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2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship

Field	Value
name	2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship
dates	19–22 May
location	Andalusia, Spain
course	Finca Cortesín Golf Club
tour	European Tour
par	72
yardage	7290 yd
field	24 players
format	Match play – 18 holes
purse	€3,400,000
winners_share	€800,000
champion	ENG Ian Poulter
score	def. Luke Donald 2 & 1
previous	2009
next	2012

The 2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship was the 46th Volvo World Match Play Championship played. It was held 19–22 May, with the champion receiving €800,000. The format was 24 players split into eight pools of three, with the top two in each pool progressing to the knock-out stage. 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
Par	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	5	4	37	3	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	5	35

Format

The 24 players were split into eight pools of three, with the players seeded by their Official World Golf Ranking. 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
1	ENG Lee Westwood	1
2	ENG Luke Donald	2
3	DEU Martin Kaymer	3
4	NIR Graeme McDowell	5
5	NIR Rory McIlroy	6
6	ENG Paul Casey	9
7	ZAF Charl Schwartzel	12
8	ITA Francesco Molinari	21
9	ENG Ian Poulter	22
10	ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez	25
11	ESP Álvaro Quirós	26
12	ZAF Retief Goosen	27
13	ZAF Louis Oosthuizen	32
14	KOR Yang Yong-eun	38
15	USA Ryan Moore	39
16	DNK Anders Hansen	40
17	AUS Aaron Baddeley	50
18	ENG Ross Fisher	51
19	KOR Noh Seung-yul	82
20	VEN Jhonattan Vegas	96
21	BEL Nicolas Colsaerts	108
22	DNK Søren Kjeldsen	111
23	SWE Johan Edfors	124
24	SCO Paul Lawrie	133

Pool play

Source

Winner	Score	Loser
Lee Westwood	6 & 5	Anders Hansen
Aaron Baddeley	1 up	Anders Hansen
Lee Westwood	4 & 3	Aaron Baddeley

1st – Westwood
2nd – Baddeley
3rd – Hansen

Winner	Score	Loser
Miguel Ángel Jiménez	6 & 5	Charl Schwartzel
Johan Edfors	2 & 1	Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Charl Schwartzel	5 & 4	Johan Edfors

1st – Schwartzel (Schwartzel wins at second extra hole.)
2nd – Edfors
3rd – Jiménez (Jiménez eliminated on first extra hole.)

Winner	Score	Loser
Martin Kaymer	2 & 1	Yang Yong-eun
Noh Seung-yul	2 & 1	Yang Yong-eun
Martin Kaymer	2 & 1	Noh Seung-yul

1st – Kaymer
2nd – Noh
3rd – Yang

Winner	Score	Loser
Rory McIlroy	1 up	Retief Goosen
Nicolas Colsaerts	1 up	Retief Goosen
Nicolas Colsaerts	3 & 2	Rory McIlroy

1st – Colsaerts
2nd – McIlroy
3rd – Goosen

Winner	Score	Loser
Graeme McDowell	2 & 1	Louis Oosthuizen
Jhonattan Vegas	5 & 4	Louis Oosthuizen
Graeme McDowell	4 & 2	Jhonattan Vegas

1st – McDowell
2nd – Vegas
3rd – Oosthuizen

Winner	Score	Loser
Álvaro Quirós	3 & 1	Paul Casey
Álvaro Quirós	3 & 1	Søren Kjeldsen
Søren Kjeldsen	1 up	Paul Casey

1st – Quirós
2nd – Kjeldsen
3rd – Casey

Winner	Score	Loser
Luke Donald	5 & 4	Ryan Moore
Ross Fisher	2 & 1	Ryan Moore
Luke Donald	4 & 3	Ross Fisher

1st – Donald
2nd – Fisher
3rd – Moore

Winner	Score	Loser
Francesco Molinari	Halved	Ian Poulter
Ian Poulter	Halved	Paul Lawrie
Francesco Molinari	3 & 2	Paul Lawrie

1st – Molinari
2nd – Poulter
3rd – Lawrie

Playoffs

Source 21 May, morning 21 May, afternoon 22 May, morning 22 May, afternoon | team-width = 155 | score-width = 40

| RD1-team01 = KOR Noh Seung-yul | RD1-score01 = | RD1-team02 = ESP Álvaro Quirós | RD1-score02 = 1up

| RD1-team03 = DEU Martin Kaymer | RD1-score03 = 3&2 | RD1-team04 = DNK Søren Kjeldsen | RD1-score04 =

| RD1-team05 = ENG Ross Fisher | RD1-score05 = | RD1-team06 = ZAF Charl Schwartzel | RD1-score06 = 1up

| RD1-team07 = ENG Luke Donald | RD1-score07 = 19h | RD1-team08 = SWE Johan Edfors | RD1-score08 =

| RD1-team09 = VEN Jhonattan Vegas | RD1-score09 = | RD1-team10 = BEL Nicolas Colsaerts | RD1-score10 = 1up

| RD1-team11 = NIR Graeme McDowell | RD1-score11 = 3&2 | RD1-team12 = NIR Rory McIlroy | RD1-score12 =

| RD1-team13 = AUS Aaron Baddeley | RD1-score13 = | RD1-team14 = ITA Francesco Molinari | RD1-score14 = 3&2

| RD1-team15 = ENG Lee Westwood | RD1-score15 = | RD1-team16 = ENG Ian Poulter | RD1-score16 = 1 up

| RD2-team01 = ESP Álvaro Quirós | RD2-score01 = | RD2-team02 = DEU Martin Kaymer | RD2-score02 = 2up

| RD2-team03 = ZAF Charl Schwartzel | RD2-score03 = | RD2-team04 = ENG Luke Donald | RD2-score04 = 2up

| RD2-team05 = BEL Nicolas Colsaerts | RD2-score05 = 2&1 | RD2-team06 = NIR Graeme McDowell | RD2-score06 =

| RD2-team07 = ITA Francesco Molinari | RD2-score07 = | RD2-team08 = ENG Ian Poulter | RD2-score08 = 2up

| RD3-team01 = DEU Martin Kaymer | RD3-score01 = | RD3-team02 = ENG Luke Donald | RD3-score02 = 5&3

| RD3-team03 = BEL Nicolas Colsaerts | RD3-score03 = | RD3-team04 = ENG Ian Poulter | RD3-score04 = 19h

| RD4-team01 = ENG Luke Donald | RD4-score01 = | RD4-team02 = ENG Ian Poulter | RD4-score02 = 2&1

Prize money breakdown

Source:

Place	Actual prize fund (€)	Race to Dubai fund (€)
Champion	800,000	566,660
Runner-up	420,000	377,770
Semi-finals losers x 2	220,000	119,400
Quarter-finals losers x 4	115,000	112,500
Round of 16 losers x 8	90,000	58,730
Third place in pool x 8	70,000	40,540

References

(19 May 2011). "Volvo World Match Play Explained". PGA European Tour.
Official World Golf Ranking as of 15 May 2011
(15 May 2011). "Official World Golf Ranking, Week 20, 2011".
"2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship - Tournament Leaderboard".
"2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship - Final Results".

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