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Sunday 25 November 2007European TourYear in Review
Scotland wins Omega Mission Hills World Cup
Mission Hills Golf Club, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 November 2007 · purse US$5.0 million; team purse $5,000,000 with $1,600,000 to the winner (Wikipedia); US$5,000,000 (Wikipedia 2007 European Tour season page) USD · Omega · 53th World Cup (Wikipedia); 72 holes stroke play, 28 two-man national teams; rounds 1 and 3 four-ball (best ball), rounds 2 and 4 foursomes (alternate shot); no cut (Wikipedia)
Headline from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 25 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 41° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
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The ones it got away from
- United States (Heath Slocum and Boo Weekley) USA · 263Led after each of the first three rounds; birdied the 72nd hole for a 67 to force a playoff, then lost on the third extra hole when Boo Weekley missed a par putt (BBC; The Independent) Scotland claim World Cup thriller (BBC Sport, 25 Nov 2007)
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Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Team cup
Omega Mission Hills World Cup
Mission Hills Golf Club (Olazábal Course), Mission Hills Golf Club, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Scotland (Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren)
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 November 2007
And it's delightful that we can come through and win, and disappointing for our football team to lose out the way they did last week, and it's nice that our golfers can do something a bit special.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 November 2007
Thankfully for me I managed to hole that putt on the first bit. He had a few words of encouragement in my ear when I needed it
BBC Sport
25 November 2007
We were not even supposed to be here and that is even more of a bonus. We feel disappointed with how we finished but it was a great week.
Top 10
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The golfer
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What’s in the bag
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