2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19–22 May |
| Location | Andalusia, Spain |
| Course(s) | Finca Cortesín Golf Club |
| Tour(s) | European Tour |
| Format | Match play – 18 holes |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,290 yards (6,670 m) |
| Field | 24 players |
| Prize fund | €3,400,000 |
| Winner's share | €800,000 |
| Champion | |
| Ian Poulter | |
| def. Luke Donald 2 & 1 | |
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.[1] 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 | 7,290 |
| Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 72 |
Format
The 24 players were split into eight pools of three, with the players seeded by their Official World Golf Ranking.[1] 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[2][3] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Westwood | 1 |
| 2 | Luke Donald | 2 |
| 3 | Martin Kaymer | 3 |
| 4 | Graeme McDowell | 5 |
| 5 | Rory McIlroy | 6 |
| 6 | Paul Casey | 9 |
| 7 | Charl Schwartzel | 12 |
| 8 | Francesco Molinari | 21 |
| 9 | Ian Poulter | 22 |
| 10 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 25 |
| 11 | Álvaro Quirós | 26 |
| 12 | Retief Goosen | 27 |
| 13 | Louis Oosthuizen | 32 |
| 14 | Yang Yong-eun | 38 |
| 15 | Ryan Moore | 39 |
| 16 | Anders Hansen | 40 |
| 17 | Aaron Baddeley | 50 |
| 18 | Ross Fisher | 51 |
| 19 | Noh Seung-yul | 82 |
| 20 | Jhonattan Vegas | 96 |
| 21 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 108 |
| 22 | Søren Kjeldsen | 111 |
| 23 | Johan Edfors | 124 |
| 24 | Paul Lawrie | 133 |
Pool play
Source[4]
| 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[4]
| Round of 16 21 May, morning | Quarter-finals 21 May, afternoon | Semi-finals 22 May, morning | Final 22 May, afternoon | ||||||||||||
| Noh Seung-yul | |||||||||||||||
| Álvaro Quirós | 1up | ||||||||||||||
| Álvaro Quirós | |||||||||||||||
| Martin Kaymer | 2up | ||||||||||||||
| Martin Kaymer | 3&2 | ||||||||||||||
| Søren Kjeldsen | |||||||||||||||
| Martin Kaymer | |||||||||||||||
| Luke Donald | 5&3 | ||||||||||||||
| Ross Fisher | |||||||||||||||
| Charl Schwartzel | 1up | ||||||||||||||
| Charl Schwartzel | |||||||||||||||
| Luke Donald | 2up | ||||||||||||||
| Luke Donald | 19h | ||||||||||||||
| Johan Edfors | |||||||||||||||
| Luke Donald | |||||||||||||||
| Ian Poulter | 2&1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jhonattan Vegas | |||||||||||||||
| Nicolas Colsaerts | 1up | ||||||||||||||
| Nicolas Colsaerts | 2&1 | ||||||||||||||
| Graeme McDowell | |||||||||||||||
| Graeme McDowell | 3&2 | ||||||||||||||
| Rory McIlroy | |||||||||||||||
| Nicolas Colsaerts | |||||||||||||||
| Ian Poulter | 19h | ||||||||||||||
| Aaron Baddeley | |||||||||||||||
| Francesco Molinari | 3&2 | ||||||||||||||
| Francesco Molinari | |||||||||||||||
| Ian Poulter | 2up | ||||||||||||||
| Lee Westwood | |||||||||||||||
| Ian Poulter | 1 up | ||||||||||||||
Prize money breakdown
Source:[5]
| 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 |
| Total | €3,400,000 | 2,571,390 |
Notes and references
- ^ a b "Volvo World Match Play Explained". PGA European Tour. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ Official World Golf Ranking as of 15 May 2011
- ^ "Official World Golf Ranking, Week 20, 2011" (PDF). 15 May 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ a b "2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship - Tournament Leaderboard". Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ^ "2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship - Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.