illness and was replaced byAnders Hansen and joined Soren Kjeldsen.The winning South African team of TrevorImmelman/Rory Sabbatini shared $1,400,000($700,000) in prize money. Immelman’s largestpayday before was $460,045 when he finishedsecond at the 2003 Volvo PGA Championship, whileSabbatini’s best payday came early in 2003 whenhe won the FBR Capital Open and collected$810,000.The winning South Africa Team of RorySabbatini/Trevor Immelman can return andrepresent South Africa this year in Sevilla, Spain,provided they enter as a team. If the defendingchampions enter the World Cup as a team, then asecond team from the same country would beeligible, provided there is a player from the samecountry ranked ahead of at least one of the twodefending champions. If such a second team fromthe same country becomes available, then onadditional spot will be allocated to the WorldQualifying Competition (seven spots instead of six)raising the World Cup field size to 26 teams.The “young guns” of the event representingEngland, Paul Casey (26)/Justin Rose (23)finished alone in second in their secondappearance at the WGC-World Cup. The two werethe youngest team in the 2002 and 2003 WorldCup. The next-youngest team was the winningteam of South Africa’s Trevor Immelman(23)/Rory Sabbatini (27).TOURNAMENT HISTORYYear Country Winning Team Members Individual Medalist1984 Spain Jose Maria Canizares, Jose Rivero Jose Maria Canizares1985 Canada Dan Halldorson, Dave Barr Howard Clark, England1986 No tournament1987 Wales Ian Woosnam, David Llewellyn Ian Woosnam, Wales1988 United States Ben Crenshaw, Mark McCumber Ben Crenshaw, United States1989 Australia Wayne Grady, Peter Fowler Peter Fowler, Australia1990 Germany Bernhard Langer, Torsten Gideon Payne Stewart, United States1991 Sweden Anders Forsbrand, Per Ulrik Johansson Ian Woosnam, Wales1992 United States Fred Couples, Davis Love III Brett Ogle, Australia1993 United States Fred Couples, Davis Love III Bernhard Langer, Germany1994 United States Fred Couples, Davis Love III Fred Couples, United States1995 United States Fred Couples, Davis Love III Davis Love III, United States1996 South Africa Ernie Els, Wayne Westner Ernie Els, South Africa1997 Ireland Padraig Harrington, Paul McGinley Colin Montgomerie, Scotland1998 England David Carter, Nick Faldo Scott Verplank, United States1999 United States Tiger Woods, Mark O’Meara Tiger Woods, United StatesYear Country Winning Team Members Score Location Par/YardsWGC–EMC WORLD CUP2000 United States Tiger Woods, David Duval 254 Buenos Aires GC 72/6,939Buenos Aires, Argentina2001 South Africa Ernie Els, Retief Goosen 264 Taiheiyo Club (Gotemba) 72/7,247Gotemba City, Japan2002 Japan Shigeki Maruyama, Toshi Izawa 252 Vista Vallarta 72/7,057Puerto Vallarta, MexicoWGC–WORLD CUP2003 South Africa Trevor Immelman, Rory Sabbatini 275 Kiawah Island Resorts (Ocean) 72/7,296Kiawah, SCThe Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, SC, site of the 2003 WGC-World Cup.SECTION 3 / SUMMARIESWWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 3-101