2002 Seve Trophy

2002 Seve Trophy
Dates	19–21 April
Venue	Druids Glen
Location	Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow, Ireland
Captains	Colin Montgomerie (GB&I); Seve Ballesteros (Europe);
	Great Britain and Ireland wins the Seve Trophy
	← 2000 2003 →

The 2002 Seve Trophy golf tournament took place 19–21 April at Druids Glen, Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow, Ireland. The team captain for Great Britain and Ireland was Colin Montgomerie, with the captain for Continental Europe being Seve Ballesteros. The competition was won by Great Britain and Ireland.

Format

The teams competed over three days with four greensomes matches and four foursomes matches on Friday, four fourball matches and four foursomes matches on Saturday and ten singles on Sunday.^[1]

Each member of the winner team received €150,000, the losing team €90,000 each, giving a total prize fund of €2,400,000.^[2]

Teams

Both captains played and had one wild card selection each. The remaining 8 players in each team were the top 8 from the Seve Trophy points table, which started with the Open de Espana (19–22 April 2001) and which was finalised on 31 March 2002.^[3]

Name	Country	Qualification
Team GB&I
Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	Playing captain
Paul Casey	England	Seve Trophy points
Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	Seve Trophy points
Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	Seve Trophy points
Paul Lawrie	Scotland	Seve Trophy points
Andrew Oldcorn	Scotland	Seve Trophy points
Paul McGinley	Ireland	Seve Trophy points
Steve Webster	England	Seve Trophy points
Ian Woosnam	Wales	Seve Trophy points
Lee Westwood	England	Captain's pick

Oldcorn was a late replacement for David Howell.^[4]

Name	Country	Qualification
Team Continental Europe
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	Playing captain
Thomas Bjørn	Denmark	Seve Trophy points
Niclas Fasth	Sweden	Seve Trophy points
Mathias Grönberg	Sweden	Seve Trophy points
Raphaël Jacquelin	France	Seve Trophy points
Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	Seve Trophy points
Robert Karlsson	Sweden	Seve Trophy points
Thomas Levet	France	Seve Trophy points
José María Olazábal	Spain	Seve Trophy points
Alex Čejka	Germany	Captain's pick

Source:^[5]

Day one

Friday, 19 April 2002

Morning greensomes

	Results
Montgomerie/Lawrie	2 & 1	Bjørn/Karlsson
Woosnam/Webster	3 & 2	Olazábal/Jiménez
Harrington/McGinley	1 up	Grönberg/Čejka
Westwood/Clarke	2 & 1	Levet/Jacquelin
2	Session	2
2	Overall	2

Source:^[6]^[7]

Afternoon foursomes

	Results
Montgomerie/Oldcorn	2 & 1	Fasth/Karlsson
Webster/Casey	1 up	Olazábal/Jiménez
Harrington/McGinley	1 up	Jacquelin/Levet
Clarke/Westwood	3 & 2	Bjørn/Čejka
3	Session	1
5	Overall	3

Source:^[8]

Day two

Saturday, 20 April 2002

Morning fourball

	Results
Lawrie/Casey	2 & 1	Bjørn/Fasth
Montgomerie/Woosnam	4 & 3	Karlsson/Grönberg
Harrington/McGinley	2 & 1	Olazábal/Ballesteros
Westwood/Clarke	1 up	Jacquelin/Jiménez
3	Session	1
8	Overall	4

Source:^[9]

Afternoon foursomes

	Results
Woosnam/Webster	halved	Bjørn/Karlsson
Harrington/McGinley	1 up	Čejka/Fasth
Lawrie/Oldcorn	halved	Levet/Jacquelin
Montgomerie/Clarke	1 up	Olazábal/Jiménez
2	Session	2
10	Overall	6

Source:^[10]

Day three

Sunday, 21 April 2002

Singles

	Results
Colin Montgomerie	1 up	Seve Ballesteros
Darren Clarke	4 & 3	Thomas Bjørn
Paul Casey	4 & 3	Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Paul Lawrie	1 up	Robert Karlsson
Andrew Oldcorn	halved	Niclas Fasth
Lee Westwood	3 & 2	Raphaël Jacquelin
Pádraig Harrington	3 & 2	José María Olazábal
Paul McGinley	4 & 3	Mathias Grönberg
Steve Webster	2 & 1	Thomas Levet
Ian Woosnam	5 & 4	Alex Čejka
4½	Session	5½
14½	Overall	11½

Source:^[11]

References

^ "The Seve Trophy – Format". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
^ "Prize Money". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
^ "The Seve Trophy – Eligibility". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
^ "Oldcorn gets Seve Trophy call". BBC. 11 April 2002. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
^ "Westwood, Cejka get Seve call-up". BBC. 25 March 2002. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
^ "Seve Trophy". USA Today. 21 April 2002. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
^ "Honours even after opening Greensomes". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
^ "Great Britain and Ireland take early lead in the Seve Trophy". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
^ "Ballasteros and Olazabal put on a vintage display at Druids Glen". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
^ "Seve's magic can't stop GB & I taking 10-6 lead". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
^ "Great Britain & Ireland victorious at Druids Glen". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

External links

Coverage on the European Tour's official site

53°05′36″N 6°04′43″W / 53.0932°N 6.0785°W / 53.0932; -6.0785

[1] "The Seve Trophy – Format". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

[2] "Prize Money". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

[3] "The Seve Trophy – Eligibility". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

[4] "Oldcorn gets Seve Trophy call". BBC. 11 April 2002. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

[5] "Westwood, Cejka get Seve call-up". BBC. 25 March 2002. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

[6] "Seve Trophy". USA Today. 21 April 2002. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

[7] "Honours even after opening Greensomes". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

[8] "Great Britain and Ireland take early lead in the Seve Trophy". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

[9] "Ballasteros and Olazabal put on a vintage display at Druids Glen". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

[10] "Seve's magic can't stop GB & I taking 10-6 lead". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

[11] "Great Britain & Ireland victorious at Druids Glen". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]