The 2007 Seve Trophy took place between 27-30 September at The Heritage Golf & Spa Resort in the Republic of 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.
& Great Britain and Ireland 16 ½ – 11 ½ Continental Europe
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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 14 ½ 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.
The teams were made up of four players from the World Rankings 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.[1][2]
| Team GB&I | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Team Continental Europe | ||||
| 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 | ||
| & | Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Colin Montgomerie/Marc Warren | 3 and 1 | Peter Hanson/Robert Karlsson |
| Bradley Dredge/Phillip Archer | 2 and 1 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez/Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño |
| Paul Casey/Simon Dyson | 4 and 3 | Raphaël Jacquelin/Grégory Havret |
| Nick Dougherty/Graeme Storm | 1 up | Thomas Bjørn/Søren Hansen |
| Justin Rose/Oliver Wilson | 3 and 2 | Markus Brier/Mikko Ilonen |
| 2 | Fourball | 3 |
| 2 | Overall | 3 |
| & | Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Bradley Dredge/Phillip Archer | 5 and 4 | Peter Hanson/Robert Karlsson |
| Colin Montgomerie/Marc Warren | 5 and 3 | Raphaël Jacquelin/Grégory Havret |
| Oliver Wilson/Simon Dyson | 3 and 2 | Thomas Bjørn/Søren Hansen |
| Nick Dougherty/Graeme Storm | 1 up | Mikko Ilonen/Markus Brier |
| Justin Rose/Paul Casey 1 up | 3 and 2 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez/Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño |
| 3 | Fourball | 2 |
| 5 | Overall | 5 |
| & | Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Justin Rose/Paul Casey | 3 and 1 | Robert Karlsson/Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño |
| Nick Dougherty/Graeme Storm | 2 and 1 | Raphaël Jacquelin/Grégory Havret |
| Oliver Wilson/Simon Dyson | 1 up | Peter Hanson/Søren Hansen |
| Bradley Dredge/Phillip Archer | Halved | Markus Brier/Mikko Ilonen |
| ½ | Greensome | 3½ |
| 5½ | Overall | 8½ |
| & | Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Justin Rose/Nick Dougherty | 2 and 1 | Raphaël Jacquelin/Grégory Havret |
| Colin Montgomerie/Graeme Storm | 3 and 2 | Robert Karlsson/Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño |
| Oliver Wilson/Simon Dyson | 3 and 2 | Peter Hanson/Søren Hansen |
| Bradley Dredge/Phillip Archer | 2 up | Markus Brier/Miguel Ángel Jiménez |
| 3 | Foursome | 1 |
| 8½ | Overall | 9½ |
| & | Results | |
|---|---|---|
| Colin Montgomerie | 1 up | Robert Karlsson |
| Paul Casey | 3 and 2 | Raphaël Jacquelin |
| Marc Warren | 1 up | Grégory Havret |
| Nick Dougherty | Halved | Søren Hansen |
| Graeme Storm | 6 and 5 | Thomas Bjørn |
| Simon Dyson | 2 and 1 | Mikko Ilonen |
| Phillip Archer | Halved | Markus Brier |
| Bradley Dredge | 2 up | Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño |
| Oliver Wilson | 1 up | Peter Hanson |
| Justin Rose | 2 and 1 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez |
| 8 | Singles | 2 |
| 16½ | Overall | 11½ |
| 2005 Seve Trophy GB&I 16½ Cont Europe 11½ |
2007 Seve Trophy GB&I 16½ Cont Europe 11½ |
2009 Seve Trophy GB&I 16½ Cont Europe 11½ |
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