2000 Seve Trophy
| Dates | 14–16 April | ||||
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| Venue | The Old Course, Sunningdale Golf Club | ||||
| Location | Berkshire, England | ||||
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| Continental Europe wins the 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]
Format
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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.
| United Kingdom Republic of Ireland 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 | |||
| Europe 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
[edit | edit source]Friday, 14 April 2000
Morning foursomes
[edit | edit source]| United Kingdom Republic of Ireland | Results | Europe |
|---|---|---|
| Montgomerie/Woosnam | United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 & 1 | Olazábal/Jiménez |
| Clarke/Westwood | United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 4 & 3 | Čejka/Langer |
| Harrington/Price | United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 1 up | Bjørn/Karlsson |
| Lawrie/Orr | Europe 3 & 2 | García/van de Velde |
| 3 | Session | 1 |
| 3 | Overall | 1 |
Source:[5]
Afternoon fourball
[edit | edit source]| United Kingdom Republic of Ireland | Results | Europe |
|---|---|---|
| Westwood/Howell | United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 & 1 | Olazábal/Ballesteros |
| Clarke/Bickerton | Europe 1 up | Bjørn/Jiménez |
| Woosnam/Harrington | Europe 2 & 1 | Čejka/Langer |
| Lawrie/Montgomerie | Europe 3 & 2 | Sandelin/García |
| 1 | Session | 3 |
| 4 | Overall | 4 |
Source:[6]
Day two
[edit | edit source]Saturday, 15 April 2000
Morning fourball
[edit | edit source]| United Kingdom Republic of Ireland | Results | Europe |
|---|---|---|
| Woosnam/Montgomerie | Europe 6 & 5 | Jiménez/Olazábal |
| Lawrie/Orr | United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 1 up | Sandelin/Karlsson |
| Bickerton/Price | Europe 1 up | Bjørn/García |
| Clarke/Westwood | United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 3 & 1 | Čejka/van de Velde |
| 2 | Session | 2 |
| 6 | Overall | 6 |
Source:[7]
Day three
[edit | edit source]Sunday, 16 April 2000
Morning greensomes
[edit | edit source]The greensomes were due to be played on Saturday afternoon but were delayed by rain and played on Sunday morning before the singles matches.
| United Kingdom Republic of Ireland | Results | Europe |
|---|---|---|
| Lawrie/Orr | halved | Jiménez/Olazábal |
| Montgomerie/Howell | United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 & 1 | García/van de Velde |
| Clarke/Westwood | Europe 4 & 3 | Langer/Bjørn |
| Harrington/Price | halved | Čejka/Karlsson |
| 2 | Session | 2 |
| 8 | Overall | 8 |
Source:[8]
Singles
[edit | edit source]| United Kingdom Republic of Ireland | Results | Europe |
|---|---|---|
| Colin Montgomerie | Europe 2 & 1 | Seve Ballesteros |
| Darren Clarke | halved | Sergio García |
| John Bickerton | Europe 2 & 1 | Jarmo Sandelin |
| Lee Westwood | United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 1 up | Thomas Bjørn |
| Phillip Price | United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 2 & 1 | Alex Čejka |
| Ian Woosnam | Europe 4 & 3 | Bernhard Langer |
| David Howell | Europe 2 & 1 | Robert Karlsson |
| Gary Orr | Europe 2 & 1 | José María Olazábal |
| Paul Lawrie | United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 5 & 4 | Jean van de Velde |
| Pádraig Harrington | United KingdomRepublic of Ireland 1 up | Miguel Ángel Jiménez |
| 4½ | Session | 5½ |
| 12½ | Overall | 13½ |
Source:[9]
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