2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship Explained

2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship
Dates:	15–19 October
Location:	Kent, England
Course:	London Golf Club
Tour:	European Tour
Field:	16 players
Format:	Match play – 18 holes
Purse:	€2,250,000
Winners Share:	€650,000
Score:	def. Henrik Stenson 3 & 1
Previous:	2013

The 2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship was the 49th Volvo World Match Play Championship to be played. It was held 15–19 October, with the champion receiving €650,000. The format was 16 players split into four pools of four, with the top two in each pool progressing to the knock-out stage.^[1] It is an official money event on the European Tour.

Format

The 16 players are split into four pools of four, seeded by their Official World Golf Ranking.^[2] Within each pool, every player plays each other in a round-robin format over 18-hole matches. Points are awarded based upon win (2), tie (1) or loss (0). The two leading players from each pool advance to the knock-out stage. In the case of a tie in the standings, head-to-head results determine places with sudden-death playoffs used to determine standings if head-to-head match halved.^[3]

Participants

Seed	Player	Rank
1		5
2		18
3		23
4		25
5		26
6		35
7		37
8		41
9		48
10		52
11		53
12		58
13		66
14		70
15		74
16		89

Pool play

• Round 1 – 15 October^[4]
• Round 2 – 16 October^[5]
• Round 3 – 17 October^[6]

Source^{[2] [7]}

Arnold Palmer Group! Round !!Winner !! Score !! Loser align=center rowspan=2 1 Henrik Stenson & George Coetzee – halved 2 up Francesco Molinari align=center rowspan=2 2 2 & 1 Francesco Molinari 2 & 1 Thongchai Jaidee align=center rowspan=2 3 2 & 1 Thongchai Jaidee 2 & 1 George Coetzee 1st – Henrik Stenson 2nd – George Coetzee 3rd – Thongchai Jaidee & Francesco Molinari	Mark McCormack Group! Round !! Winner !! Score !! Loser align=center rowspan=2 1 2 & 1 Jamie Donaldson 2 & 1 Patrick Reed align=center rowspan=2 2 3 & 2 Jonas Blixt 2 & 1 Paul Casey align=center rowspan=2 3 3 & 2 Jamie Donaldson Jonas Blixt & Paul Casey – halved 1st – Patrick Reed 2nd – Jonas Blixt (won second place on first sudden-death playoff hole) 3rd – Paul Casey 4th – Jamie Donaldson
Assar Gabrielsson Group! Round !! Winner !! Score !! Loser align=center rowspan=2 1 3 & 2 Pablo Larrazábal 3 & 2 Stephen Gallacher align=center rowspan=2 2 3 & 2 Shane Lowry 1 up Stephen Gallacher align=center rowspan=2 3 2 & 1 Victor Dubuisson 2 & 1 Shane Lowry 1st – Victor Dubuisson (first place based on head-to-head match vs Larrazábal) 2nd – Pablo Larrazábal 3rd – Stephen Gallacher & Shane Lowry	Gustaf Larson Group! Round !! Winner !! Score !! Loser align=center rowspan=2 1 3 & 2 Alexander Lévy 1 up Mikko Ilonen align=center rowspan=2 2 2 & 1 Graeme McDowell 4 & 3 Alexander Lévy align=center rowspan=2 3 2 up Graeme McDowell 1 up Alexander Lévy 1st – Joost Luiten 2nd – Mikko Ilonen 3rd – Graeme McDowell 4th – Alexander Lévy

Playoffs

Source^{[7] [8]}

Prize money breakdown

Source:^{[7] [9]}

Place	Actual prize fund (€)	Race to Dubai fund (€)
Champion	650,000	375,000
Runner-up	330,000	250,000
Third place	210,000	140,850
Fourth place	160,000	112,500
Quarter-finals losers x 4	100,000	74,475
Third in group x 4	75,000	43,875
Last in group x 4	50,000	33,862
Total	€2,250,000	€1,487,198

External links

• Official site
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site

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Notes and References

1. Web site: London Golf Club to host 2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship . PGA European Tour . 5 February 2014.
2. Web site: Draw for group stage matches . Volvo World Match Play . 13 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141017195336/http://www.volvoworldmatchplay.com/sites/default/files/files/VWMP2014Draw.pdf . 17 October 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
3. Web site: Volvo World Match Play Championship: Tournament Format . PGA European Tour . 13 October 2014.
4. News: Graeme McDowell makes fine start to World Match Play Championship . 15 October 2014 . The Guardian . 16 October 2014.
5. News: Volvo World Match Play: Graeme McDowell and Stephen Gallacher lose . 16 October 2014 . The Guardian . 16 October 2014.
6. News: Mikko Ilonen beats Henrik Stenson . ESPN . Associated Press . 19 October 2014.
7. Web site: Volvo World Match Play Championship – Tournament Leaderboard . . 15 October 2014.
8. News: World Match Play: Mikko Ilonen beats Henrik Stenson . 19 October 2014 . BBC Sport . 24 October 2014.
9. Web site: Volvo World Match Play Championship – Prize Fund 2014 . 3 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006071953/http://www.volvoworldmatchplay.com/content/prize-money-2014 . 6 October 2014 . dead . dmy-all .