Tournament officials have announced a final field whose diverse accomplishments, backgrounds and native countries will make up the 28 two-man teams which will descend on Melbourne, Australia, to represent their countries in the World Cup of Golf at Kingston Heath Golf Club from November 23-27.
The field includes:
Six major championship winners
27 Olympians
18 past participants of either The Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup
2 sets of brothers
4 players in the top 10 and 17 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking
Players from countries representing six different continents
4 past World Cup champions
A player who shot 58 on the Web.Com Tour this year
Players with a combined 317 victories from around the globe
“The field this year for the World Cup of Golf is a perfect example of why this tournament is consistently one of the most unique and exciting event’s on golf’s calendar,” said Executive Director Matt Kamienski.
“The 56 players competing in the World Cup of Golf include both household names, who represent the very best in the game, as well as top emerging competitors from countries across the globe.”
THE FIELD
Country Name
AUS Jason Day
AUS Adam Scott
AUT Bernd Wiesberger
AUT Martin Wiegele
BEL Thomas Pieters
BEL Nicolas Colsaerts
CAN David Hearn
CAN Graham DeLaet
CHN Wu Ashun
CHN Haotong Li
DEN Søren Kjeldsen
DEN Thorbjørn Olesen
ENG Danny Willett
ENG Lee Westwood
ESP Rafa Cabrera Bello
ESP Jon Rahm
FIJ Vijay Singh
FIJ Krishna Singh
FRA Victor Dubuisson
FRA Romain Langasque
GER Alex Cejka
GER Stephan Jaeger
IND SSP Chawrasia
IND S Cikiarangappa
IRL Shane Lowry
IRL Graeme McDowell
ITA Francesco Molinari
ITA Matteo Manassero
JPN Hideki Matsuyama
JPN Ryo Ishikawa
KOR Byeong Hun An
KOR K.T. Kim
NED Joost Luiten
NED Darius van Driel
NZL Danny Lee
NZL Ryan Fox
PHI Miguel Tabuena
PHI Angelo Que
POR Ricardo Gouveia
POR José-Filipe Lima
RSA Jaco Van Zyl
RSA George Coetzee
SCO Russell Knox
SCO Duncan Stewart
SWE Alex Noren
SWE David Lingmerth
THA Thongchai Jaidee
THA Kiradech Aphibarnrat
TPE Cheng Tsung Pan
TPE Chan Shih-chang
USA Rickie Fowler
USA Jimmy Walker
VEN Jhonattan Vegas
VEN Julio Vegas
WAL Jamie Donaldson
WAL Bradley Dredge