| Seve Trophy | |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Venue: | Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche |
| Location: | Paris, France |
| Dates: | 24–27 September |
| Home: | Europe |
| Away: | GB&I |
| Homecaptain: | Thomas Bjørn |
| Awaycaptain: | Paul McGinley |
| Homescore: | 11½ |
| Awayscore: | 16½ |
| Result: | Great Britain and Ireland wins |
The 2009 Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros, formerly known as the Seve Trophy, was played 24–27 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 Thomas Bjørn. Great Britain and Ireland won the Trophy for the fifth consecutive time.[1]
The format remained the same for the fourth successive time. 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 would play the 18th using the greensomes format to find the winner.
There was a big reduction in the prize money 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.[2]
The teams were made up of five players from the World Rankings list and five players from the European points list following the conclusion of the Mercedes-Benz Championship on 14 September 2009. There were a number of players who qualified for the trophy, but pulled out. These include Pádraig Harrington, Sergio García, Lee Westwood, Martin Kaymer and Paul Casey.[3]
| Team GB&I | |||||
| Name | Country | Qualification | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul McGinley | Ireland | Non-playing captain | |||
| Rory McIlroy | Northern Ireland | World rankings | |||
| Ross Fisher | England | World rankings | |||
| Oliver Wilson | England | World rankings | |||
| Graeme McDowell | Northern Ireland | World rankings | |||
| Chris Wood | England | World rankings | |||
| Simon Dyson | England | European points | |||
| Robert Rock | England | European points | |||
| Nick Dougherty | England | European points | |||
| Steve Webster | England | European points | |||
| Anthony Wall | England | European points | |||
| Team Continental Europe | ||||
| Name | Country | Qualification | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Bjørn | Denmark | Non-playing captain | ||
| Henrik Stenson | Sweden | World rankings | ||
| Robert Karlsson | Sweden | World rankings | ||
| Søren Kjeldsen | Denmark | World rankings | ||
| Miguel Ángel Jiménez | Spain | World rankings | ||
| Søren Hansen | Denmark | World rankings | ||
| Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño | Spain | European points | ||
| Álvaro Quirós | Spain | European points | ||
| Peter Hanson | Sweden | European points | ||
| Anders Hansen | Denmark | European points | ||
| Francesco Molinari | Italy | European points | ||
Thursday, 24 September 2009
  | Results | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| McDowell/McIlroy | 4 & 3 | Kjeldsen/Quirós | |
| Wall/Wood | 6 & 5 | Karlsson/Stenson | |
| Dyson/Wilson | 3 & 2 | S. Hansen/Hanson | |
| 4 & 3 | A. Hansen/Molinari | ||
| Dougherty/Fisher | 2 & 1 | Fdez-Castaño/Jiménez | |
| 3 | Session | 2 | |
| 3 | Overall | 2 |
Friday, 25 September 2009
| | Results | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dyson/Wilson | 2 & 1 | Quirós/Stenson | |
| Dougherty/Fisher | 3 & 2 | S. Hansen/Hanson | |
| McDowell/McIlroy | 3 & 1 | A. Hansen/Molinari | |
| 1 up | Fdez-Castaño/Karlsson | ||
| Wall/Wood | 3 & 2 | Jiménez/Kjeldsen | |
| 3 | Session | 2 | |
| 6 | Overall | 4 |
Saturday, 26 September 2009
| | Results | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| McDowell/McIlroy | 2 & 1 | Hanson/Stenson | |
| Dougherty/Rock | 5 & 4 | Fdez-Castaño/Karlsson | |
| Fisher/Wood | 1 up | A. Hansen/Molinari | |
| Dyson/Wilson | 1 up | Jiménez/Quirós | |
| 3 | Session | 1 | |
| 9 | Overall | 5 |
| | Results | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| McDowell/McIlroy | 2 & 1 | S. Hansen/Kjeldsen | |
| halved | Hanson/Stenson | ||
| Fisher/Wood | 3 & 2 | A. Hansen/Molinari | |
| Rock/Wilson | 1 up | Jiménez/Quirós | |
| 3½ | Session | ½ | |
| 12½ | Overall | 5½ |
Sunday, 27 September 2009
| | Results | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rory McIlroy | 1 up | Henrik Stenson | |
| Graeme McDowell | 3 & 2 | Robert Karlsson | |
| Anthony Wall | halved | Álvaro Quirós | |
| Ross Fisher | 3 & 1 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | |
| Steve Webster | 4 & 2 | Søren Hansen | |
| Simon Dyson | 3 & 1 | Søren Kjeldsen | |
| Robert Rock | 1 up | Gonzalo Fdez-Castaño | |
| Nick Dougherty | 7 & 6 | Anders Hansen | |
| Chris Wood | halved | Peter Hanson | |
| Oliver Wilson | 5 & 4 | Francesco Molinari | |
| 4 | Session | 6 | |
| 16½ | Overall | 11½ |
Anthony Wall injured his shoulder on Friday afternoon. He did not play on the Saturday and was still unfit to play in the singles on Sunday. Under the rules of the event a half was agreed with a player chosen by Thomas Bjørn to sit out the singles.[4]