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Sunday 27 November 2011European TourYear in Review
Kuchar and Woodland win Omega Mission Hills World Cup
Mission Hills Haikou, Haikou, Hainan, China · Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 November 2011 · purse US$7,500,000 USD · Omega
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 54 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 49° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent 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
- Ian Poulter / Justin Rose ENG · 266Started the final day eight shots back and shot the day's best round, a foursomes 63, but finished two behind. U.S. team wins golf's World Cup - ESPN (Associated Press)
- Martin Kaymer / Alex Čejka GER · 266Closed with a foursomes 69 and finished two behind the Americans. U.S. team wins golf's World Cup - ESPN (Associated Press)
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Omega Mission Hills World Cup
Mission Hills Haikou, Blackstone Course, Mission Hills Haikou, Haikou, Hainan, China
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 November 2011
I'm jacked up! This is exciting, World Cup Champions, American style!
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 November 2011
This is something that can never be taken away from us and it's an honour to be on that trophy with the other great Americans.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
27 November 2011
I think the secret today was we dressed a little better. We dressed like the flag.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Kuchar / Gary Woodland | 64 · 70 · 63 · 67 | 264 | −24 |
| T2 | Ian Poulter / Justin Rose | 66 · 69 · 68 · 63 | 266 | −22 |
| T2 | Martin Kaymer / Alex Čejka | 65 · 71 · 61 · 69 | 266 | −22 |
| T4 | Stephen Gallacher / Martin Laird | 63 · 69 · 69 · 66 | 267 | −21 |
| T4 | Robert-Jan Derksen / Joost Luiten | 64 · 71 · 64 · 68 | 267 | −21 |
| T4 | Richard Green / Brendan Jones | 61 · 70 · 67 · 69 | 267 | −21 |
| T4 | Graeme McDowell / Rory McIlroy | 63 · 68 · 64 · 72 | 267 | −21 |
| 8 | Rhys Davies / Jamie Donaldson | 67 · 69 · 65 · 67 | 268 | −20 |
| T9 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez / Álvaro Quirós | 65 · 69 · 68 · 67 | 269 | −19 |
| T9 | Kim Hyung-sung / Park Sung-joon | 66 · 71 · 64 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
The golfer
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What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet