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2000 Seve Trophy

FieldValue
nameSeve Trophy
year2000
venueThe Old Course, Sunningdale Golf Club
locationBerkshire, England
dates14–16 April
homeGB&I
awayEurope
homecaptainColin Montgomerie
awaycaptainSeve Ballesteros
homescore12½
awayscore13½
resultContinental Europe wins

The 2000 Seve Trophy took place 14–16 April on The Old Course at Sunningdale Golf Club in Berkshire, England. The team captain for Great Britain and Ireland was Colin Montgomerie, with the captain for Continental Europe being Seve Ballesteros. The inaugural competition was won by Continental Europe. The event was officially called "The Eurobet Seve Ballesteros Trophy".

Format

The teams competed over three days with four fourball matches on both Friday and Saturday, four foursomes matches on Saturday afternoon, four greensomes matches on Sunday morning 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

Mark James, who qualified by finishing 18th on the 1999 European Tour Order of Merit, turned down the chance to play for Team Great Britain and Ireland and was replaced by David Howell.

NameCountryQualification
Colin MontgomerieScotlandPlaying captain
Lee WestwoodEngland1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 2nd
Paul LawrieScotland1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 6th
Pádraig HarringtonIreland1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 7th
Darren ClarkeNorthern Ireland1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 8th
John BickertonEngland1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 20th
Gary OrrScotland1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 21st
David HowellEngland1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 22nd
Phillip PriceWalesLeading player on the 2000 European Tour Order of Merit on 9 April
Ian WoosnamWalesCaptain's pick
NameCountryQualification
Seve BallesterosSpainPlaying captain
Sergio GarcíaSpain1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 3rd
Miguel Ángel JiménezSpain1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 4th
Jarmo SandelinSweden1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 9th
Jean van de VeldeFrance1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 13th
Thomas BjørnDenmark1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 14th
Bernhard LangerGermany1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 15th
Alex ČejkaGermany1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 17th
Robert KarlssonSwedenLeading player on the 2000 European Tour Order of Merit on 9 April
José María OlazábalSpainCaptain's pick

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Day one

Friday, 14 April 2000

Morning foursomes

GBR IRLResultsEurope3Overall1
Montgomerie/WoosnamGBRIRL 2 & 1Olazábal/Jiménez
Clarke/WestwoodGBRIRL 4 & 3Čejka/Langer
Harrington/PriceGBRIRL 1 upBjørn/Karlsson
Lawrie/OrrEurope 3 & 2García/van de Velde
3Session1

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Afternoon fourball

GBR IRLResultsEurope4Overall4
Westwood/HowellGBRIRL 2 & 1Olazábal/Ballesteros
Clarke/BickertonEurope 1 upBjørn/Jiménez
Woosnam/HarringtonEurope 2 & 1Čejka/Langer
Lawrie/MontgomerieEurope 3 & 2Sandelin/García
1Session3

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Day two

Saturday, 15 April 2000

Morning fourball

GBR IRLResultsEurope6Overall6
Woosnam/MontgomerieEurope 6 & 5Jiménez/Olazábal
Lawrie/OrrGBRIRL 1 upSandelin/Karlsson
Bickerton/PriceEurope 1 upBjørn/García
Clarke/WestwoodGBRIRL 3 & 1Čejka/van de Velde
2Session2

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Day three

Sunday, 16 April 2000

Morning greensomes

The greensomes were due to be played on Saturday afternoon but were delayed by rain and played on Sunday morning before the singles matches.

GBR IRLResultsEurope8Overall8
Lawrie/OrrhalvedJiménez/Olazábal
Montgomerie/HowellGBRIRL 2 & 1García/van de Velde
Clarke/WestwoodEurope 4 & 3Langer/Bjørn
Harrington/PricehalvedČejka/Karlsson
2Session2

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Singles

GBR IRLResultsEurope12½Overall13½
Colin MontgomerieEurope 2 & 1Seve Ballesteros
Darren ClarkehalvedSergio García
John BickertonEurope 2 & 1Jarmo Sandelin
Lee WestwoodGBRIRL 1 upThomas Bjørn
Phillip PriceGBRIRL 2 & 1Alex Čejka
Ian WoosnamEurope 4 & 3Bernhard Langer
David HowellEurope 2 & 1Robert Karlsson
Gary OrrEurope 2 & 1José María Olazábal
Paul LawrieGBRIRL 5 & 4Jean van de Velde
Pádraig HarringtonGBRIRL 1 upMiguel Ángel Jiménez
4½Session5½

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References

References

  1. "The Eurobet Seve Ballesteros Trophy Unveiled". PGA European Tour.
  2. "The Eurobet Seve Ballesteros Trophy – Format". PGA European Tour.
  3. "History in the Making". PGA European Tour.
  4. "The Eurobet Seve Ballesteros Trophy – The Teams". PGA European Tour.
  5. "GB&I take 3-1 lead over Continental Europe". PGA European Tour.
  6. "Honours Even After Day One Of Eurobet Seve Ballesteros Trophy". PGA European Tour.
  7. "Level Pegging In The Eurobet Seve Ballesteros Trophy". PGA European Tour.
  8. "Teams Still Deadlocked After Greensomes In The Eurobet Seve Ballesteros Trophy". PGA European Tour.
  9. "Continental Europe Win First Eurobet Seve Ballesteros Trophy". PGA European Tour.
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