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From PGATOUR.com

Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player -- the legendary "Big Three" -- are inextricably linked to one of golf''s most prestigious Championships -- The World Cup

So when the 2007 OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup unfolds at Mission Hills Golf Club in China from November 22-25, the role Nicklaus, Palmer and Player undertook to drive the event centre-stage will be vividly recounted.

For Nicklaus, Palmer and Player embraced The World Cup as an event of stately significance. Nicklaus and Palmer played seven and six times respectively -- they were unbeaten on the four occasions they were partners -- and Player made a remarkable 15 appearances following his first at the age of 20 in 1956 at Wentworth Club, England.

Palmer''s first association with The World Cup came in 1960 during a whistle-stop three weeks when he captured the US Open at Cherry Hills, won the World Cup for the United States with the great Sam Snead and played in his first Open Championship at St Andrews where he finished runner-up.

"The World Cup played a very important role in the early years of international golf," said Palmer. "What eventually came out of the World Cup was the series of important international events that we have today. It is an outstanding event. I enjoyed the World Cup, and I enjoyed playing with Sam and then with Jack

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