2005 Seve Trophy

The 2005 Seve Trophy took place 22–25 September at Wynyard Golf Club, in North East England. The team captain for Great Britain and Ireland was Colin Montgomerie, with the captain for Continental Europe being José María Olazábal. The overall tournament host was Seve Ballesteros as he was unable to compete through injury. The trophy was retained for the second time by Great Britain and Ireland.

2005 Seve Trophy
Dates22–25 September
VenueWynyard Golf Club
LocationCounty Durham, England
Captains

 16½ 11½
Great Britain and Ireland wins the Seve Trophy

Format

The format remained the same as in 2003 with the teams competing over four days with five fourball matches on both Thursday and Friday, four greensomes matches on Saturday morning, four foursomes matches on Saturday afternoon and ten singles on Sunday. It means a total of 28 points were available with 14½ points required for victory.

Each member of the winner team received €125,000, the losing team €75,000 each, giving a total prize fund of €2,000,000.[1]

Teams

The teams were made up of the captain, the leading four players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of Monday 5 September 2005, the leading four players (not otherwise qualified) from the European Order of Merit after the Linde German Masters (11 September 2005), and one captain's pick.[2]

      Team GB&I
Name Country Qualification
Colin Montgomerie Scotland Playing captain
Pádraig Harrington Ireland World rankings
David Howell England World rankings
Paul McGinley Ireland World rankings
Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland World rankings
Nick Dougherty England European points
Stephen Dodd Wales European points
Ian Poulter England European points
Bradley Dredge Wales European points
Paul Casey England Captain's pick
   Team Continental Europe
Name Country Qualification
José María Olazábal Spain Playing Captain
Thomas Bjørn Denmark World rankings
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain World rankings
Henrik Stenson Sweden World rankings
Niclas Fasth Sweden World rankings
Peter Hanson Sweden European points
Maarten Lafeber Netherlands European points
Jean-François Remésy France European points
Emanuele Canonica Italy European points
Thomas Levet France Captain's pick

Day one

Thursday, 22 September 2005

Fourball
Results
Poulter/Dougherty 2 up Bjørn/Stenson
Montgomerie/McDowell 4 & 2 Lafeber/Canonica
Dodd/Dredge 4 & 2 Jiménez/Olazábal
Howell/Casey 3 & 2 Fasth/Hanson
Harrington/McGinley 1 up Remésy/Levet
1 Session 4
1 Overall 4

Source:[3]

Day two

Friday, 23 September 2005

Fourball
Results
McGinley/Harrington 3 & 1 Fasth/Hanson
Casey/Howell 5 & 4 Jiménez/Olazábal
Montgomerie/McDowell 3 & 2 Bjørn/Stenson
Dodd/Dredge 2 up Lafeber/Canonica
Dougherty/Poulter 5 & 4 Remésy/Levet
3 Session 2
4 Overall 6

Source:[4]

Day three

Saturday, 24 September 2005

Morning greensomes
Results
McGinley/Harrington 3 & 2 Levet/Olazábal
Howell/Casey 2 up Fasth/Hanson
Dodd/McDowell halved Jiménez/Canonica
Poulter/Dougherty halved Bjørn/Stenson
3 Session 1
7 Overall 7

Source:[5]

Afternoon foursomes
Results
McGinley/Harrington halved Levet/Remésy
Howell/Casey 2 & 1 Jiménez/Canonica
Dredge/Poulter 1 up Fasth/Stenson
Montgomerie/Dougherty 1 up Bjørn/Lafeber
2½ Session 1½
9½ Overall 8½

Source:[6]

Day four

Sunday, 25 September 2005

Singles
Results
Colin Montgomerie 2 & 1 José María Olazábal
Paul Casey 4 & 3 Niclas Fasth
Ian Poulter halved Peter Hanson
David Howell 6 & 5 Thomas Bjørn
Stephen Dodd 2 & 1 Jean-François Remésy
Bradley Dredge 2 & 1 Thomas Levet
Graeme McDowell 5 & 4 Maarten Lafeber
Paul McGinley 1 up Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Pádraig Harrington 2 & 1 Emanuele Canonica
Nick Dougherty halved Henrik Stenson
7 Session 3
16½ Overall 11½

Source:[7]

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References
  1. "Final Results & Prize Money". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  2. "Eligibility". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  3. "Day 1 Results". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  4. "Day 2 Results". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  5. "Day 3 - Morning Results". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  6. "Day 3 - Afternoon Results". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  7. "Day 4 - Singles Results". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
2003 Seve Trophy
GB&I 15 Cont Europe 13		 2005 Seve Trophy
GB&I 16½ Cont Europe 11½		 2007 Seve Trophy
GB&I 16½ Cont Europe 11½

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