2011 Seve Trophy
Dates15–18 September
VenueGolf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
LocationParis, France
Captains
Europe 12½ 15½ United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland
Great Britain and Ireland wins the Seve Trophy

The 2011 Vivendi Seve Trophy, formerly known as the Seve Trophy, was played 15–18 September at Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche in France. The team captain for Great Britain and Ireland was Paul McGinley, with the captain for Continental Europe being Jean van de Velde. Great Britain and Ireland won the Trophy for the sixth consecutive time.[1]

Format

The teams competed over four days with five fourball matches on both Thursday and Friday, four greensomes matches on Saturday morning, four foursomes matches on Saturday afternoon and ten singles matches on Sunday. It means a total of 28 points are available with 14½ points required for victory. If the score finished at 14–14, then two players from each team to play using the greensomes format to find the winner.[2]

The prize money remained the same as for the 2009 event. Each member of the winner team received 65,000, the losing team €55,000 each, giving a total prize fund of €1,150,000.[3]

Teams

The teams were made up of five leading players from the Official World Golf Rankings as of 5 September 2011 and five leading players (not otherwise qualified) from the Race to Dubai at the conclusion of the Omega European Masters (5 September 2011). There were a number of players (listed after each table below) who qualified for the trophy, but pulled out.

Raphaël Jacquelin was a late replacement for Álvaro Quirós who withdrew from the Continental Europe team with a wrist injury.[4] Quirós had qualified as one of the leading 5 players in the World Rankings (world ranked 33). After his withdrawal his place amongst the World Rankings qualifiers was taken by Miguel Ángel Jiménez who had previously qualified through the Race to Dubai list. Jiménez's place in the Race to Dubai list was taken by Jacquelin.[5]

      Team GB&I
Name Country Qualification World Ranking Race to Dubai
Paul McGinley  Ireland Non-playing captain
Lee Westwood  England World Rankings 2 5
Ian Poulter  England World Rankings 18 15
Darren Clarke  Northern Ireland World Rankings 38 8
Simon Dyson  England World Rankings 55 10
Ross Fisher  England World Rankings 72 43
Mark Foster  England Race to Dubai 125 22
Robert Rock  England Race to Dubai 114 30
Jamie Donaldson  Wales Race to Dubai 92 33
David Horsey  England Race to Dubai 106 37
Scott Jamieson  Scotland Race to Dubai 164 38

The following players qualified but did not play: Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell, Paul Casey, Justin Rose. Donald and Rose were playing in the BMW Championship.

   Team Continental Europe
Name Country Qualification World Ranking Race to Dubai
Jean van de Velde  France Non-playing captain
Francesco Molinari  Italy World Rankings 24 18
Anders Hansen  Denmark World Rankings 26 6
Thomas Bjørn  Denmark World Rankings 28 7
Matteo Manassero  Italy World Rankings 31 19
Miguel Ángel Jiménez  Spain World Rankings 36 12
Alex Norén  Sweden Race to Dubai 68 9
Pablo Larrazábal  Spain Race to Dubai 91 11
Nicolas Colsaerts  Belgium Race to Dubai 79 14
Peter Hanson  Sweden Race to Dubai 51 21
Raphaël Jacquelin  France Race to Dubai 84 23

Apart from Quirós, the following players qualified but did not play: Martin Kaymer, Robert Karlsson, Sergio García. Karlsson and García were playing in the BMW Championship.

Day one

Thursday, 15 September 2011

Fourball

United Kingdom Republic of Ireland Results Europe
Donaldson/Dyson United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 & 1 Jiménez/Larrazábal
Fisher/Jamieson United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 6 & 4 Hanson/Jacquelin
Foster/Westwood Europe 1 up Hansen/Molinari
Clarke/Horsey United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 1 up Colsaerts/Manassero
Poulter/Rock United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 5 & 3 Bjørn/Norén
4 Session 1
4 Overall 1

Source:[6][7]

Day two

Friday, 16 September 2011

Fourball

United Kingdom Republic of Ireland Results Europe
Donaldson/Dyson halved Bjørn/Jacquelin
Poulter/Rock Europe 5 & 3 Hanson/Norén
Fisher/Jamieson Europe 2 up Colsaerts/Manassero
Foster/Westwood United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 5 & 3 Hansen/Molinari
Clarke/Horsey Europe 3 & 2 Jiménez/Larrazábal
Session
Overall

Source:[8]

Day three

Saturday, 17 September 2011

Morning greensomes

United Kingdom Republic of Ireland Results Europe
Donaldson/Dyson United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 & 1 Colsaerts/Manassero
Clarke/Horsey halved Hanson/Norén
Fisher/Poulter United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 & 1 Bjørn/Jacquelin
Jamieson/Westwood United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 4 & 3 Jiménez/Larrazábal
Session ½
9 Overall 5

Source:[9]

Afternoon foursomes

United Kingdom Republic of Ireland Results Europe
Donaldson/Rock halved Manassero/Molinari
Fisher/Foster Europe 3 & 2 Bjørn/Hansen
Dyson/Poulter United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 3 & 1 Larrazábal/Norén
Horsey/Westwood United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 4 & 3 Colsaerts/Jacquelin
Session
11½ Overall

Source:[10]

Day four

Sunday, 18 September 2011

Singles

United Kingdom Republic of Ireland Results Europe
Lee Westwood Europe 2 & 1 Thomas Bjørn
Simon Dyson Europe 1 up Anders Hansen
Jamie Donaldson Europe 4 & 3 Francesco Molinari
Robert Rock Europe 4 & 3 Alex Norén
Darren Clarke Europe 4 & 2 Miguel Ángel Jiménez
David Horsey halved Nicolas Colsaerts
Scott Jamieson United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 1 up Pablo Larrazábal
Ian Poulter United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 1 up Matteo Manassero
Mark Foster United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 1 up Raphaël Jacquelin
Ross Fisher halved Peter Hanson
4 Session 6
15½ Overall 12½

Source:[11]

References

  1. Brown, Oliver (18 September 2011). "Vivendi Seve Trophy 2011: John McGinley's Great Britain & Ireland team hold on to beat Continental Europe". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. "This Week - 12SEPT11" (PDF). European tour. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  3. "This Week - 19SEPT11" (PDF). European tour. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  4. "Jacquelin replaces injured Quiros for Vivendi Seve Trophy". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  5. "This Week - 06SEPT11" (PDF). PGA European Tour. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  6. "Great Britain & Ireland establish healthy lead". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  7. "vivendi seve trophy - Results". vivendi seve trophy. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  8. "Continental Europe back in business". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  9. "McGinley's men move four clear". Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  10. "Great Britain & Ireland close in on victory". Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  11. "Great Britain & Ireland secure thrilling win". Retrieved 26 August 2013.
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