2000 WGC-World Cup
# 2000 WGC-World Cup

The 2000 WGC-World Cup took place 7–10 December at the Buenos Aires Golf Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the 46th World Cup and the first 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 American team of David Duval and Tiger Woods won by three strokes over the home Argentine team of Ángel Cabrera and Eduardo Romero.

## 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 | Peter O'Malley and Lucas Parsons |
| Canada | Glen Hnatiuk and Mike Weir |
| Colombia | Jesús Amaya and Gustavo Mendoza |
| England | Brian Davis and Jamie Spence |
| Finland | Mikael Piltz and Kalle Väinölä |
| France | Thomas Levet and Jean van de Velde |
| Germany | Alex Čejka and Thomas Gögele |
| Ireland | Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley |
| Japan | Shigeki Maruyama and Hidemichi Tanaka |
| Malaysia | Danny Chia and Rashid Ishmail |
| New Zealand | Frank Nobilo and Greg Turner |
| Paraguay | Carlos Franco and Esteban Isasi |
| Scotland | Paul Lawrie and Gary Orr |
| South Africa | Darren Fichardt and Retief Goosen |
| South Korea | Kwang-soo Choi and Nam-sin Park |
| Spain | Miguel Ángel Jiménez and José María Olazábal |
| Sweden | Pierre Fulke and Mathias Grönberg |
| Thailand | Chawalit Plaphol and Thammanoon Sriroj |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Robert Ames and Stephen Ames |
| United States | David Duval and Tiger Woods |
| Venezuela | Cipriano Castro and Miguel Martinez |
| Wales | Phillip Price and Ian Woosnam |
| Zimbabwe | Tony Johnstone and Mark McNulty |

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## Scores

| Place | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States | 61-65-60-68=254 | −34 | 1,000,000 |
| 2 | Argentina | 57-67-65-68=257 | −31 | 500,000 |
| 3 | Paraguay | 64-66-68-67=265 | −23 | 300,000 |
| 4 | Japan | 60-71-67-68=266 | −22 | 150,000 |
| 5 | Scotland | 64-69-65-70=268 | −20 | 115,000 |
| 6 | New Zealand | 57-67-65-80=269 | −19 | 100,000 |
| T7 | Germany | 62-69-66-73=270 | −18 | 80,000 |
| T7 | Spain | 63-69-67-71=270 | −18 | 80,000 |
| T7 | Sweden | 64-70-63-73=270 | −18 | 80,000 |
| T10 | Canada | 61-72-62-76=271 | −17 | 57,500 |
| T10 | Ireland | 64-66-66-75=271 | −17 | 57,500 |
| T12 | Australia | 58-70-69-75=272 | −16 | 45,000 |
| T12 | South Africa | 65-72-66-69=272 | −16 | 45,000 |
| T12 | Zimbabwe | 62-72-67-71=272 | −16 | 45,000 |
| 15 | Wales | 68-64-67-74=273 | −15 | 39,000 |
| 16 | England | 66-69-70-69=274 | −14 | 38,000 |
| T17 | South Korea | 61-72-66-79=278 | −10 | 36,500 |
| T17 | Thailand | 63-70-66-79=278 | −10 | 36,500 |
| 19 | Trinidad and Tobago | 68-67-67-77=279 | −9 | 35,000 |
| 20 | France | 62-72-70-76=280 | −8 | 34,000 |
| 21 | Finland | 68-70-70-73=281 | −7 | 33,000 |
| 22 | Colombia | 66-67-72-79=284 | −4 | 32,000 |
| 23 | Malaysia | 70-74-71-81=296 | +8 | 31,000 |
| 24 | Venezuela | 67-81-68-84=300 | +12 | 30,000 |

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