2002 Seve Trophy Explained

Seve Trophy
Year:2002
Venue:Druids Glen
Location:Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow, Ireland
Dates:19–21 April
Home:GB&I
Away:Europe
Homecaptain:Colin Montgomerie
Awaycaptain:Seve Ballesteros
Homescore:14½
Awayscore:11½
Result:Great Britain and Ireland wins

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.[1]

Each member of the winner team received 150,000, the losing team €90,000 each, giving a total prize fund of €2,400,000.[2]

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.[3]

Team GB&I
NameCountryQualification
Colin MontgomerieScotlandPlaying captain
Paul CaseyEnglandSeve Trophy points
Darren ClarkeNorthern IrelandSeve Trophy points
Pádraig HarringtonIrelandSeve Trophy points
Paul LawrieScotlandSeve Trophy points
Andrew OldcornScotlandSeve Trophy points
Paul McGinleyIrelandSeve Trophy points
Steve WebsterEnglandSeve Trophy points
Ian WoosnamWalesSeve Trophy points
Lee WestwoodEnglandCaptain's pick
Oldcorn was a late replacement for David Howell.[4]
Team Continental Europe
NameCountryQualification
Seve BallesterosSpainPlaying captain
Thomas BjørnDenmarkSeve Trophy points
Niclas FasthSwedenSeve Trophy points
Mathias GrönbergSwedenSeve Trophy points
Raphaël JacquelinFranceSeve Trophy points
Miguel Ángel JiménezSpainSeve Trophy points
Robert KarlssonSwedenSeve Trophy points
Thomas LevetFranceSeve Trophy points
José María OlazábalSpainSeve Trophy points
Alex ČejkaGermanyCaptain's pick
Source:[5]

Day one

Friday, 19 April 2002

Morning greensomes

Results
Montgomerie/Lawrie 2 & 1Bjørn/Karlsson
Woosnam/Webster 3 & 2Olazábal/Jiménez
Harrington/McGinley 1 upGrönberg/Čejka
Westwood/Clarke 2 & 1Levet/Jacquelin
2Session2
2Overall2
Source:[6] [7]

Afternoon foursomes

Results
Montgomerie/Oldcorn 2 & 1Fasth/Karlsson
Webster/Casey 1 upOlazábal/Jiménez
Harrington/McGinley 1 upJacquelin/Levet
Clarke/Westwood 3 & 2Bjørn/Čejka
3Session1
5Overall3
Source:[8]

Day two

Saturday, 20 April 2002

Morning fourball

Results
Lawrie/Casey 2 & 1Bjørn/Fasth
Montgomerie/Woosnam 4 & 3Karlsson/Grönberg
Harrington/McGinley 2 & 1Olazábal/Ballesteros
Westwood/Clarke 1 upJacquelin/Jiménez
3Session1
8Overall4
Source:[9]

Afternoon foursomes

Results
Woosnam/WebsterhalvedBjørn/Karlsson
Harrington/McGinley 1 upČejka/Fasth
Lawrie/OldcornhalvedLevet/Jacquelin
Montgomerie/Clarke 1 upOlazábal/Jiménez
2Session2
10Overall6
Source:[10]

Day three

Sunday, 21 April 2002

Singles

Results
Colin Montgomerie 1 upSeve Ballesteros
Darren Clarke 4 & 3Thomas Bjørn
Paul Casey 4 & 3Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Paul Lawrie 1 upRobert Karlsson
Andrew OldcornhalvedNiclas Fasth
Lee Westwood 3 & 2Raphaël Jacquelin
Pádraig Harrington 3 & 2José María Olazábal
Paul McGinley 4 & 3Mathias Grönberg
Steve Webster 2 & 1Thomas Levet
Ian Woosnam 5 & 4Alex Čejka
Session
14½Overall11½
Source:[11]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Seve Trophy – Format . PGA European Tour . 28 August 2013.
  2. Web site: Prize Money . PGA European Tour . 28 August 2013.
  3. Web site: The Seve Trophy – Eligibility . PGA European Tour . 28 August 2013.
  4. News: Oldcorn gets Seve Trophy call . BBC . 28 August 2013 . 11 April 2002.
  5. News: Westwood, Cejka get Seve call-up . BBC . 28 August 2013 . 25 March 2002.
  6. News: Seve Trophy . USA Today . 28 August 2013 . 21 April 2002.
  7. Web site: Honours even after opening Greensomes . PGA European Tour . 28 August 2013.
  8. Web site: Great Britain and Ireland take early lead in the Seve Trophy . PGA European Tour . 28 August 2013.
  9. Web site: Ballasteros and Olazabal put on a vintage display at Druids Glen . PGA European Tour . 28 August 2013.
  10. Web site: Seve's magic can't stop GB & I taking 10-6 lead . PGA European Tour . 28 August 2013.
  11. Web site: Great Britain & Ireland victorious at Druids Glen . PGA European Tour . 28 August 2013.