The 2000 Seve Trophy took place 14–16 April on The Old Course at Sunningdale Golf Club in Berkshire, England. The team captain for Great Britain and Ireland was Colin Montgomerie, with the captain for Continental Europe being Seve Ballesteros. The inaugural competition was won by Continental Europe. The event was officially called "The Eurobet Seve Ballesteros Trophy".
Format The teams competed over three days with four fourball matches on both Friday and Saturday, four foursomes matches on Saturday afternoon, four greensomes matches on Sunday morning and ten singles on Sunday.
Each member of the winner team received €150,000, the losing team €90,000 each, giving a total prize fund of €2,400,000.
Teams Mark James, who qualified by finishing 18th on the 1999 European Tour Order of Merit, turned down the chance to play for Team Great Britain and Ireland and was replaced by David Howell. Team GB&INameCountryQualificationColin MontgomerieScotlandPlaying captainLee WestwoodEngland1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 2ndPaul LawrieScotland1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 6thPádraig HarringtonIreland1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 7thDarren ClarkeNorthern Ireland1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 8thJohn BickertonEngland1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 20thGary OrrScotland1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 21stDavid HowellEngland1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 22ndPhillip PriceWalesLeading player on the 2000 European Tour Order of Merit on 9 AprilIan WoosnamWalesCaptain's pick
Team Continental EuropeNameCountryQualificationSeve BallesterosSpainPlaying captainSergio GarcíaSpain1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 3rdMiguel Ángel JiménezSpain1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 4thJarmo SandelinSweden1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 9thJean van de VeldeFrance1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 13thThomas BjørnDenmark1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 14thBernhard LangerGermany1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 15thAlex ČejkaGermany1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 17thRobert KarlssonSwedenLeading player on the 2000 European Tour Order of Merit on 9 AprilJosé María OlazábalSpainCaptain's pick Source:
Day one Friday, 14 April 2000
Morning foursomes Results Montgomerie/Woosnam 2 & 1Olazábal/JiménezClarke/Westwood 4 & 3Čejka/LangerHarrington/Price 1 upBjørn/KarlssonLawrie/Orr 3 & 2García/van de Velde 3 Session 1 3 Overall 1 Source:
Afternoon fourball Results Westwood/Howell 2 & 1Olazábal/BallesterosClarke/Bickerton 1 upBjørn/JiménezWoosnam/Harrington 2 & 1Čejka/LangerLawrie/Montgomerie 3 & 2Sandelin/García 1 Session 3 4 Overall 4 Source:
Day two Saturday, 15 April 2000
Morning fourball Results Woosnam/Montgomerie 6 & 5Jiménez/OlazábalLawrie/Orr 1 upSandelin/KarlssonBickerton/Price 1 upBjørn/GarcíaClarke/Westwood 3 & 1Čejka/van de Velde 2 Session 2 6 Overall 6 Source:
Day three Sunday, 16 April 2000
Morning greensomes The greensomes were due to be played on Saturday afternoon but were delayed by rain and played on Sunday morning before the singles matches.
Results Lawrie/OrrhalvedJiménez/OlazábalMontgomerie/Howell 2 & 1García/van de VeldeClarke/Westwood 4 & 3Langer/BjørnHarrington/PricehalvedČejka/Karlsson 2 Session 2 8 Overall 8 Source:
Singles Results Colin Montgomerie 2 & 1Seve BallesterosDarren ClarkehalvedSergio GarcíaJohn Bickerton 2 & 1Jarmo SandelinLee Westwood 1 upThomas BjørnPhillip Price 2 & 1Alex ČejkaIan Woosnam 4 & 3Bernhard LangerDavid Howell 2 & 1Robert KarlssonGary Orr 2 & 1José María OlazábalPaul Lawrie 5 & 4Jean van de VeldePádraig Harrington 1 upMiguel Ángel Jiménez 4½ Session 5½ 12½ Overall 13½ Source:
References
External links Coverage on the European Tour's official site