Major champions heading to China

BEIJING - US Open champion Rory McIlroy and Masters winner Charl Schwartzel have confirmed their participation in this year's Omega Mission Hills World Cup, which will also see Italian brothers Edoardo and Francesco Molinari defend their title.

The team event moves to the new Mission Hills Resort on Hainan Island from Nov 24-27, and Irishman McIlroy and South African Schwartzel, ranked fifth and 10th respectively in the world rankings, are excited at the prospect of trying to lower the Italians colors in China.

McIlroy has selected close friend and world No 12 Graeme McDowell, the 2010 US Open champion, as his partner to try and go one better after the pair came up short, one stroke behind the Molinaris in 2009.