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2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship

The 2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship was the 46th Volvo World Match Play Championship played. It was held 19–22 May, with the champion receiving €800,000. The format was 24 players split into eight pools of three, with the top two in each pool progressing to the knock-out stage.[1] It was an official money event on the European Tour.

2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship
Tournament information
Dates19–22 May
LocationAndalusia, Spain
Course(s)Finca Cortesín Golf Club
Tour(s)European Tour
FormatMatch play – 18 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length7,290 yards (6,670 m)
Field24 players
Prize fund€3,400,000
Winner's share€800,000
Champion
England Ian Poulter
def. Luke Donald 2 & 1
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Course edit

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 471 215 541 334 575 195 494 574 352 3,751 188 627 224 413 353 525 464 177 568 3,539 7,290
Par 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 5 4 37 3 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 35 72

Format edit

The 24 players were split into eight pools of three, with the players seeded by their Official World Golf Ranking.[1] Within each pool, every player played each other in a round-robin format over 18-hole matches. Points were awarded based upon win (2), tie (1) or loss (0). The two leading players from each pool advanced to the knock-out stage. In case of ties, sudden-death playoffs were used to determine rankings.

Participants edit

Seed Player Rank[2][3]
1   Lee Westwood 1
2   Luke Donald 2
3   Martin Kaymer 3
4   Graeme McDowell 5
5   Rory McIlroy 6
6   Paul Casey 9
7   Charl Schwartzel 12
8   Francesco Molinari 21
9   Ian Poulter 22
10   Miguel Ángel Jiménez 25
11   Álvaro Quirós 26
12   Retief Goosen 27
13   Louis Oosthuizen 32
14   Yang Yong-eun 38
15   Ryan Moore 39
16   Anders Hansen 40
17   Aaron Baddeley 50
18   Ross Fisher 51
19   Noh Seung-yul 82
20   Jhonattan Vegas 96
21   Nicolas Colsaerts 108
22   Søren Kjeldsen 111
23   Johan Edfors 124
24   Paul Lawrie 133

Pool play edit

Source[4]

Pool Ballesteros
Winner Score Loser
Lee Westwood 6 & 5 Anders Hansen
Aaron Baddeley 1 up Anders Hansen
Lee Westwood 4 & 3 Aaron Baddeley
  • 1st – Westwood
  • 2nd – Baddeley
  • 3rd – Hansen
Pool Gabrielsson
Winner Score Loser
Miguel Ángel Jiménez 6 & 5 Charl Schwartzel
Johan Edfors 2 & 1 Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Charl Schwartzel 5 & 4 Johan Edfors
  • 1st – Schwartzel (Schwartzel wins at second extra hole.)
  • 2nd – Edfors
  • 3rd – Jiménez (Jiménez eliminated on first extra hole.)
Pool Palmer
Winner Score Loser
Martin Kaymer 2 & 1 Yang Yong-eun
Noh Seung-yul 2 & 1 Yang Yong-eun
Martin Kaymer 2 & 1 Noh Seung-yul
  • 1st – Kaymer
  • 2nd – Noh
  • 3rd – Yang
Pool Larson
Winner Score Loser
Rory McIlroy 1 up Retief Goosen
Nicolas Colsaerts 1 up Retief Goosen
Nicolas Colsaerts 3 & 2 Rory McIlroy
  • 1st – Colsaerts
  • 2nd – McIlroy
  • 3rd – Goosen
Pool Woosnam
Winner Score Loser
Graeme McDowell 2 & 1 Louis Oosthuizen
Jhonattan Vegas 5 & 4 Louis Oosthuizen
Graeme McDowell 4 & 2 Jhonattan Vegas
  • 1st – McDowell
  • 2nd – Vegas
  • 3rd – Oosthuizen
Pool Norman
Winner Score Loser
Álvaro Quirós 3 & 1 Paul Casey
Álvaro Quirós 3 & 1 Søren Kjeldsen
Søren Kjeldsen 1 up Paul Casey
  • 1st – Quirós
  • 2nd – Kjeldsen
  • 3rd – Casey
Pool McCormack
Winner Score Loser
Luke Donald 5 & 4 Ryan Moore
Ross Fisher 2 & 1 Ryan Moore
Luke Donald 4 & 3 Ross Fisher
  • 1st – Donald
  • 2nd – Fisher
  • 3rd – Moore
Pool Player
Winner Score Loser
Francesco Molinari Halved Ian Poulter
Ian Poulter Halved Paul Lawrie
Francesco Molinari 3 & 2 Paul Lawrie
  • 1st – Molinari
  • 2nd – Poulter
  • 3rd – Lawrie

Playoffs edit

Source[4]

Round of 16
21 May, morning 		Quarter-finals
21 May, afternoon 		Semi-finals
22 May, morning 		Final
22 May, afternoon
        
  Noh Seung-yul
  Álvaro Quirós 1up
  Álvaro Quirós
  Martin Kaymer 2up
  Martin Kaymer 3&2
  Søren Kjeldsen
  Martin Kaymer
  Luke Donald 5&3
  Ross Fisher
  Charl Schwartzel 1up
  Charl Schwartzel
  Luke Donald 2up
  Luke Donald 19h
  Johan Edfors
  Luke Donald
  Ian Poulter 2&1
  Jhonattan Vegas
  Nicolas Colsaerts 1up
  Nicolas Colsaerts 2&1
  Graeme McDowell
  Graeme McDowell 3&2
  Rory McIlroy
  Nicolas Colsaerts
  Ian Poulter 19h
  Aaron Baddeley
  Francesco Molinari 3&2
  Francesco Molinari
  Ian Poulter 2up
  Lee Westwood
  Ian Poulter 1 up

Prize money breakdown edit

Source:[5]

Place Actual prize fund (€) Race to Dubai fund (€)
Champion 800,000 566,660
Runner-up 420,000 377,770
Semi-finals losers x 2 220,000 119,400
Quarter-finals losers x 4 115,000 112,500
Round of 16 losers x 8 90,000 58,730
Third place in pool x 8 70,000 40,540
Total €3,400,000 2,571,390

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ a b "Volvo World Match Play Explained". PGA European Tour. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  2. ^ Official World Golf Ranking as of 15 May 2011
  3. ^ "Official World Golf Ranking, Week 20, 2011" (PDF). 15 May 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  4. ^ a b "2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship - Tournament Leaderboard". Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  5. ^ "2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship - Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.

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