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2011 Vivendi Seve Trophy

FieldValue
nameSeve Trophy
year2011
venueGolf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
locationParis, France
dates15–18 September
homeEurope
awayGB&I
homecaptainJean van de Velde
awaycaptainPaul McGinley
homescore12½
awayscore15½
resultGreat Britain and Ireland wins

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.

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.

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.

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. 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.

NameCountryQualificationWorld RankingRace to Dubai
Paul McGinleyNon-playing captain——
Lee WestwoodWorld Rankings25
Ian PoulterWorld Rankings1815
Darren ClarkeWorld Rankings388
Simon DysonWorld Rankings5510
Ross FisherWorld Rankings7243
Mark FosterRace to Dubai12522
Robert RockRace to Dubai11430
Jamie DonaldsonRace to Dubai9233
David HorseyRace to Dubai10637
Scott JamiesonRace to Dubai16438

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.

NameCountryQualificationWorld RankingRace to Dubai
Jean van de VeldeNon-playing captain——
Francesco MolinariWorld Rankings2418
Anders HansenWorld Rankings266
Thomas BjørnWorld Rankings287
Matteo ManasseroWorld Rankings3119
Miguel Ángel JiménezWorld Rankings3612
Alex NorénRace to Dubai689
Pablo LarrazábalRace to Dubai9111
Nicolas ColsaertsRace to Dubai7914
Peter HansonRace to Dubai5121
Raphaël JacquelinRace to Dubai8423

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

GBR IRLResultsEurope4Overall1
Donaldson/DysonGBRIRL 2 & 1Jiménez/Larrazábal
Fisher/JamiesonGBRIRL 6 & 4Hanson/Jacquelin
Foster/WestwoodEurope 1 upHansen/Molinari
Clarke/HorseyGBRIRL 1 upColsaerts/Manassero
Poulter/RockGBRIRL 5 & 3Bjørn/Norén
4Session1

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Day two

Friday, 16 September 2011

Fourball

GBR IRLResultsEurope5½Overall4½
Donaldson/DysonhalvedBjørn/Jacquelin
Poulter/RockEurope 5 & 3Hanson/Norén
Fisher/JamiesonEurope 2 upColsaerts/Manassero
Foster/WestwoodGBRIRL 5 & 3Hansen/Molinari
Clarke/HorseyEurope 3 & 2Jiménez/Larrazábal
1½Session3½

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Day three

Saturday, 17 September 2011

Morning greensomes

GBR IRLResultsEurope9Overall5
Donaldson/DysonGBRIRL 2 & 1Colsaerts/Manassero
Clarke/HorseyhalvedHanson/Norén
Fisher/PoulterGBRIRL 2 & 1Bjørn/Jacquelin
Jamieson/WestwoodGBRIRL 4 & 3Jiménez/Larrazábal
3½Session½

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Afternoon foursomes

GBR IRLResultsEurope11½Overall6½
Donaldson/RockhalvedManassero/Molinari
Fisher/FosterEurope 3 & 2Bjørn/Hansen
Dyson/PoulterGBRIRL 3 & 1Larrazábal/Norén
Horsey/WestwoodGBRIRL 4 & 3Colsaerts/Jacquelin
2½Session1½

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Day four

Sunday, 18 September 2011

Singles

GBR IRLResultsEurope15½Overall12½
Lee WestwoodEurope 2 & 1Thomas Bjørn
Simon DysonEurope 1 upAnders Hansen
Jamie DonaldsonEurope 4 & 3Francesco Molinari
Robert RockEurope 4 & 3Alex Norén
Darren ClarkeEurope 4 & 2Miguel Ángel Jiménez
David HorseyhalvedNicolas Colsaerts
Scott JamiesonGBRIRL 1 upPablo Larrazábal
Ian PoulterGBRIRL 1 upMatteo Manassero
Mark FosterGBRIRL 1 upRaphaël Jacquelin
Ross FisherhalvedPeter Hanson
4Session6

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References

References

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  3. "This Week - 19SEPT11". European tour.
  4. "Jacquelin replaces injured Quiros for Vivendi Seve Trophy". PGA European Tour.
  5. "This Week - 06SEPT11". PGA European Tour.
  6. "Great Britain & Ireland establish healthy lead". PGA European Tour.
  7. "vivendi seve trophy - Results". vivendi seve trophy.
  8. "Continental Europe back in business". PGA European Tour.
  9. "McGinley's men move four clear".
  10. "Great Britain & Ireland close in on victory".
  11. "Great Britain & Ireland secure thrilling win".
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