2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship

The 2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship was the 49th Volvo World Match Play Championship to be played. It was held 15–19 October, with the champion receiving €650,000. The format was 16 players split into four pools of four, with the top two in each pool progressing to the knock-out stage.[1] It is an official money event on the European Tour.

2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship
Tournament information
Dates15–19 October
LocationKent, England
Course(s)London Golf Club
Tour(s)European Tour
FormatMatch play – 18 holes
Statistics
Field16 players
Prize fund€2,250,000
Winner's share€650,000
Champion
Mikko Ilonen
def. Henrik Stenson 3 & 1
London Golf Club
England

Format

The 16 players are split into four pools of four, seeded by their Official World Golf Ranking.[2] Within each pool, every player plays each other in a round-robin format over 18-hole matches. Points are awarded based upon win (2), tie (1) or loss (0). The two leading players from each pool advance to the knock-out stage. In the case of a tie in the standings, head-to-head results determine places with sudden-death playoffs used to determine standings if head-to-head match halved.[3]

Participants

SeedPlayerCountryRank
1Henrik Stenson Sweden5
2Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland18
3Victor Dubuisson France23
4Jamie Donaldson Wales25
5Patrick Reed United States26
6Stephen Gallacher Scotland35
7Joost Luiten Netherlands37
8Thongchai Jaidee Thailand41
9Francesco Molinari Italy48
10Mikko Ilonen Finland52
11Shane Lowry Ireland53
12Jonas Blixt Sweden58
13Paul Casey England66
14Pablo Larrazábal Spain70
15Alexander Lévy France74
16George Coetzee South Africa89

Pool play

  • Round 1 – 15 October[4]
  • Round 2 – 16 October[5]
  • Round 3 – 17 October[6]

Source[2][7]

Arnold Palmer Group
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Henrik Stenson & George Coetzee – halved
Thongchai Jaidee2 upFrancesco Molinari
2Henrik Stenson2 & 1Francesco Molinari
George Coetzee2 & 1Thongchai Jaidee
3Henrik Stenson2 & 1Thongchai Jaidee
Francesco Molinari2 & 1George Coetzee
Mark McCormack Group
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Paul Casey2 & 1Jamie Donaldson
Jonas Blixt2 & 1Patrick Reed
2Jamie Donaldson3 & 2Jonas Blixt
Patrick Reed2 & 1Paul Casey
3Patrick Reed3 & 2Jamie Donaldson
Jonas Blixt & Paul Casey – halved
Assar Gabrielsson Group
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Victor Dubuisson3 & 2Pablo Larrazábal
Shane Lowry3 & 2Stephen Gallacher
2Victor Dubuisson3 & 2Shane Lowry
Pablo Larrazábal1 upStephen Gallacher
3Stephen Gallacher2 & 1Victor Dubuisson
Pablo Larrazábal2 & 1Shane Lowry
Gustaf Larson Group
RoundWinnerScoreLoser
1Graeme McDowell3 & 2Alexander Lévy
Joost Luiten1 upMikko Ilonen
2Mikko Ilonen2 & 1Graeme McDowell
Joost Luiten4 & 3Alexander Lévy
3Joost Luiten2 upGraeme McDowell
Mikko Ilonen1 upAlexander Lévy

Playoffs

Source[7][8]

  Quarter-finals
18 October
Semi-finals
19 October – morning
Final
19 October – afternoon
Joost Luiten 6 & 5
Pablo Larrazábal
Joost Luiten
Mikko Ilonen 2 & 1
Victor Dubuisson
Mikko Ilonen 2 up
Mikko Ilonen 3 & 1
Henrik Stenson
Patrick Reed
George Coetzee 2 & 1
George Coetzee Third place
Henrik Stenson 1 up
Henrik Stenson 2 up Joost Luiten 19 h
Jonas Blixt George Coetzee

Breakdown by country

CountryTotalQFSFFCh
 England1
 Finland11111
 France21
 Ireland1
 Italy1
 Netherlands111
 Northern Ireland1
 Scotland1
 South Africa111
 Spain11
 Sweden2211
 Thailand1
 United States11
 Wales1

Prize money breakdown

Source:[7][9]

PlaceActual prize fund (€)Race to Dubai fund (€)
Champion650,000375,000
Runner-up330,000250,000
Third place210,000140,850
Fourth place160,000112,500
Quarter-finals losers x 4100,00074,475
Third in group x 475,00043,875
Last in group x 450,00033,862
Total€2,250,000€1,487,198

References

  1. "London Golf Club to host 2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship". PGA European Tour. 5 February 2014.
  2. "Draw for group stage matches" (PDF). Volvo World Match Play. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  3. "Volvo World Match Play Championship: Tournament Format". PGA European Tour. 13 October 2014.
  4. "Graeme McDowell makes fine start to World Match Play Championship". The Guardian. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  5. "Volvo World Match Play: Graeme McDowell and Stephen Gallacher lose". The Guardian. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  6. "Mikko Ilonen beats Henrik Stenson". ESPN. Associated Press. 19 October 2014.
  7. "Volvo World Match Play Championship – Tournament Leaderboard". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  8. "World Match Play: Mikko Ilonen beats Henrik Stenson". BBC Sport. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  9. "Volvo World Match Play Championship – Prize Fund 2014". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.

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