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Oil Brothers take golf World Cup
November 30, 2009 Edition 1
MISSION HILLS, China: Italy's Molinari brothers won the World Cup at Mission Hills yesterday after a thrilling final round tussle with Ireland and Sweden.
Italy started the final round foursomes just one stroke behind leaders Ireland and a monster 30-foot putt at the par-four 12th took Francesco and Edoardo Molinari a shot clear at the top of the leader board.
They followed that with another birdie at the par-three 13th, finishing with a final round 68.
Consistent Sweden, who did not drop a shot in the entire tournament until the eighth hole yesterday, birdied the par-five 15th to close the gap to just one shot and thus manage to keep the the pressure on.
Henrik Stenson and Robert Karlsson, who won the trophy last year and started the final round in joint second place, ended with a 69 and a total score of 28 under par.
Ireland's powerful pairing of Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell, who had set a blistering pace with a 58 in the first-found fourballs, started shakily, with a bogey on the par-five third after McIlroy found the trees.
Although they hit back with a run of four birdies, a dropped shot at the par-three eighth and a missed two-footer from McIlroy for par at the 10th proved costly.
England, teaming Ian Poulter and Ross Fisher, started the day eight strokes adrift of the leaders but powered up the leader board with eight birdies in a final round 64.
Japan ended a further four shots back on a total of 22 under, one clear of Australia.
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