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 $1,000,000 going to the winning pair. The American team of David Duval and Tiger Woods won by three strokes over the home Argentine team of Ángel Cabrera and Eduardo Romero.
Qualification and format 18 teams qualified based on the Official World Golf Ranking and were six teams via qualifiers.
The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players. The first and third days were fourball play and the second and final days were foursomes play.
Teams Country Players Ángel Cabrera and Eduardo Romero Peter O'Malley and Lucas Parsons Glen Hnatiuk and Mike Weir Jesús Amaya and Gustavo Mendoza Brian Davis and Jamie Spence Mikael Piltz and Kalle Väinölä Thomas Levet and Jean van de Velde Alex Čejka and Thomas Gögele Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley Shigeki Maruyama and Hidemichi Tanaka Danny Chia and Rashid Ishmail Frank Nobilo and Greg Turner Carlos Franco and Esteban Isasi Paul Lawrie and Gary Orr Darren Fichardt and Retief Goosen Choi Gwang-soo and Park Nam-sin Miguel Ángel Jiménez and José María Olazábal Pierre Fulke and Mathias Grönberg Chawalit Plaphol and Thammanoon Sriroj Robert Ames and Stephen Ames David Duval and Tiger Woods Cipriano Castro and Miguel Martinez Phillip Price and Ian Woosnam Tony Johnstone and Mark McNulty
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Scores Place Country Score To par Money (US$)1 61-65-60-68=254 −34 1,000,0002 57-67-65-68=257 −31 500,0003 64-66-68-67=265 −23 300,0004 60-71-67-68=266 −22 150,0005 64-69-65-70=268 −20 115,0006 57-67-65-80=269 −19 100,000T7 62-69-66-73=270 −18 80,000 63-69-67-71=270 64-70-63-73=270T10 61-72-62-76=271 −17 57,500 64-66-66-75=271T12 58-70-69-75=272 −16 45,000 65-72-66-69=272 62-72-67-71=27215 68-64-67-74=273 −15 39,00016 66-69-70-69=274 −14 38,000T17 61-72-66-79=278 −10 36,500 63-70-66-79=27819 68-67-67-77=279 −9 35,00020 62-72-70-76=280 −8 34,00021 68-70-70-73=281 −7 33,00022 66-67-72-79=284 −4 32,00023 70-74-71-81=296 +8 31,00024 67-81-68-84=300 +12 30,000
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