The two qualifying events to finalise the field for the Omega Mission Hills World Cup take place in South America and Asia respectively this week from September 27-30.
While the leading 18 nations for the contest, which will be staged over the Olazábal Course at Mission Hills Golf Club in China from November 22-25, have automatically qualified, there are still ten more berths to be filled.
The South American tournament – The Omega Mission Hills World Cup Aruba Qualifier – will be sponsored by Omega and is taking place at the Tierra del Sol Golf Club in Aruba, Dutch Caribbean, while the Asian equivalent – the Fortis International Challenge – will be held at the Kota Permai Golf and Country Club, Kuala Lumpur, Maylaysia.
The leading five nations from each qualifier will progress to the Omega Mission Hills World Cup, which features a first prize of US$1,650,000 from a total prize fund of US$5,000,000 and will launch a new and exciting era in the history of the event first played in 1953 as the Canada Cup.
The 19 nations and players teeing up in the South American qualifier are:
BAHAMAS - Keno Turnquest + Samuel Kemp
BERMUDA - Dwayne Pearman + Kim Swan
BRAZIL - Phillipe Gasnier + Alexandre Rocha
CHILE - Mark Tullo + Christian Leon
COLOMBIA - Gustavo Mendoza + Jorge Benedetti
COSTA RICA - Alejandro Duque + Juan Marin
CZECH REPUBLIC – Petr Skopovy + Jakub Kucera
ECUADOR - Rafael Ponce + Andres Moncayo
GUATEMALA - Alejandro Villavicencio + Pablo Acuña
IRELAND - Gareth Maybin + Michael Hoey
ITALY – Edoardo Molinari + Francesco Molinari
JAMAICA - Peter Horrobin + Owen Samuda
MEXICO - Esteban Toledo + Jose Trauwitz
PARAGUAY - Fabrizio Zanotti + Carlos Franco
PERU - Luis F. Graf + Jose Cardenas
PUERTO RICO - Wilfredo Morales + Miguel Suarez
SALVADOR - Fernando Figueroa + Victor Melara
SERBIA - Igor Milicic + Mihail Lanic
VENEZUELA - Juan Carlos Berastegui + Miguel Martinez
The 20 nations and players teeing up at the Asian qualifier are:
CHINESE TAPAI – Lin Wen Tang + Lin Weng Hong
GHANA – Emos Korblah + Victor Brave Mensah
HONG KONG – James Stewart + Wong Woon Man
KOREA – Lee Sung + Lee Sung Ho
MALAYSIA – Ian Steel + Airil Rizman Zahari
MARITIUS – Billy Narraina + Vishnoo Seeneevassen
MYANMAR – Zaw Moe + Soe Kyaw Naing
NEPAL – Chuda Bahadur Bhandari + Sachin Bhattarai
NETHERLANDS – Robert Jan-Derksen + Maarten Lafeber
NEW ZEALAND – Stephen Scahill + Richard Lee
NIGERIA – Odoh Andrew Oche + Umoh Michaeledet
PAKISTAN – Muhammad Munir + Matloob Ahmed
PHILIPPINES – Antonio Lascuna + Gerald Rosales
RUSSIA – Korchak Igor + Ostankov Victor
SINGAPORE – Mardan Mamat + Lam Chih Bing
SLOVENIA – Andrej Kraljic + Janez Grilc
SWAZILAND – Meshack N. Zwane + Moses Shongwe
SWITZERLAND – Martin Rominger + Robert Wiederkehr
THAILAND – Thongchai Jaidee + Prayad Marksaeng
UGANDA – Deo Akope + Godfrey Mande
