2003 Seve Trophy

The 2003 Seve Trophy took place 6–9 November at Campo de Golf Parador El Saler, Valencia, Spain. The team captain for Continental Europe was Seve Ballesteros, with the team captain for Great Britain and Ireland being Colin Montgomerie. The competition was won by Great Britain and Ireland.

2003 Seve Trophy
Dates6–9 November
VenueCampo de Golf Parador El Saler
LocationValencia, Spain
Captains
13 15
Great Britain and Ireland wins the Seve Trophy

Format

For the first time the event was staged over four days. There were five fourball matches on both Thursday and Friday, four greensomes matches on Saturday morning, four foursomes matches on Saturday afternoon and ten singles matches on Sunday. If the score finished at 14–14, then two players from each team (but not either captain) would play a two hole play-off using the greensomes format to find the winner.[1]

Each member of the winner team received €150,000, the losing team €70,000 each, giving a total prize fund of €2,200,000.[2]

Teams

Both captains played and had one wild card selection each. The remaining 8 players were the leading four players from the Official World Golf Ranking after the 2003 Telefónica Open de Madrid and the leading four players (not qualified from the World Rankings) from the Volvo Order of Merit after the 2003 Telefónica Open de Madrid.[3]

Team Continental Europe
Name Country Qualification
Seve Ballesteros Spain Playing captain
Thomas Bjørn Denmark World ranking
Alex Čejka Germany World ranking
Sergio García Spain World ranking
Fredrik Jacobson Sweden World ranking
Niclas Fasth Sweden Order of Merit
Ignacio Garrido Spain Order of Merit
Raphaël Jacquelin France Order of Merit
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain Order of Merit
José María Olazábal Spain Captain's pick
Team GB&I
Name Country Qualification
Colin Montgomerie Scotland Playing captain
Paul Casey England World ranking
Pádraig Harrington Ireland World ranking
Ian Poulter England World ranking
Justin Rose England World ranking
Brian Davis England Order of Merit
David Howell England Order of Merit
Phillip Price Wales Order of Merit
Lee Westwood England Order of Merit
Paul Lawrie Scotland Captain's pick

David Howell replaced Darren Clarke who was playing in the 2003 Tour Championship which was being playing in the same week.

Source:[4][5][6]

Day one

Thursday, 6 November 2003

Fourball
Results
Westwood/Howell 2 up Olazábal/Ballesteros
Davis/Casey 2 & 1 Garrido/Jiménez
Rose/Poulter 4 & 3 Čejka/Jacquelin
Lawrie/Montgomerie halved Jacobson/Fasth
Price/Harrington 2 up Bjørn/García
3½ Session 1½
3½ Overall 1½

Source:[7][8]

Day two

Friday, 7 November 2003

Fourball
Results
Westwood/Howell 5 & 3 Bjørn/García
Lawrie/Montgomerie 2 & 1 Čejka/Jacquelin
Davis/Casey 2 up Garrido/Jiménez
Price/Harrington 1 up Jacobson/Fasth
Rose/Poulter 3 & 1 Olazábal/Ballesteros
3 Session 2
6½ Overall 3½

Source:[9]

Day three

Saturday, 8 November 2003

Morning greensomes
Results
Harrington/Lawrie 5 & 4 Jacobson/Fasth
Rose/Montgomerie halved Bjørn/Olazábal
Davis/Casey 3 & 2 Čejka/Jacquelin
Westwood/Poulter 3 & 1 García/Ballesteros
1½ Session 2½
8 Overall 6

Source:[10]

Afternoon foursomes
Results
Harrington/Montgomerie 2 & 1 Jiménez/Garrido
Lawrie/Casey 3 & 2 Jacobson/Fasth
Howell/Westwood 5 & 3 Čejka/Jacquelin
Rose/Poulter 2 & 1 García/Bjørn
2 Session 2
10 Overall 8

Source:[11]

Day four

Sunday, 9 November 2003

Singles
Results
Colin Montgomerie 5 & 4 Seve Ballesteros
David Howell 1 up Alex Čejka
Paul Lawrie 3 & 2 Ignacio Garrido
Lee Westwood 2 & 1 Fredrik Jacobson
Pádraig Harrington halved José María Olazábal
Ian Poulter halved Niclas Fasth
Paul Casey Ret Thomas Bjørn
Justin Rose 3 & 2 Raphaël Jacquelin
Brian Davis 2 & 1 Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Phillip Price 4 & 3 Sergio García
5 Session 5
15 Overall 13

Thomas Bjørn was injured and retired from his match. Because he withdrew less than 30 minutes before games started Paul Casey was awarded the match. If Bjørn had retired earlier the match would have been declared as halved.

Source:[12]

References
  1. "Format". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  2. "Prize Money". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  3. "Eligibility & Team Rankings". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  4. "Monty hands Lawrie wild card". BBC. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  5. "Clarke opts for US event". BBC. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  6. "Telefonica Open de Madrid - Questions and Answers". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  7. "Full Match Results". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  8. "Great Britain and Ireland take early lead". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  9. "GB & Ireland extend lead at Seve Trophy". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  10. "Continental Europe fight back in the Seve Trophy". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  11. "Great Britain and Ireland two points ahead in the Seve Trophy". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  12. "Great Britain and Ireland triumph in the Seve Trophy". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
2002 Seve Trophy
GB&I 14½ Cont Europe 11½		 2003 Seve Trophy
GB&I 15 Cont Europe 13		 2005 Seve Trophy
GB&I 15 Cont Europe 13
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