2000 Seve Trophy

The 2000 Seve Trophy took place 14–16 April on The Old Course at Sunningdale Golf Club in Berkshire, England. The team captain for Great Britain and Ireland was Colin Montgomerie, with the captain for Continental Europe being Seve Ballesteros. The inaugural competition was won by Continental Europe. The event was officially called "The Eurobet Seve Ballesteros Trophy".[1]

2000 Seve Trophy
Dates14–16 April
VenueThe Old Course, Sunningdale Golf Club
LocationBerkshire, England
Captains

 12½ 13½
Continental Europe wins the Seve Trophy

Format

The teams competed over three days with four fourball matches on both Friday and Saturday, four foursomes matches on Saturday afternoon, four greensomes matches on Sunday morning and ten singles on Sunday.[2]

Each member of the winner team received €150,000, the losing team €90,000 each, giving a total prize fund of €2,400,000.[3]

Teams

Mark James, who qualified by finishing 18th on the 1999 European Tour Order of Merit, turned down the chance to play for Team Great Britain and Ireland and was replaced by David Howell.

Team GB&I
Name Country Qualification
Colin Montgomerie Scotland Playing captain
Lee Westwood England 1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 2nd
Paul Lawrie Scotland 1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 6th
Pádraig Harrington Ireland 1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 7th
Darren Clarke Northern Ireland 1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 8th
John Bickerton England 1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 20th
Gary Orr Scotland 1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 21st
David Howell England 1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 22nd
Phillip Price Wales Leading player on the 2000 European Tour Order of Merit on 9 April
Ian Woosnam Wales Captain's pick
Team Continental Europe
Name Country Qualification
Seve Ballesteros Spain Playing captain
Sergio García Spain 1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 3rd
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain 1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 4th
Jarmo Sandelin Sweden 1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 9th
Jean van de Velde France 1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 13th
Thomas Bjørn Denmark 1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 14th
Bernhard Langer Germany 1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 15th
Alex Čejka Germany 1999 European Tour Order of Merit: 17th
Robert Karlsson Sweden Leading player on the 2000 European Tour Order of Merit on 9 April
José María Olazábal Spain Captain's pick

Source:[4]

Day one

Friday, 14 April 2000

Morning foursomes
Results
Montgomerie/Woosnam 2 & 1 Olazábal/Jiménez
Clarke/Westwood 4 & 3 Čejka/Langer
Harrington/Price 1 up Bjørn/Karlsson
Lawrie/Orr 3 & 2 García/van de Velde
3 Session 1
3 Overall 1

Source:[5]

Afternoon fourball
Results
Westwood/Howell 2 & 1 Olazábal/Ballesteros
Clarke/Bickerton 1 up Bjørn/Jiménez
Woosnam/Harrington 2 & 1 Čejka/Langer
Lawrie/Montgomerie 3 & 2 Sandelin/García
1 Session 3
4 Overall 4

Source:[6]

Day two

Saturday, 15 April 2000

Morning fourball
Results
Woosnam/Montgomerie 6 & 5 Jiménez/Olazábal
Lawrie/Orr 1 up Sandelin/Karlsson
Bickerton/Price 1 up Bjørn/García
Clarke/Westwood 3 & 1 Čejka/van de Velde
2 Session 2
6 Overall 6

Source:[7]

Day three

Sunday, 16 April 2000

Morning greensomes

The greensomes were due to be played on Saturday afternoon but were delayed by rain and played on Sunday morning before the singles matches.

Results
Lawrie/Orr halved Jiménez/Olazábal
Montgomerie/Howell 2 & 1 García/van de Velde
Clarke/Westwood 4 & 3 Langer/Bjørn
Harrington/Price halved Čejka/Karlsson
2 Session 2
8 Overall 8

Source:[8]

Singles
Results
Colin Montgomerie 2 & 1 Seve Ballesteros
Darren Clarke halved Sergio García
John Bickerton 2 & 1 Jarmo Sandelin
Lee Westwood 1 up Thomas Bjørn
Phillip Price 2 & 1 Alex Čejka
Ian Woosnam 4 & 3 Bernhard Langer
David Howell 2 & 1 Robert Karlsson
Gary Orr 2 & 1 José María Olazábal
Paul Lawrie 5 & 4 Jean van de Velde
Pádraig Harrington 1 up Miguel Ángel Jiménez
4½ Session 5½
12½ Overall 13½

Source:[9]

References
  1. "The Eurobet Seve Ballesteros Trophy Unveiled". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  2. "The Eurobet Seve Ballesteros Trophy – Format". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  3. "History in the Making". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  4. "The Eurobet Seve Ballesteros Trophy – The Teams". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  5. "GB&I take 3-1 lead over Continental Europe". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  6. "Honours Even After Day One Of Eurobet Seve Ballesteros Trophy". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  7. "Level Pegging In The Eurobet Seve Ballesteros Trophy". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  8. "Teams Still Deadlocked After Greensomes In The Eurobet Seve Ballesteros Trophy". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  9. "Continental Europe Win First Eurobet Seve Ballesteros Trophy". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
2000 Seve Trophy
Cont Europe 13½ GB&I 12½		 2002 Seve Trophy
GB&I 14½ Cont Europe 11½

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