Volvo World Match Play Groups and initial matches
The groups and matches for the ‘round-robin’ stage of the 16-man Volvo World Match Play Championship are announced below with the players competing in an all new format at Finca Cortesin from the 29th October to 1st November.
Colin Montgomerie, the 2010 European Ryder Cup Captain commented, “Seeing the final draw totally justifies Volvo’s decision to change to the group format. There really are some tantalising match ups and it is going to be a thoroughly entertaining week for all the spectators. I am delighted that Volvo’s inaugural year partnering the World Match Play Championship has attracted such a world class field with their refreshed qualifying criteria. I am thoroughly looking forward to seeing how some of these intriguing match ups unfold. This will be very interesting viewing for me with my Ryder Cup hat on but as anyone who knows me will suspect, a big part of me will be wishing I was out there as one of the 16 qualified players!”
The 16-man field is grouped based on their seeding as determined by today’s Official World Golf Ranking. On Thursday and Friday each player will play their group members in a round robin format over full 18-hole matches with points awarded based upon a win, tie or loss. The leading player from each group will qualify for the semi-final knock out stage with aggregate number of holes won used to determine tied positions.
The winner of each group will qualify for the semi finals to be held on Saturday which, along with the final on Sunday, will be played over 36 holes in the traditional head-to-head match play format. The semi finals will be contested between the winner of Groups A & B and C & D.
GRUPO A SEVE BALLESTEROS | GRUPO B – MARK McCORMACK |
---|---|
Paul Casey
Retief Goosen Anthony Kim Scott Strange |
Sergio Garcia
Martin Kaymer Robert Allenby Oliver Wilson |
GRUPO C – GUSTAF LARSON | GRUPO D – ASSAR GABRIELSSON |
Henrik Stenson
Rory McIlroy Angel Cabrera Simon Dyson |
Lee Westwood
Camilo Villegas Ross Fisher Jeev Milkha Singh |
Matches and provisional times:
Thursday | ||||
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0815 |
1 v 16 |
Paul CASEY |
v |
Scott STRANGE |
0825 |
8 v 9 |
Retief GOOSEN |
v |
Anthony KIM |
0835 |
4 v 13 |
Sergio GARCIA |
v |
Oliver WILSON |
0845 |
5 v 12 |
Martin KAYMER |
v |
Robert ALLENBY |
1235 |
3 v 14 |
Henrik STENSON |
v |
Simon DYSON |
1245 |
6 v 11 |
Rory McILROY |
v |
Angel CABRERA |
1255 |
2 v 15 |
Lee WESTWOOD |
v |
Jeev Milkha SINGH |
1305 |
7 v 10 |
Camilo VILLEGAS |
v |
Ross FISHER |
1325 |
1 v 9 |
Paul CASEY |
v |
Anthony KIM |
1335 |
8 v 16 |
Retief GOOSEN |
v |
Scott STRANGE |
1345 |
4 v 12 |
Sergio GARCIA |
v |
Robert ALLENBY |
1355 |
5 v 13 |
Martin KAYMER |
v |
Oliver WILSON |
Friday | ||||
0815 |
3 v 11 |
Henrik STENSON |
v |
Angel CABRERA |
0825 |
6 v 14 |
Rory McILROY |
v |
Simon DYSON |
0835 |
2 v 10 |
Lee WESTWOOD |
v |
Ross FISHER |
0845 |
7 v 15 |
Camilo VILLEGAS |
v |
Jeev Milkha SINGH |
1235 |
1 v 8 |
Paul CASEY |
v |
Retief GOOSEN |
1245 |
9 v 16 |
Anthony KIM |
v |
Scott STRANGE |
1255 |
4 v 5 |
Sergio GARCIA |
v |
Martin KAYMER |
1305 |
12 v 13 |
Robert ALLENBY |
v |
Oliver WILSON |
1325 |
3 v 6 |
Henrik STENSON |
v |
Rory McILROY |
1335 |
11 v 14 |
Angel CABRERA |
v |
Simon DYSON |
1345 |
2 v 7 |
Lee WESTWOOD |
v |
Camilo VILLEGAS |
1355 |
10 v 15 |
Ross FISHER |
v |
Jeev Milkha SINGH |