2002 Seve Trophy

{{Infobox team golf tournament

| name = Seve Trophy

| year = 2002

| venue = Druids Glen

| location = Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow, Ireland

| dates = 19–21 April

| logo =

| logowidth =

| home = GB&I

| away = Europe

| homecaptain = Colin Montgomerie

| awaycaptain = Seve Ballesteros

| homescore = 14½

| awayscore = 11½

| result = Great Britain and Ireland wins

}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2002/tournamentid=2002017/news/newsid=106607.html |title=The Seve Trophy – Format |publisher=PGA European Tour |accessdate=28 August 2013}}

Each member of the winner team received €150,000, the losing team €90,000 each, giving a total prize fund of €2,400,000.{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2002/tournamentid=2002017/news/newsid=106606.html |title=Prize Money |publisher=PGA European Tour |accessdate=28 August 2013}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2002/tournamentid=2002017/news/newsid=106605.html |title=The Seve Trophy – Eligibility |publisher=PGA European Tour |accessdate=28 August 2013}}

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!Name

!Country

!Qualification

|Playing captain

|Seve Trophy points

|Seve Trophy points

|Seve Trophy points

|Seve Trophy points

|Seve Trophy points

|Seve Trophy points

|Seve Trophy points

|Seve Trophy points

|Captain's pick

Oldcorn was a late replacement for David Howell.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/1924860.stm |title=Oldcorn gets Seve Trophy call |publisher=BBC |accessdate=28 August 2013 |date=11 April 2002}}

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|colspan=5| {{flagicon|Europe|size=70px}} Team Continental Europe

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!Name

!Country

!Qualification

|Playing captain

|Seve Trophy points

|Seve Trophy points

|Seve Trophy points

|Seve Trophy points

|Seve Trophy points

|Seve Trophy points

|Seve Trophy points

|Seve Trophy points

|Captain's pick

Source:{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/1892657.stm |title=Westwood, Cejka get Seve call-up |publisher=BBC |accessdate=28 August 2013 |date=25 March 2002}}

Day one

Friday, 19 April 2002

=Morning greensomes=

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! style="width:7em;"| Results

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Montgomerie/Lawrie

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 2 & 1

|Bjørn/Karlsson

Woosnam/Webster

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 3 & 2

|Olazábal/Jiménez

Harrington/McGinley

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 1 up

|Grönberg/Čejka

Westwood/Clarke

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 2 & 1

|Levet/Jacquelin

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| 2

| Session

| 2

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! 2

! Overall

! 2

Source:{{cite news |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/golf/sg02/euro014.htm |title=Seve Trophy |publisher=USA Today |accessdate=28 August 2013 |date=21 April 2002}}{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2002/tournamentid=2002017/news/newsid=106612.html |title=Honours even after opening Greensomes |publisher=PGA European Tour |accessdate=28 August 2013}}

=Afternoon foursomes=

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Montgomerie/Oldcorn

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 2 & 1

|Fasth/Karlsson

Webster/Casey

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 1 up

|Olazábal/Jiménez

Harrington/McGinley

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 1 up

|Jacquelin/Levet

Clarke/Westwood

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 3 & 2

|Bjørn/Čejka

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| 3

| Session

| 1

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! 5

! Overall

! 3

Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2002/tournamentid=2002017/news/newsid=106613.html |title=Great Britain and Ireland take early lead in the Seve Trophy |publisher=PGA European Tour |accessdate=28 August 2013}}

Day two

Saturday, 20 April 2002

=Morning fourball=

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Lawrie/Casey

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 2 & 1

|Bjørn/Fasth

Montgomerie/Woosnam

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 4 & 3

|Karlsson/Grönberg

Harrington/McGinley

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 2 & 1

|Olazábal/Ballesteros

Westwood/Clarke

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 1 up

|Jacquelin/Jiménez

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| 3

| Session

| 1

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! 8

! Overall

! 4

Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2002/tournamentid=2002017/news/newsid=106614.html |title=Ballasteros and Olazabal put on a vintage display at Druids Glen |publisher=PGA European Tour |accessdate=28 August 2013}}

=Afternoon foursomes=

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Woosnam/Webster

|halved

|Bjørn/Karlsson

Harrington/McGinley

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 1 up

|halved

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 1 up

|Olazábal/Jiménez

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| 2

| Session

| 2

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! 10

! Overall

! 6

Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2002/tournamentid=2002017/news/newsid=106615.html |title=Seve's magic can't stop GB & I taking 10-6 lead |publisher=PGA European Tour |accessdate=28 August 2013}}

Day three

Sunday, 21 April 2002

=Singles=

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Colin Montgomerie

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 1 up

|Seve Ballesteros

Darren Clarke

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 4 & 3

|Thomas Bjørn

Paul Casey

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 4 & 3

|Miguel Ángel Jiménez

Paul Lawrie

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 1 up

|Robert Karlsson

Andrew Oldcorn

|halved

|Niclas Fasth

Lee Westwood

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 3 & 2

|Raphaël Jacquelin

Pádraig Harrington

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 3 & 2

|José María Olazábal

Paul McGinley

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 4 & 3

|Mathias Grönberg

Steve Webster

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 2 & 1

|Thomas Levet

Ian Woosnam

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 5 & 4

|Alex Čejka

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| 4½

| Session

| 5½

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! 14½

! Overall

! 11½

Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2002/tournamentid=2002017/news/newsid=106616.html |title=Great Britain & Ireland victorious at Druids Glen |publisher=PGA European Tour |accessdate=28 August 2013}}

References

External links

[http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2002/tournamentid=2002017/news/index.html Coverage on the European Tour's official site]

Category:Seve Trophy

Category:Golf tournaments in the Republic of Ireland

Category:Golf in Leinster

Category:Sport in County Wicklow

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