The 2005 WGC-World Cup took place 17–20 November at the Oceânico Golf on its Victoria Course in Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal. It was the 51st World Cup and the sixth as a World Golf Championship event.
The course was designed by Arnold Palmer and opened in 2004, the year before it hosted the World Cup. Eleven years after this tournament, in 2016, Dom Pedro Golf acquired the Victoria Course and four other Vilamoura courses from Oceânico Golf.
24 countries competed and each country sent two players. The prize money totaled $4,000,000 with $1,400,000 going to the winning pair. The Welsh team of Stephen Dodd and Bradley Dredge won. They won by two strokes over the English and Swedish teams after the event was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
Qualification and format The defending champion was joined by 18 teams based on the Official World Golf Ranking and five teams via qualification.
The tournament was scheduled to be a 72-hole stroke play team event with each team consisting of two players. The first and third days were fourball play and the second and final days were foursomes play. The final round was canceled due to rain.
Teams Country Players Ángel Cabrera and Ricardo González Mark Hensby and Peter Lonard Eduardo Herrera and Diego Vanegas Anders Hansen and Søren Hansen Luke Donald and David Howell Raphaël Jacquelin and Thomas Levet Alex Čejka and Christian Reimbold Arjun Atwal and Jyoti Randhawa Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley Yasuharu Imano and Takuya Taniguchi Pablo del Olmo and Alex Quiroz Robert-Jan Derksen and Maarten Lafeber Carlos Franco and Marco Ruiz José-Filipe Lima and Antonio Sobrinho Scott Drummond and Stephen Gallacher Lam Chih Bing and Mardan Mamat Tim Clark and Trevor Immelman K. J. Choi and Jang Ik-jae Sergio García and Miguel Ángel Jiménez Niclas Fasth and Henrik Stenson Chang Tse-peng and Wang Ter-chang Stewart Cink and Zach Johnson Manuel Bermudez and Carlos Larraín Stephen Dodd and Bradley Dredge
Scores Place Country Score To par Money (US$)1 61-67-61=189 −27 1,400,000T2 59-69-63=191 −25 550,000 61-67-63=1914 63-70-61=194 −22 200,0005 64-68-63=195 −21 145,000T6 63-67-66=196 −20 117,500 68-61-67=1968 65-68-64=197 −19 95,0009 60-73-65=198 −18 80,000T10 62-71-66=199 −17 67,500 62-72-65=199T12 68-67-65=200 −16 55,000 67-69-64=200 67-71-62=200T15 63-70-68=201 −15 48,500 63-73-65=201T17 60-73-69=202 −14 46,000 67-71-64=202 65-70-67=202T20 67-70-66=203 −13 43,000 65-74-64=203 68-72-63=20323 66-74-69=209 −7 41,00024 66-75-69=210 −6 40,000
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References
External links Victoria Clube de Golfe official site