Scotland's Colin Montgomerie,
the world's No. 3 ranked player, and European Ryder Cup captain Mark James
head the list of additional players committed to competing in the 45th
World Cup of Golf Nov. 18-21 at the Mines Resort in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Montgomerie and James join a
world-class field headlined by the United States pair of Tiger Woods, the
world's top-ranked player, and No. 11 Mark O'Meara.
Montgomerie, 36, who leads the
European PGA Tour Volvo Order of Merit, which he has won a record six years
in a row, will be competing in his sixth World Cup. He won the International
Trophy as the low individual player in 1997 at the Ocean Course at Kiawah
Island, S.C. Dean Robertson will join Montgomerie in representing Scotland.
England's James, 45, and Peter
Baker will defend the title won last year by Nick Faldo and David Carter.
England shot a 569 total at Gulf Harbour Country Club in Auckland, New
Zealand, two strokes better than Italy and three ahead of the U.S.
Montgomerie is among three players
entered in the World Cup who competed for Europe in the 33rd Ryder Cup
matches at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., while James was the captain.
The other players are Jarmo Sandelin of Sweden, who will be paired with
Gabriel Hjertstedt, and Padraig Harrington of Ireland, who will play with
Paul McGinley. The Irish duo won the World Cup two years ago at Kiawah
Island.
Among other players who will
compete for their respective countries include Frank Nobilo of New Zealand,
David Frost of South Africa and Richard Zokol of Canada, all past winners
on the U.S. PGA Tour, and Costantino Rocca of Italy, another former European
Ryder Cup player.
The remainder of the 32-team
field will be filled out with the completion of the World Cup Eastern Zone
Qualifier Oct. 8-10 at the Asian Nations Cup at Kota Permai Golf and Country
Club in Kuala Lumpur.
The list of teams currently committed
to the 45th World Cup of Golf:
