Omega Mission Hills World Cup Set to Start

The Omega Mission Hills World Cup will take place November 27-30 at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China. The event will be held on the par-72, 7,251-yard Olazabal Course and features a $5.5 million purse.

The World Cup is a team competition with a field of 28 two-man contingents from every corner of the globe battling for the honor of their countries. The 54th edition will use a four-ball (better-ball) format on Days 1 and 3, and a foursomes (alternate shot) format on Days 2 and 4.

The defending champion is team Scotland. In 2007 Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren defeated the United States' duo of Boo Weekley and Heath Slocum on the third playoff hole.

The event will be televised on the Golf Channel. Here are the air times:

Round 1 - 11.26, 10:30 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. (replay 11.27, 3 to 6 pm)
Round 2 - 11.27, 10:30 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. (replay 11.28, 3 to 6 pm)
Round 3 - 11.28, 10:30 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. (replay 11.29, 3 to 6 pm)
Round 4 - 11.29, 10:30 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. (replay 11.30, 3 to 6 pm)

The 2008 field boasts nine past Ryder Cup participants, including Montgomerie. The two-man teams include:

Australia (Richard Green, Brendan Jones)
Canada (Wes Heffernan, Graham DeLaet)
Chile (Felipe Aquilar, Mark Tullo)
China (Liang Wen Chong, Zhang Lian Wei)
Denmark (Soren Hansen, Anders Hansen)
England (Ian Poulter, Ross Fisher)
Finland (Mikko Korhonen, Roope Kakko)
France (Gregory Havret, Gregory Bourdy)
Germany (Martin Kaymer, Alex Cejka)
Guatemala (Pablo Acuna, Alejandro Villavicencio)
India (Jeev Milkha Singh, Jyoti Randhawa)
Ireland (Graeme McDowell, Paul McGinley)
Italy (Francesco Molinari, Edoardo Molinari)
Japan (Ryuji Imada, Toru Taniguchi)
Korea (Bae Sang-moon, Kim Hyung-tae)
Mexico (Daniel De Leon, Oscar Serna)
New Zealand (Mark Brown, David Smail)
Philippines (Angelo Que and Mars Pucay)
Portugal (Tiago Cruz, Ricardo Santos)
Scotland (Alastair Forsyth, Colin Montgomerie)
South Africa (Rory Sabbatini, Richard Sterne)
Spain (Miguel Angel Jimenez, Pablo Larrazabal)
Sweden (Henrik Stenson, Robert Karlsson)
Taiwan (Lin Wen-Tang, Lu Wen-Teh)
Thailand (Prayad Marksaeng, Thongchai Jaidee)
United States (Ben Curtis, Brandt Snedecker)
Venezuela (Miguel Martinez, Raul Sanz)
Wales (Bradley Dredge, Richard Johnson)

For additional details and live scoring, visit http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r169.