The 2002 Seve Trophy golf tournament took place 19–21 April at Druids Glen, Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow, Ireland. The team captain for Great Britain and Ireland was Colin Montgomerie, with the captain for Continental Europe being Seve Ballesteros. The competition was won by Great Britain and Ireland.
Format The teams competed over three days with four greensomes matches and four foursomes matches on Friday, four fourball matches and four foursomes matches on Saturday 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 Both captains played and had one wild card selection each. The remaining 8 players in each team were the top 8 from the Seve Trophy points table, which started with the Open de Espana (19–22 April 2001) and which was finalised on 31 March 2002.
Team GB&INameCountryQualificationColin MontgomerieScotlandPlaying captainPaul CaseyEnglandSeve Trophy pointsDarren ClarkeNorthern IrelandSeve Trophy pointsPádraig HarringtonIrelandSeve Trophy pointsPaul LawrieScotlandSeve Trophy pointsAndrew OldcornScotlandSeve Trophy pointsPaul McGinleyIrelandSeve Trophy pointsSteve WebsterEnglandSeve Trophy pointsIan WoosnamWalesSeve Trophy pointsLee WestwoodEnglandCaptain's pick Oldcorn was a late replacement for David Howell.
Team Continental EuropeNameCountryQualificationSeve BallesterosSpainPlaying captainThomas BjørnDenmarkSeve Trophy pointsNiclas FasthSwedenSeve Trophy pointsMathias GrönbergSwedenSeve Trophy pointsRaphaël JacquelinFranceSeve Trophy pointsMiguel Ángel JiménezSpainSeve Trophy pointsRobert KarlssonSwedenSeve Trophy pointsThomas LevetFranceSeve Trophy pointsJosé María OlazábalSpainSeve Trophy pointsAlex ČejkaGermanyCaptain's pick Source:
Day one Friday, 19 April 2002
Morning greensomes Results Montgomerie/Lawrie 2 & 1Bjørn/KarlssonWoosnam/Webster 3 & 2Olazábal/JiménezHarrington/McGinley 1 upGrönberg/ČejkaWestwood/Clarke 2 & 1Levet/Jacquelin 2 Session 2 2 Overall 2 Source:
Afternoon foursomes Results Montgomerie/Oldcorn 2 & 1Fasth/KarlssonWebster/Casey 1 upOlazábal/JiménezHarrington/McGinley 1 upJacquelin/LevetClarke/Westwood 3 & 2Bjørn/Čejka 3 Session 1 5 Overall 3 Source:
Day two Saturday, 20 April 2002
Morning fourball Results Lawrie/Casey 2 & 1Bjørn/FasthMontgomerie/Woosnam 4 & 3Karlsson/GrönbergHarrington/McGinley 2 & 1Olazábal/BallesterosWestwood/Clarke 1 upJacquelin/Jiménez 3 Session 1 8 Overall 4 Source:
Afternoon foursomes Results Woosnam/WebsterhalvedBjørn/KarlssonHarrington/McGinley 1 upČejka/FasthLawrie/OldcornhalvedLevet/JacquelinMontgomerie/Clarke 1 upOlazábal/Jiménez 2 Session 2 10 Overall 6 Source:
Day three Sunday, 21 April 2002
Singles Results Colin Montgomerie 1 upSeve BallesterosDarren Clarke 4 & 3Thomas BjørnPaul Casey 4 & 3Miguel Ángel JiménezPaul Lawrie 1 upRobert KarlssonAndrew OldcornhalvedNiclas FasthLee Westwood 3 & 2Raphaël JacquelinPádraig Harrington 3 & 2José María OlazábalPaul McGinley 4 & 3Mathias GrönbergSteve Webster 2 & 1Thomas LevetIan Woosnam 5 & 4Alex Čejka 4½ Session 5½ 14½ Overall 11½ Source:
References
External links Coverage on the European Tour's official site