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2009 Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros

FieldValue
nameSeve Trophy
year2009
venueGolf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche
locationParis, France
dates24–27 September
homeEurope
awayGB&I
homecaptainThomas Bjørn
awaycaptainPaul McGinley
homescore11½
awayscore16½
resultGreat 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.

Format

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.

Teams

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.

NameCountryQualification
Paul McGinleyIrelandNon-playing captain
Rory McIlroyNorthern IrelandWorld rankings
Ross FisherEnglandWorld rankings
Oliver WilsonEnglandWorld rankings
Graeme McDowellNorthern IrelandWorld rankings
Chris WoodEnglandWorld rankings
Simon DysonEnglandEuropean points
Robert RockEnglandEuropean points
Nick DoughertyEnglandEuropean points
Steve WebsterEnglandEuropean points
Anthony WallEnglandEuropean points
NameCountryQualification
Thomas BjørnDenmarkNon-playing captain
Henrik StensonSwedenWorld rankings
Robert KarlssonSwedenWorld rankings
Søren KjeldsenDenmarkWorld rankings
Miguel Ángel JiménezSpainWorld rankings
Søren HansenDenmarkWorld rankings
Gonzalo Fernández-CastañoSpainEuropean points
Álvaro QuirósSpainEuropean points
Peter HansonSwedenEuropean points
Anders HansenDenmarkEuropean points
Francesco MolinariItalyEuropean points

Day one

Thursday, 24 September 2009

Fourball

GBR IRLResultsEurope3Overall2
McDowell/McIlroyGBRIRL 4 & 3Kjeldsen/Quirós
Wall/WoodGBRIRL 6 & 5Karlsson/Stenson
Dyson/WilsonGBRIRL 3 & 2S. Hansen/Hanson
Rock/WebsterEurope 4 & 3A. Hansen/Molinari
Dougherty/FisherEurope 2 & 1Fdez-Castaño/Jiménez
3Session2

Day two

Friday, 25 September 2009

Fourball

GBR IRLResultsEurope6Overall4
Dyson/WilsonGBRIRL 2 & 1Quirós/Stenson
Dougherty/FisherGBRIRL 3 & 2S. Hansen/Hanson
McDowell/McIlroyEurope 3 & 1A. Hansen/Molinari
Rock/WebsterEurope 1 upFdez-Castaño/Karlsson
Wall/WoodGBRIRL 3 & 2Jiménez/Kjeldsen
3Session2

Day three

Saturday, 26 September 2009

Morning greensomes

GBR IRLResultsEurope9Overall5
McDowell/McIlroyGBRIRL 2 & 1Hanson/Stenson
Dougherty/RockGBRIRL 5 & 4Fdez-Castaño/Karlsson
Fisher/WoodGBRIRL 1 upA. Hansen/Molinari
Dyson/WilsonEurope 1 upJiménez/Quirós
3Session1

Afternoon foursomes

GBR IRLResultsEurope12½Overall5½
McDowell/McIlroyGBRIRL 2 & 1S. Hansen/Kjeldsen
Dougherty/WebsterhalvedHanson/Stenson
Fisher/WoodGBRIRL 3 & 2A. Hansen/Molinari
Rock/WilsonGBRIRL 1 upJiménez/Quirós
3½Session½

Day four

Sunday, 27 September 2009

Singles

GBR IRLResultsEurope16½Overall11½
Rory McIlroyGBRIRL 1 upHenrik Stenson
Graeme McDowellGBRIRL 3 & 2Robert Karlsson
Anthony WallhalvedÁlvaro Quirós
Ross FisherEurope 3 & 1Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Steve WebsterEurope 4 & 2Søren Hansen
Simon DysonEurope 3 & 1Søren Kjeldsen
Robert RockGBRIRL 1 upGonzalo Fdez-Castaño
Nick DoughertyEurope 7 & 6Anders Hansen
Chris WoodhalvedPeter Hanson
Oliver WilsonEurope 5 & 4Francesco Molinari
4Session6

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.

References

References

  1. (2009-09-27). "GB and Ire retain Vivendi Trophy". BBC Sport.
  2. "Canal+ unveil "The 2009 Vivendi Trophy with Severiano Ballesteros" in Paris". golfblogger.co.uk.
  3. "Harrington shocker for McGinley". Belfast Telegraph.
  4. "Wall blow for Great Britain & Ireland". PGA European Tour.
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