2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship

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
England Ian Poulter
def. Luke Donald 2 & 1
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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 Country Rank[2][3]
1 Lee Westwood  England 1
2 Luke Donald  England 2
3 Martin Kaymer  Germany 3
4 Graeme McDowell  Northern Ireland 5
5 Rory McIlroy  Northern Ireland 6
6 Paul Casey  England 9
7 Charl Schwartzel  South Africa 12
8 Francesco Molinari  Italy 21
9 Ian Poulter  England 22
10 Miguel Ángel Jiménez  Spain 25
11 Álvaro Quirós  Spain 26
12 Retief Goosen  South Africa 27
13 Louis Oosthuizen  South Africa 32
14 Y. E. Yang  South Korea 38
15 Ryan Moore  United States 39
16 Anders Hansen  Denmark 40
17 Aaron Baddeley  Australia 50
18 Ross Fisher  England 51
19 Noh Seung-yul  South Korea 82
20 Jhonattan Vegas  Venezuela 96
21 Nicolas Colsaerts  Belgium 108
22 Søren Kjeldsen  Denmark 111
23 Johan Edfors  Sweden 124
24 Paul Lawrie  Scotland 133

Pool play

Source[4]

Pool Ballesteros
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
Pool Gabrielsson
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.)
Pool Palmer
Winner Score Loser
Martin Kaymer 2 & 1 Y. E. Yang
Noh Seung-yul 2 & 1 Y. E. Yang
Martin Kaymer 2 & 1 Noh Seung-yul
  • 1st – Kaymer
  • 2nd – Noh
  • 3rd – Yang
Pool Larson
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
Pool Woosnam
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
Pool Norman
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
Pool McCormack
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
Pool Player
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
        
South Korea Noh Seung-yul
Spain Álvaro Quirós 1up
Spain Álvaro Quirós
Germany Martin Kaymer 2up
Germany Martin Kaymer 3&2
Denmark Søren Kjeldsen
Germany Martin Kaymer
England Luke Donald 5&3
England Ross Fisher
South Africa Charl Schwartzel 1up
South Africa Charl Schwartzel
England Luke Donald 2up
England Luke Donald 19h
Sweden Johan Edfors
England Luke Donald
England Ian Poulter 2&1
Venezuela Jhonattan Vegas
Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts 1up
Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts 2&1
Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell
Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell 3&2
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts
England Ian Poulter 19h
Australia Aaron Baddeley
Italy Francesco Molinari 3&2
Italy Francesco Molinari
England Ian Poulter 2up
England Lee Westwood
England 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

  1. 1 2 "Volvo World Match Play Explained". PGA European Tour. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  2. ↑ Official World Golf Ranking as of 15 May 2011
  3. ↑ "Official World Golf Ranking, Week 20, 2011" (PDF). 15 May 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  4. 1 2 "2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship - Tournament Leaderboard". Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  5. ↑ "2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship - Final Results" (PDF). Retrieved 1 November 2012.

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