The 2013 Seve Trophy by Golf+, the eighth edition of the Seve Trophy, was played 3–6 October at Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche in France. The team captain for Great Britain and Ireland was Sam Torrance, while the captain for Continental Europe was José María Olazábal.[1] The contest took place at the same time as the 2013 Presidents Cup, unlike 2009 and 2011 when it was scheduled during the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoffs. Continental Europe won the tournament by 15 to 13, their first victory since 2000.[2][3][4]
| Dates | 3–6 October | ||||
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| Venue | Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche | ||||
| Location | Paris, France | ||||
| Captains |
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| Continental Europe wins the Seve Trophy | |||||
Format edit
The teams competed over four days with five fourball matches on both Thursday and Friday, four foursomes matches on Saturday morning, a further four foursomes matches on Saturday afternoon and ten singles matches on Sunday. This means that a total of 28 points were available with 14½ points required for victory. This was the first Seve Trophy without any greensome matches.[1]
The total prize fund was €1,750,000.[5]
Teams edit
The teams are made up of five leading players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of 23 September 2013 and five leading players (not otherwise qualified) from the Race to Dubai at the conclusion of the Italian Open (22 September 2013).[6][7] There were a number of players (listed after each table below) who qualified for the trophy, but pulled out.
Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño was a late replacement for Peter Hanson who withdrew from the Continental Europe team with a back injury.[8] Hanson had qualified as one of the leading 5 players in the World Rankings (world ranked 39). After his withdrawal his place amongst the World Rankings qualifiers was taken by Nicolas Colsaerts who had previously qualified through the Race to Dubai list. Colsaerts' place in the Race to Dubai list was taken by Fernández-Castaño.[9]
  Team GB&I
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| Name | Country | Qualification | World Ranking | Race to Dubai | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Torrance |  Scotland
|
Non-playing captain | — | — | |
| Jamie Donaldson |  Wales
|
World Rankings | 43 | 19 | |
| David Lynn |  England
|
World Rankings | 52 | 102 | |
| Stephen Gallacher | Scotland
|
World Rankings | 63 | 15 | |
| Chris Wood | England
|
World Rankings | 67 | 25 | |
| Paul Lawrie | Scotland
|
World Rankings | 69 | 57 | |
| Marc Warren | Scotland
|
Race to Dubai | 107 | 23 | |
| Scott Jamieson | Scotland
|
Race to Dubai | 111 | 24 | |
| Paul Casey | England
|
Race to Dubai | 101 | 29 | |
| Tommy Fleetwood | England
|
Race to Dubai | 154 | 32 | |
| Simon Khan | England
|
Race to Dubai | 145 | 38 | |
The following players qualified but did not play: Justin Rose (world ranking - 5), Rory McIlroy (6), Graeme McDowell (11), Luke Donald (15), Lee Westwood (18), Ian Poulter (20) and Martin Laird (59).
 Team Continental Europe
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| Name | Country | Qualification | World Ranking | Race to Dubai |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| José María Olazábal |  Spain
|
Non-playing captain | — | — |
| Matteo Manassero |  Italy
|
World Rankings | 31 | 5 |
| Miguel Ángel Jiménez | Spain
|
World Rankings | 45 | 14 |
| Thomas Bjørn |  Denmark
|
World Rankings | 46 | 8 |
| Francesco Molinari | Italy
|
World Rankings | 47 | 28 |
| Nicolas Colsaerts |  Belgium
|
World Rankings | 51 | 27 |
| Joost Luiten |  Netherlands
|
Race to Dubai | 55 | 11 |
| Mikko Ilonen |  Finland
|
Race to Dubai | 73 | 16 |
| Thorbjørn Olesen | Denmark
|
Race to Dubai | 49 | 21 |
| Grégory Bourdy |  France
|
Race to Dubai | 121 | 22 |
| Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño | Spain
|
Race to Dubai | 54 | 31 |
The following players qualified but did not play: Henrik Stenson (world ranking - 4), Sergio García (17), Jonas Blixt (35) and Martin Kaymer (42).
Thursday fourballs edit
3 October 2013
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Results |  
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|---|---|---|
| Bjørn/Jiménez |   3 & 2
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Lawrie/Gallacher |
| Ilonen/Olesen |  1 up
|
Fleetwood/Wood |
| Molinari/Manassero | halved | Casey/Khan |
| Luiten/Bourdy | 2 & 1
|
Donaldson/Lynn |
| Colsaerts/Fdez-Castaño | 5 & 3
|
Warren/Jamieson |
| 3½ | Session | 1½ |
| 3½ | Overall | 1½ |
Friday fourballs edit
4 October 2013
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Results |
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|---|---|---|
| Ilonen/Olesen | 3 & 2
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Casey/Khan |
| Molinari/Manassero | 1 up
|
Lynn/Jamieson |
| Bjørn/Jiménez | 4 & 2
|
Donaldson/Warren |
| Luiten/Bourdy | 1 up
|
Fleetwood/Wood |
| Colsaerts/Fdez-Castaño | 6 & 5
|
Lawrie/Gallacher |
| 2 | Session | 3 |
| 5½ | Overall | 4½ |
Saturday foursomes edit
5 October 2013
Morning edit
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Results |
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| Colsaerts/Fdez-Castaño | halved | Lawrie/Gallacher |
| Luiten/Bourdy | 2 & 1
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Donaldson/Warren |
| Olesen/Molinari | 2 & 1
|
Wood/Jamieson |
| Jiménez/Manassero | 1 up
|
Casey/Fleetwood |
| 2½ | Session | 1½ |
| 8 | Overall | 6 |
Source:[10]
Afternoon edit
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Results |
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|---|---|---|
| Colsaerts/Fdez-Castaño | 2 & 1
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Lawrie/Gallacher |
| Bjørn/Ilonen | 2 & 1
|
Donaldson/Warren |
| Luiten/Bourdy | 2 up
|
Wood/Jamieson |
| Jiménez/Manassero | 1 up
|
Casey/Lynn |
| 1 | Session | 3 |
| 9 | Overall | 9 |
Source:[10]
Sunday singles edit
6 October 2013
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Results |
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|---|---|---|
| Gonzalo Fdez-Castaño | halved | Jamie Donaldson |
| Nicolas Colsaerts | 1 up
|
Paul Casey |
| Joost Luiten | 3 & 2
|
Tommy Fleetwood |
| Thomas Bjørn | halved | Simon Khan |
| Grégory Bourdy | 5 & 3
|
Scott Jamieson |
| Thorbjørn Olesen | 4 & 3
|
Marc Warren |
| Matteo Manassero | 3 & 2
|
Stephen Gallacher |
| Mikko Ilonen | 2 & 1
|
Paul Lawrie |
| Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 6 & 4
|
David Lynn |
| Francesco Molinari | 3 & 2
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Chris Wood |
| 6 | Session | 4 |
| 15 | Overall | 13 |
Simon Khan had to pull out of the event through to injury. Under the rules of the event a half was agreed, while Thomas Bjørn sat out the singles.
Source:[10]
References edit
- ^ a b "Olazábal and Torrance named Seve Trophy Captains". PGA European Tour. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ "Francesco Molinari inspires Europe team to first win over Great Britain & Ireland since 2000". The Telegraph. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ "Europe triumph 15-13 in Seve Trophy". ESPN. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ "Europe beat GB & Ireland for first time since 2000". BBC Sport. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
- ^ "European Tour Schedule". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ "Qualification Criteria". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ "Teams confirmed for Seve Trophy by Golf+". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
- ^ "Fernandez-Castaño replaces injured Hanson". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ "The Race to Dubai 2013 – Week 39". Golf Today. Archived from the original on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "Seve Trophy by Golf+ – Live Scoring". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Europe fight back to lead Great Britain and Ireland". BBC Sport. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ "Olazabal Sticks To His Guns". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 3 October 2013.