World Cup of Golf to become biennial event

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03/15/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The World Cup of Golf will return in 2011 as a biennial event so it does not conflict with the sport's inclusion in the Olympics, the Asian Tour said Monday in a press release.

The decision to hold the team event only in odd years follows a vote last year by the IOC to add golf to the Olympic program beginning in 2016.

The 28-team competition will also get a new home in 2011, moving to the Mission Hills course on China's Hainan Island. It was played at the Mission Hills course in Shenzhen, China, the last three years.

The prize purse will be increased to $7.5 million -- up $2 million from last year, when Italian brothers Edoardo and Francesco Molinari won the event. The winning team will split $2.4 million next year, an increase of $350,000.

The World Cup of Golf began in 1953 and is one of the sport's oldest international competitions.

Golf will be played at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, marking the first time since 1904 that it will be part of the Olympics. It will also be included in 2020.

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