The 2004 WGC-World Cup took place 18–21 November at the
Real Club de Golf de Seville in
Seville
Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Guadalquivir, ...
,
Spain
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. It was the 50th
World Cup
A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...
and the fifth as a
World Golf Championship event. 24 countries competed and each country sent two players. The prize money totaled $4,000,000 with $1,400,000 going to the winning pair. The English team of
Paul Casey
Paul Alexander Casey (born 21 July 1977) is an English golfer who is a member of LIV Golf. He has also played on the US-based PGA Tour and the European Tour. In 2009, he achieved his highest position, third, in the Official World Golf Rankin ...
and
Luke Donald
Luke Campbell Donald Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 7 December 1977) is an English professional golfer and former List of World Number One male golfers, world number one. He plays mainly on the U.S.-based PGA Tour but is also a member of ...
won. They won by one stroke over the home Spanish team of
Sergio García and
Miguel Ángel Jiménez.
Qualification and format
18 teams qualified based on the
Official World Golf Ranking
The Official World Golf Ranking is a system for rating the performance level of professional golfers. It was started in 1986. The rankings are based on a player's position in individual tournaments (i.e. not pairs or team events) over a "rolling ...
and were joined by six teams via qualifiers in South America and Asia.
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
Source
Scores
Source
References
External links
Real Club de Golf de Seville
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Sports competitions in Seville
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