ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf preview

A host of international stars will tee it up at Royal Melbourne GC in Australia this week to compete for the ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf. The USA took the title last time the event was contested in 2011.

Matt Kuchar of USA won last World Cup of Golf (Getty Images)
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Lowdown: A host of international stars will tee it up at Royal Melbourne GC in Australia this week to compete for the ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf. The USA took the title last time the event was contested in 2011.

The tournament format has changed for this year's World Cup. The event has reverted to 72 holes strokeplay with $7,000,000 of the $8,000,000 prize fund going towards an individual competition. The remaining $1,000,000 will be for the team event - decided by the combined scores from two competitors from each country.

In 2011, America's Matt Kuchar and Gary Woodland were victorious at Mission Hills in China. They finished two shots clear of England and Germany.

Peter Hanson - Another man who has come into form in the latter part of the 2013 season, he's finished no worse than tied 33rd on the European tour since the Bridgestone Invitational in August.

Fergus Bisset
Fergus Bisset
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Fergus is Golf Monthly's resident expert on the history of the game and has written extensively on that subject. He has also worked with Golf Monthly to produce a podcast series. Called 18 Majors: The Golf History Show it offers new and in-depth perspectives on some of the most important moments in golf's long history. You can find all the details about it here.

He is a golf obsessive and 1-handicapper. Growing up in the North East of Scotland, golf runs through his veins and his passion for the sport was bolstered during his time at St Andrews university studying history. He went on to earn a post graduate diploma from the London School of Journalism. Fergus has worked for Golf Monthly since 2004 and has written two books on the game; "Great Golf Debates" together with Jezz Ellwood of Golf Monthly and the history section of "The Ultimate Golf Book" together with Neil Tappin , also of Golf Monthly.

Fergus once shanked a ball from just over Granny Clark's Wynd on the 18th of the Old Course that struck the St Andrews Golf Club and rebounded into the Valley of Sin, from where he saved par. Who says there's no golfing god?