2012 Volvo World Match Play Championship Explained
The 2012 Volvo World Match Play Championship was the 47th Volvo World Match Play Championship played. It was held 17–20 May, with the champion receiving €700,000. The format was 24 players split into eight pools of three, with the top two in each pool progressing to the knock-out stage.[1] It was an official money event on the European Tour.
Course
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|
| Yards | 471 | 215 | 541 | 334 | 575 | 195 | 494 | 574 | 352 | 3,751 | 188 | 627 | 224 | 413 | 353 | 525 | 464 | 177 | 568 | 3,539 | 7,290 |
| Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 72 | |
Format
The 24 players were split into eight pools of three, with the top two in each pool seeded by their Official World Golf Ranking and the remaining eight randomly assigned to a pool.[2] [3] Within each pool, every player played each other in a round-robin format over 18-hole matches. Points were awarded based upon win (2), tie (1) or loss (0). The two leading players from each pool advanced to the knock-out stage. In case of ties, sudden-death playoffs were used to determine rankings.
Participants
| Seed | Player | Rank[4] |
|---|
| 1 | | 9 |
| 2 | | 12 |
| 3 | | 15 |
| 4 | | 20 |
| 5 | | 23 |
| 6 | | 24 |
| 7 | | 26 |
| 8 | | 28 |
| 9 | | 35 |
| 10 | | 37 |
| 11 | | 41 |
| 12 | | 42 |
| 13 | | 46 |
| 14 | | 51 |
| 15 | | 59 |
| 16 | | 61 |
| | 65 |
| | 66 |
| | 70 |
| | 119 |
| | 126 |
| | 133 |
| | 175 |
| | 218 | |
Pool play
Source[5]
- 1st – Cabrera-Bello
- 2nd – Finch
- 3rd – Kaymer
- 1st – Rose
- 2nd – Rock
- 3rd – Clarke
- 1st – Goosen
- 2nd – Colsaerts (Colsaerts wins at the first extra hole against Schwartzel.)
- 3rd – Schwartzel
- 1st – McDowell
- 2nd – Karlsson (Karlsson wins at the first extra hole against Kruger.)
- 3rd – Kruger
- 1st – García
- 2nd – Quirós
- 3rd – Hiratsuka
- 1st – Lawrie (Lawrie wins at the first extra hole against Villegas.)
- 2nd – Villegas
- 3rd – Hanson
- 1st – Snedeker (Snedeker wins at the first extra hole against Bjørn and Grace.)
- 2nd – Bjørn (Bjørn wins at the second extra hole against Grace.)
- 3rd – Grace
- 1st – Poulter
- 2nd – Lewis
- 3rd – Senden
Playoffs
Source[5]
Prize money breakdown
Source:[6] [7]
| Place | Actual prize fund (€) | Race to Dubai fund (€) |
|---|
| Champion | 700,000 | 458,333 |
| Runner-up | 360,000 | 305,555 |
| Semi-finals losers x 2 | 180,000 | 154,825 |
| Quarter-finals losers x 4 | 92,500 | 91,025 |
| Round of 16 losers x 8 | 70,000 | 47,506 |
| Third place in pool x 8 | 50,000 | 32,794 |
| Total | €2,750,000 | 2,080,038 | |
|---|
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Volvo World Match Play format explained . PGA European Tour . 16 May 2012 . 31 October 2012.
- Web site: Volvo World Match Play Championship – Draw for Thursday & Friday . PGA European Tour . 31 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120523070939/http://www.europeantour.com/mm/document/tournament/tournaments/16/02/07/160207_pdf_english.pdf . 23 May 2012 . dead .
- Web site: Excitement builds after Match Play draw . PGA European Tour . 15 May 2012 . 31 October 2012.
- Official World Golf Ranking as of 14 May 2012
- Web site: Volvo World Match Play Championship – Draw & Results . PGA European Tour . 31 October 2012.
- Web site: Colsaerts shines in the Volvo World Match Play . 20 May 2012 . 31 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304235338/http://en.golfandcompany.com/new/16/colsaerts-shines-in-the-volvo-world-match-play.html . 4 March 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
- Web site: Volvo World Match Play Championship – Tournament Leaderboard . 31 October 2012.
Nicolas Colsaerts