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.
Team GB&INameCountryQualificationWorld RankingRace to DubaiPaul McGinleyNon-playing captain——Lee WestwoodWorld Rankings25Ian PoulterWorld Rankings1815Darren ClarkeWorld Rankings388Simon DysonWorld Rankings5510Ross FisherWorld Rankings7243Mark FosterRace to Dubai12522Robert RockRace to Dubai11430Jamie DonaldsonRace to Dubai9233David HorseyRace to Dubai10637Scott 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.
Team Continental EuropeNameCountryQualificationWorld RankingRace to DubaiJean van de VeldeNon-playing captain——Francesco MolinariWorld Rankings2418Anders HansenWorld Rankings266Thomas BjørnWorld Rankings287Matteo ManasseroWorld Rankings3119Miguel Ángel JiménezWorld Rankings3612Alex NorénRace to Dubai689Pablo LarrazábalRace to Dubai9111Nicolas ColsaertsRace to Dubai7914Peter HansonRace to Dubai5121Raphaël 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 Results Donaldson/Dyson 2 & 1Jiménez/LarrazábalFisher/Jamieson 6 & 4Hanson/JacquelinFoster/Westwood 1 upHansen/MolinariClarke/Horsey 1 upColsaerts/ManasseroPoulter/Rock 5 & 3Bjørn/Norén 4 Session 1 4 Overall 1 Source:
Day two Friday, 16 September 2011
Fourball Results Donaldson/DysonhalvedBjørn/JacquelinPoulter/Rock 5 & 3Hanson/NorénFisher/Jamieson 2 upColsaerts/ManasseroFoster/Westwood 5 & 3Hansen/MolinariClarke/Horsey 3 & 2Jiménez/Larrazábal 1½ Session 3½ 5½ Overall 4½ Source:
Day three Saturday, 17 September 2011
Morning greensomes Results Donaldson/Dyson 2 & 1Colsaerts/ManasseroClarke/HorseyhalvedHanson/NorénFisher/Poulter 2 & 1Bjørn/JacquelinJamieson/Westwood 4 & 3Jiménez/Larrazábal 3½ Session ½ 9 Overall 5 Source:
Afternoon foursomes Results Donaldson/RockhalvedManassero/MolinariFisher/Foster 3 & 2Bjørn/HansenDyson/Poulter 3 & 1Larrazábal/NorénHorsey/Westwood 4 & 3Colsaerts/Jacquelin 2½ Session 1½ 11½ Overall 6½ Source:
Day four Sunday, 18 September 2011
Singles Results Lee Westwood 2 & 1Thomas BjørnSimon Dyson 1 upAnders HansenJamie Donaldson 4 & 3Francesco MolinariRobert Rock 4 & 3Alex NorénDarren Clarke 4 & 2Miguel Ángel JiménezDavid HorseyhalvedNicolas ColsaertsScott Jamieson 1 upPablo LarrazábalIan Poulter 1 upMatteo ManasseroMark Foster 1 upRaphaël JacquelinRoss FisherhalvedPeter Hanson 4 Session 6 15½ Overall 12½ Source:
References
External links Coverage on European Tour's official site