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2012 Volvo World Match Play Championship

Golf tournament

Field	Value
name	2012 Volvo World Match Play Championship
dates	17–20 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	€2,750,000
winners_share	€700,000
champion	BEL Nicolas Colsaerts
score	def. Graeme McDowell 1 up
previous	2011
next	2013

The 2012 Volvo World Match Play Championship was the 47th Volvo World Match Play Championship played. It was held 17–20 May, with the champion receiving €700,000. 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 top two in each pool seeded by their Official World Golf Ranking and the remaining eight randomly assigned to a pool. 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	DEU Martin Kaymer	9
2	ENG Justin Rose	12
3	ZAF Charl Schwartzel	15
4	NIR Graeme McDowell	20
5	ESP Sergio García	23
6	SWE Peter Hanson	24
7	USA Brandt Snedeker	26
8	ENG Ian Poulter	28
9	AUS John Senden	35
10	DNK Thomas Bjørn	37
11	SCO Paul Lawrie	41
12	ESP Álvaro Quirós	42
13	SWE Robert Karlsson	46
14	BEL Nicolas Colsaerts	51
15	ENG Robert Rock	59
16	ESP Rafa Cabrera-Bello	61
	ZAF Branden Grace	65
	ZAF Retief Goosen	66
	NIR Darren Clarke	70
	ZAF Jbe' Kruger	119
	COL Camilo Villegas	126
	JPN Tetsuji Hiratsuka	133
	ENG Tom Lewis	175
	ENG Richard Finch	218

Pool play

Source

Winner	Score	Loser
Rafa Cabrera-Bello	3 & 2	Martin Kaymer
Rafa Cabrera-Bello	4 & 2	Richard Finch
Richard Finch	1 up	Martin Kaymer

1st – Cabrera-Bello
2nd – Finch
3rd – Kaymer

Winner	Score	Loser
Justin Rose	7 & 6	Robert Rock
Robert Rock	2 up	Darren Clarke
Justin Rose	6 & 4	Darren Clarke

1st – Rose
2nd – Rock
3rd – Clarke

Winner	Score	Loser
Charl Schwartzel	Halved	Nicolas Colsaerts
Retief Goosen	1 up	Nicolas Colsaerts
Retief Goosen	4 & 3	Charl Schwartzel

1st – Goosen
2nd – Colsaerts (Colsaerts wins at the first extra hole against Schwartzel.)
3rd – Schwartzel

Winner	Score	Loser
Graeme McDowell	1 up	Robert Karlsson
Robert Karlsson	Halved	Jbe' Kruger
Graeme McDowell	4 & 3	Jbe' Kruger

1st – McDowell
2nd – Karlsson (Karlsson wins at the first extra hole against Kruger.)
3rd – Kruger

Winner	Score	Loser
Sergio García	2 & 1	Álvaro Quirós
Álvaro Quirós	5 & 4	Tetsuji Hiratsuka
Sergio García	4 & 2	Tetsuji Hiratsuka

1st – García
2nd – Quirós
3rd – Hiratsuka

Winner	Score	Loser
Paul Lawrie	2 & 1	Peter Hanson
Paul Lawrie	Halved	Camilo Villegas
Camilo Villegas	6 & 4	Peter Hanson

1st – Lawrie (Lawrie wins at the first extra hole against Villegas.)
2nd – Villegas
3rd – Hanson

Winner	Score	Loser
Brandt Snedeker	5 & 4	Thomas Bjørn
Thomas Bjørn	2 & 1	Branden Grace
Branden Grace	4 & 3	Brandt Snedeker

1st – Snedeker (Snedeker wins at the first extra hole against Bjørn and Grace.)
2nd – Bjørn (Bjørn wins at the second extra hole against Grace.)
3rd – Grace

Winner	Score	Loser
Ian Poulter	3 & 2	John Senden
Tom Lewis	1 up	John Senden
Ian Poulter	4 & 3	Tom Lewis

1st – Poulter
2nd – Lewis
3rd – Senden

Playoffs

Source 19 May, morning 19 May, afternoon 20 May, morning 20 May, afternoon | team-width = 170 | score-width = 40

| RD1-team01 = ESP Sergio García | RD1-score01 = 4&3 | RD1-team02 = ENG Tom Lewis | RD1-score02 =

| RD1-team03 = NIR Graeme McDowell | RD1-score03 = 3&2 | RD1-team04 = ENG Richard Finch | RD1-score04 =

| RD1-team05 = SCO Paul Lawrie | RD1-score05 = 5&4 | RD1-team06 = DNK Thomas Bjørn | RD1-score06 =

| RD1-team07 = ZAF Retief Goosen | RD1-score07 = 3&2 | RD1-team08 = ENG Robert Rock | RD1-score08 =

| RD1-team09 = USA Brandt Snedeker | RD1-score09 = 3&2 | RD1-team10 = COL Camilo Villegas | RD1-score10 =

| RD1-team11 = ENG Justin Rose | RD1-score11 = | RD1-team12 = BEL Nicolas Colsaerts | RD1-score12 = 4&3

| RD1-team13 = ENG Ian Poulter | RD1-score13 = | RD1-team14 = ESP Álvaro Quirós | RD1-score14 = 4&3

| RD1-team15 = ESP Rafa Cabrera-Bello | RD1-score15 = 1 up | RD1-team16 = SWE Robert Karlsson | RD1-score16 =

| RD2-team01 = ESP Sergio García | RD2-score01 = | RD2-team02 = NIR Graeme McDowell | RD2-score02 = 19 h

| RD2-team03 = SCO Paul Lawrie | RD2-score03 = 6&5 | RD2-team04 = ZAF Retief Goosen | RD2-score04 =

| RD2-team05 = USA Brandt Snedeker | RD2-score05 = | RD2-team06 = BEL Nicolas Colsaerts | RD2-score06 = 4&3

| RD2-team07 = ESP Álvaro Quirós | RD2-score07 = | RD2-team08 = ESP Rafa Cabrera-Bello | RD2-score08 = 3&1

| RD3-team01 = NIR Graeme McDowell | RD3-score01 = 20 h | RD3-team02 = SCO Paul Lawrie | RD3-score02 =

| RD3-team03 = BEL Nicolas Colsaerts | RD3-score03 = 2 up | RD3-team04 = ESP Rafa Cabrera-Bello | RD3-score04 =

| RD4-team01 = NIR Graeme McDowell | RD4-score01 = | RD4-team02 = BEL Nicolas Colsaerts | RD4-score02 = 1 up

Prize money breakdown

Source:

Place	Actual prize fund (€)	Race to Dubai fund (€)
Champion	700,000	458,333
Runner-up	360,000	305,555
Semi-finals losers x 2	180,000	154,825
Quarter-finals losers x 4	92,500	91,025
Round of 16 losers x 8	70,000	47,506
Third place in pool x 8	50,000	32,794

References

(16 May 2012). "Volvo World Match Play format explained". PGA European Tour.
"Volvo World Match Play Championship – Draw for Thursday & Friday". PGA European Tour.
(15 May 2012). "Excitement builds after Match Play draw". PGA European Tour.
Official World Golf Ranking as of 14 May 2012
"Volvo World Match Play Championship – Draw & Results". PGA European Tour.
(20 May 2012). "Colsaerts shines in the Volvo World Match Play".
"Volvo World Match Play Championship – Tournament Leaderboard".

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