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2007 Seve Trophy
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Seve Trophy |
| year | 2007 |
| venue | The Heritage Golf & Spa Resort |
| location | County Laois, Ireland |
| dates | 27–30 September |
| home | GB&I |
| away | Europe |
| homecaptain | Nick Faldo |
| awaycaptain | Seve Ballesteros |
| homescore | 16½ |
| awayscore | 11½ |
| result | Great Britain and Ireland wins |
The 2007 Seve Trophy took place between 27 and 30 September at The Heritage Golf & Spa Resort in Ireland. The team captain for Great Britain and Ireland was Nick Faldo, with the captain for Continental Europe being Seve Ballesteros. Great Britain and Ireland retained the trophy for the third consecutive time.
Format
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 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.
Each member of the winner team received €125,000, the losing team €75,000 each, giving a total prize fund of €2,000,000.
Teams
The teams were made up of four players from the Official World Golf Ranking list, four players from the European points list, and two captain's pick. However, there were a number of players who qualified for the trophy, but pulled out. These include: Henrik Stenson, Pádraig Harrington, Sergio García and Lee Westwood.
| Name | Country | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Faldo | England | Non-playing captain |
| Justin Rose | England | World rankings |
| Paul Casey | England | World rankings |
| Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | World rankings |
| Bradley Dredge | Wales | World rankings |
| Graeme Storm | England | European points |
| Oliver Wilson | England | European points |
| Phillip Archer | England | European points |
| Nick Dougherty | England | European points |
| Marc Warren | Scotland | Captain's pick |
| Simon Dyson | England | Captain's pick |
| Name | Country | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| Seve Ballesteros | Spain | Non-playing captain |
| Robert Karlsson | Sweden | World rankings |
| Miguel Ángel Jiménez | Spain | World rankings |
| Mikko Ilonen | Finland | World rankings |
| Raphaël Jacquelin | France | World rankings |
| Søren Hansen | Denmark | European points |
| Grégory Havret | France | European points |
| Peter Hanson | Sweden | European points |
| Markus Brier | Austria | European points |
| Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño | Spain | Captain's pick |
| Thomas Bjørn | Denmark | Captain's pick |
Day one
Thursday, 27 September 2007
Fourball
| GBR IRL | Results | Europe | 2 | Overall | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomerie/Warren | Europe 3 & 1 | Hanson/Karlsson | |||
| Dredge/Archer | GBRIRL 2 & 1 | Jiménez/Fdez-Castaño | |||
| Casey/Dyson | Europe 4 & 3 | Jacquelin/Havret | |||
| Dougherty/Storm | GBRIRL 1 up | Bjørn/Hansen | |||
| Rose/Wilson | Europe 3 & 2 | Brier/Ilonen | |||
| 2 | Session | 3 |
Day two
Friday, 28 September 2007
Fourball
| GBR IRL | Results | Europe | 5 | Overall | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dredge/Archer | GBRIRL 5 & 4 | Hanson/Karlsson | |||
| Montgomerie/Warren | Europe 5 & 3 | Jacquelin/Havret | |||
| Wilson/Dyson | GBRIRL 3 & 2 | Bjørn/Hansen | |||
| Dougherty/Storm | Europe 1 up | Ilonen/Brier | |||
| Rose/Casey | GBRIRL 1 up | Jiménez/Fdez-Castaño | |||
| 3 | Session | 2 |
Day three
Saturday, 29 September 2007
Morning greensomes
| GBR IRL | Results | Europe | 5½ | Overall | 8½ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose/Casey | Europe 3 & 1 | Karlsson/Fdez-Castaño | |||
| Dougherty/Storm | Europe 2 & 1 | Jacquelin/Havret | |||
| Wilson/Dyson | Europe 1 up | Hanson/Hansen | |||
| Dredge/Archer | halved | Brier/Ilonen | |||
| ½ | Session | 3½ |
Afternoon foursomes
| GBR IRL | Results | Europe | 8½ | Overall | 9½ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose/Dougherty | GBRIRL 2 & 1 | Jacquelin/Havret | |||
| Montgomerie/Storm | Europe 3 & 2 | Karlsson/Fdez-Castaño | |||
| Wilson/Dyson | GBRIRL 3 & 2 | Hanson/Hansen | |||
| Dredge/Archer | GBRIRL 2 up | Brier/Jiménez | |||
| 3 | Session | 1 |
Day four
Sunday, 30 September 2007
Singles
| GBR IRL | Results | Europe | 16½ | Overall | 11½ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Montgomerie | GBRIRL 1 up | Robert Karlsson | |||
| Paul Casey | GBRIRL 3 & 2 | Raphaël Jacquelin | |||
| Marc Warren | GBRIRL 1 up | Grégory Havret | |||
| Nick Dougherty | halved | Søren Hansen | |||
| Graeme Storm | GBRIRL 6 & 5 | Thomas Bjørn | |||
| Simon Dyson | GBRIRL 2 & 1 | Mikko Ilonen | |||
| Phillip Archer | halved | Markus Brier | |||
| Bradley Dredge | GBRIRL 2 up | Gonzalo Fdez-Castaño | |||
| Oliver Wilson | Europe 1 up | Peter Hanson | |||
| Justin Rose | GBRIRL 2 & 1 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | |||
| 8 | Session | 2 |
References
References
- "Final Results & Prize Money". PGA European Tour.
- "Seve Trophy team rankings". European Tour.
- Garrod, Mark. (1 September 2007). "Westwood Snubs Seve Trophy". [[Sporting Life (British newspaper).
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