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Italy Captures Its 1st World Cup Title - Canada 25th
(November 29/09)
Italy's Francesco and Edoardo Molinari became the first brother combination to win the OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup, beating Sweden and Ireland by a stroke Sunday to give the Italian nation its first victory in this 55-year-old international team event.
The Molinari brothers shot a 4-under 68 in the alternate-shot final round on Mission Hills' Olazabal Course. They finished at 29 under and earned $875,000 each in the tournament that featured two rounds of better ball and two of alternate shot.
Francesco hit a long greenside bunker shot to 3 feet on the 18th to set up Edoardo's winning par putt. Sweden's Henrik Stenson and Robert Karlsson, the winners last year, shot a 69 to tie for second with Ireland's Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell (70).
The Canadian twosome of Graham Delaet of Weyburn, Saskatchewan and Calgary-born Stuart Anderson, a Victoria, B.C. resident, fourth after the opening round, found themselves sinking toward the back of the pack Sunday. A double bogey, three bogeys and one birdie left the Canadian Tour veterans with a final round of 79 for a 72-hole total of 3-under par 279 and 20 shots off the pace of the winning Italians.
This result means Canada, the inaugural host of what was once The Canada Cup in 1953, will have to attend a qualifying tournament next year in order to compete again at Missions Hills in 2010.
The Molinari brothers will be sharing the top prize of $1.7 million US. while the Canadian team members will split $46,000 US.
1 ITALY 64 66 61 68 259
T2 IRELAND 58 68 64 70 260
T2 SWEDEN 64 65 62 69 260
4 ENGLAND 66 69 63 64 262
5 JAPAN 62 71 64 69 266
6 AUSTRALIA 68 70 62 67 267
T7 SOUTH AFRICA 65 70 62 71 268
T7 WALES 66 68 64 70 268
T7 KOREA 64 75 61 68 268
T7 GERMANY 66 71 66 65 268
T7 USA 67 72 67 62 268
T12 VENEZUELA 67 67 65 72 271
T12 CHILE 69 67 65 70 271
T14 INDIA 0 67 68 65 72 272
T14 DENMARK 66 70 66 70 272
T16 SINGAPORE 66 70 66 71 273
T16 THAILAND 67 70 67 69 273
T16 PHILIPPINES 68 72 64 69 273
- - - Missed the qualifying cut for 2010 - - -
19 ARGENTINA 61 75 64 74 274
T20 NEW ZEALAND 67 68 70 71 276
T20 FRANCE 67 73 67 69 276
T22 *CHINA 65 71 68 73 277
T22 CHINESE TAIPEI 67 74 67 69 277
T22 PAKISTAN 69 75 64 69 277
25 CANADA 64 74 65 76 279
26 BRAZIL 68 75 68 69 280
27 SPAIN 69 71 67 74 281
28 SCOTLAND 69 73 64 78 284
* The host country automatically qualifies each year.
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