2003 Seve Trophy

{{Infobox team golf tournament

| name = Seve Trophy

| year = 2003

| venue = Campo de Golf Parador El Saler

| location = Valencia, Spain

| dates = 6–9 November

| logo =

| logowidth =

| home = Europe

| away = GB&I

| homecaptain = Seve Ballesteros

| awaycaptain = Colin Montgomerie

| homescore = 13

| awayscore = 15

| result = Great Britain and Ireland wins

}}

The 2003 Seve Trophy took place 6–9 November at Campo de Golf Parador El Saler, Valencia, Spain. The team captain for Continental Europe was Seve Ballesteros, with the team captain for Great Britain and Ireland being Colin Montgomerie. The competition was won by Great Britain and Ireland.

Format

For the first time the event was staged over four days. There were five fourball matches on both Thursday and Friday, four greensomes matches on Saturday morning, four foursomes matches on Saturday afternoon and ten singles matches on Sunday. If the score finished at 14–14, then two players from each team (but not either captain) would play a two-hole play-off using the greensomes format to find the winner.{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2003/tournamentid=2003074/news/newsid=108137.html |title=Format |publisher=PGA European Tour |accessdate=30 August 2013}}

Each member of the winner team received €150,000, the losing team €70,000 each, giving a total prize fund of €2,200,000.{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2003/tournamentid=2003074/news/newsid=108139.html |title=Prize Money |publisher=PGA European Tour |accessdate=30 August 2013}}

Teams

Both captains played and had one wild card selection each. The remaining 8 players were the leading four players from the Official World Golf Ranking after the 2003 Telefónica Open de Madrid and the leading four players (not qualified from the World Rankings) from the Volvo Order of Merit after the 2003 Telefónica Open de Madrid.{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2003/tournamentid=2003074/news/newsid=108141.html |title=Eligibility & Team Rankings |publisher=PGA European Tour |accessdate=30 August 2013}}

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

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!Name

!Country

!Qualification

|Playing captain

|World ranking

|World ranking

|World ranking

|World ranking

|Order of Merit

|Order of Merit

|Order of Merit

|Order of Merit

|Captain's pick

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!Name

!Country

!Qualification

|Playing captain

|World ranking

|World ranking

|World ranking

|World ranking

|Order of Merit

|Order of Merit

|Order of Merit

|Order of Merit

|Captain's pick

David Howell replaced Darren Clarke who was playing in the 2003 Tour Championship which was being playing in the same week.

Source:{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/3216161.stm |title=Monty hands Lawrie wild card |publisher=BBC |accessdate=30 August 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/3236067.stm |title=Clarke opts for US event |publisher=BBC |accessdate=30 August 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2003/tournamentid=2003070/news/newsid=108120.html |title=Telefonica Open de Madrid - Questions and Answers |publisher=PGA European Tour |accessdate=30 August 2013}}

Day one

Thursday, 6 November 2003

=Fourball=

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Westwood/Howell

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 2 up

|Olazábal/Ballesteros

Davis/Casey

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

|Garrido/Jiménez

Rose/Poulter

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

|Čejka/Jacquelin

Lawrie/Montgomerie

|halved

|Jacobson/Fasth

Price/Harrington

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 2 up

|Bjørn/García

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| 3½

| Session

| 1½

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| 3½

! Overall

| 1½

Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2003/tournamentid=2003074/news/newsid=108149.html |title=Full Match Results |publisher=PGA European Tour |accessdate=30 August 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2003/tournamentid=2003074/news/newsid=108147.html |title=Great Britain and Ireland take early lead |publisher=PGA European Tour |accessdate=30 August 2013}}

Day two

Friday, 7 November 2003

=Fourball=

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Westwood/Howell

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 5 & 3

|Bjørn/García

Lawrie/Montgomerie

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

|Čejka/Jacquelin

Davis/Casey

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 2 up

|Garrido/Jiménez

Price/Harrington

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

|Jacobson/Fasth

Rose/Poulter

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 3 & 1

|Olazábal/Ballesteros

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| 3

| Session

| 2

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| 6½

! Overall

| 3½

Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2003/tournamentid=2003074/news/newsid=108150.html |title=GB & Ireland extend lead at Seve Trophy |publisher=PGA European Tour |accessdate=30 August 2013}}

Day three

Saturday, 8 November 2003

=Morning greensomes=

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Harrington/Lawrie

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

|Jacobson/Fasth

Rose/Montgomerie

|halved

|Bjørn/Olazábal

Davis/Casey

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 3 & 2

|Čejka/Jacquelin

Westwood/Poulter

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 3 & 1

|García/Ballesteros

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| 1½

| Session

| 2½

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| 8

! Overall

| 6

Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2003/tournamentid=2003074/news/newsid=108151.html |title=Continental Europe fight back in the Seve Trophy |publisher=PGA European Tour |accessdate=30 August 2013}}

=Afternoon foursomes=

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Harrington/Montgomerie

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

|Jiménez/Garrido

Lawrie/Casey

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 3 & 2

|Jacobson/Fasth

Howell/Westwood

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 5 & 3

|Čejka/Jacquelin

Rose/Poulter

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

|García/Bjørn

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| 2

| Session

| 2

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! 10

! Overall

! 8

Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2003/tournamentid=2003074/news/newsid=108153.html |title=Great Britain and Ireland two points ahead in the Seve Trophy |publisher=PGA European Tour |accessdate=30 August 2013}}

Day four

Sunday, 9 November 2003

=Singles=

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Colin Montgomerie

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} 5 & 4

|Seve Ballesteros

David Howell

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

|Alex Čejka

Paul Lawrie

|align=left|{{flagicon|Europe}} 3 & 2

|Ignacio Garrido

Lee Westwood

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

|Freddie Jacobson

|halved

|halved

Paul Casey

|align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}}{{flagicon|IRL}} Ret

|Thomas Bjørn

Justin Rose

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

|Raphaël Jacquelin

Brian Davis

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

|Miguel Ángel Jiménez

Phillip Price

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

|Sergio García

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| 5

| Session

| 5

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! 15

! Overall

! 13

Thomas Bjørn was injured and retired from his match. Because he withdrew less than 30 minutes before games started Paul Casey was awarded the match. If Bjørn had retired earlier the match would have been declared as halved.

Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2003/tournamentid=2003074/news/newsid=108155.html |title=Great Britain and Ireland triumph in the Seve Trophy |publisher=PGA European Tour |accessdate=30 August 2013}}

References

External links

[http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2003/tournamentid=2003074/news/index.html Coverage on the European Tour's official site]

Category:Seve Trophy

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