2002 Seve Trophy

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.

2002 Seve Trophy
Dates19–21 April
VenueDruids Glen
LocationNewtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow, Ireland
Captains

 14½ 11½
Great Britain and Ireland wins the Seve Trophy

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]

Team GB&I
Name Country Qualification
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]

Team Continental Europe
Name Country Qualification
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
  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.
2000 Seve Trophy
Cont Europe 13½ GB&I 12½		 2002 Seve Trophy
GB&I 14½ Cont Europe 11½		 2003 Seve Trophy
GB&I 15 Cont Europe 13

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