2012 Volvo World Match Play Championship

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2012 Volvo World Match Play Championship
Tournament information
Dates17–20 May
LocationAndalusia, Spain
Course(s)Finca Cortesín Golf Club
Tour(s)European Tour
FormatMatch play – 18 holes
Statistics
Par72
Length7,290 yards (6,670 m)
Field24 players
Prize fund€2,750,000
Winner's share€700,000
Champion
Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts
def. Graeme McDowell 1 up
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The 2012 Volvo World Match Play Championship was the 47th Volvo World Match Play Championship played. It was held 17–20 May, with the champion receiving €700,000. The format was 24 players split into eight pools of three, with the top two in each pool progressing to the knock-out stage.[1] It was an official money event on the European Tour.

Course[]

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 471 215 541 334 575 195 494 574 352 3,751 188 627 224 413 353 525 464 177 568 3,539 7,290
Par 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 5 4 37 3 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 35 72

Format[]

The 24 players were split into eight pools of three, with the top two in each pool seeded by their Official World Golf Ranking and the remaining eight randomly assigned to a pool.[2][3] Within each pool, every player played each other in a round-robin format over 18-hole matches. Points were awarded based upon win (2), tie (1) or loss (0). The two leading players from each pool advanced to the knock-out stage. In case of ties, sudden-death playoffs were used to determine rankings.

Participants[]

Seed Player Country Rank[4]
1 Martin Kaymer  Germany 9
2 Justin Rose  England 12
3 Charl Schwartzel  South Africa 15
4 Graeme McDowell  Northern Ireland 20
5 Sergio García  Spain 23
6 Peter Hanson  Sweden 24
7 Brandt Snedeker  United States 26
8 Ian Poulter  England 28
9 John Senden  Australia 35
10 Thomas Bjørn  Denmark 37
11 Paul Lawrie  Scotland 41
12 Álvaro Quirós  Spain 42
13 Robert Karlsson  Sweden 46
14 Nicolas Colsaerts  Belgium 51
15 Robert Rock  England 59
16 Rafa Cabrera-Bello  Spain 61
Branden Grace  South Africa 65
Retief Goosen  South Africa 66
Darren Clarke  Northern Ireland 70
Jbe' Kruger  South Africa 119
Camilo Villegas  Colombia 126
Tetsuji Hiratsuka  Japan 133
Tom Lewis  England 175
Richard Finch  England 218

Pool play[]

Source[5]

Pool Ballesteros
Winner Score Loser
Rafa Cabrera-Bello 3 & 2 Martin Kaymer
Rafa Cabrera-Bello 4 & 2 Richard Finch
Richard Finch 1 up Martin Kaymer
  • 1st – Cabrera-Bello
  • 2nd – Finch
  • 3rd – Kaymer
Pool Gabrielsson
Winner Score Loser
Justin Rose 7 & 6 Robert Rock
Robert Rock 2 up Darren Clarke
Justin Rose 6 & 4 Darren Clarke
  • 1st – Rose
  • 2nd – Rock
  • 3rd – Clarke
Pool Palmer
Winner Score Loser
Charl Schwartzel Halved Nicolas Colsaerts
Retief Goosen 1 up Nicolas Colsaerts
Retief Goosen 4 & 3 Charl Schwartzel
  • 1st – Goosen
  • 2nd – Colsaerts (Colsaerts wins at the first extra hole against Schwartzel.)
  • 3rd – Schwartzel
Pool Larson
Winner Score Loser
Graeme McDowell 1 up Robert Karlsson
Robert Karlsson Halved Jbe' Kruger
Graeme McDowell 4 & 3 Jbe' Kruger
  • 1st – McDowell
  • 2nd – Karlsson (Karlsson wins at the first extra hole against Kruger.)
  • 3rd – Kruger
Pool Woosnam
Winner Score Loser
Sergio García 2 & 1 Álvaro Quirós
Álvaro Quirós 5 & 4 Tetsuji Hiratsuka
Sergio García 4 & 2 Tetsuji Hiratsuka
  • 1st – García
  • 2nd – Quirós
  • 3rd – Hiratsuka
Pool Norman
Winner Score Loser
Paul Lawrie 2 & 1 Peter Hanson
Paul Lawrie Halved Camilo Villegas
Camilo Villegas 6 & 4 Peter Hanson
  • 1st – Lawrie (Lawrie wins at the first extra hole against Villegas.)
  • 2nd – Villegas
  • 3rd – Hanson
Pool McCormack
Winner Score Loser
Brandt Snedeker 5 & 4 Thomas Bjørn
Thomas Bjørn 2 & 1 Branden Grace
Branden Grace 4 & 3 Brandt Snedeker
  • 1st – Snedeker (Snedeker wins at the first extra hole against Bjørn and Grace.)
  • 2nd – Bjørn (Bjørn wins at the second extra hole against Grace.)
  • 3rd – Grace
Pool Player
Winner Score Loser
Ian Poulter 3 & 2 John Senden
Tom Lewis 1 up John Senden
Ian Poulter 4 & 3 Tom Lewis
  • 1st – Poulter
  • 2nd – Lewis
  • 3rd – Senden

Playoffs[]

Source[5]

Round of 16
19 May, morning 		Quarter-finals
19 May, afternoon 		Semi-finals
20 May, morning 		Final
20 May, afternoon
        
Spain Sergio García 4&3
England Tom Lewis
Spain Sergio García
Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell 19 h
Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell 3&2
England Richard Finch
Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell 20 h
Scotland Paul Lawrie
Scotland Paul Lawrie 5&4
Denmark Thomas Bjørn
Scotland Paul Lawrie 6&5
South Africa Retief Goosen
South Africa Retief Goosen 3&2
England Robert Rock
Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell
Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts 1 up
United States Brandt Snedeker 3&2
Colombia Camilo Villegas
United States Brandt Snedeker
Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts 4&3
England Justin Rose
Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts 4&3
Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts 2 up
Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello
England Ian Poulter
Spain Álvaro Quirós 4&3
Spain Álvaro Quirós
Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello 3&1
Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello 1 up
Sweden Robert Karlsson

Prize money breakdown[]

Source:[6][7]

Place Actual prize fund (€) Race to Dubai fund (€)
Champion 700,000 458,333
Runner-up 360,000 305,555
Semi-finals losers x 2 180,000 154,825
Quarter-finals losers x 4 92,500 91,025
Round of 16 losers x 8 70,000 47,506
Third place in pool x 8 50,000 32,794
Total €2,750,000 2,080,038

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ "Volvo World Match Play format explained". PGA European Tour. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Volvo World Match Play Championship – Draw for Thursday & Friday" (PDF). PGA European Tour. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Excitement builds after Match Play draw". PGA European Tour. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  4. ^ Official World Golf Ranking as of 14 May 2012
  5. ^ a b "Volvo World Match Play Championship – Draw & Results" (PDF). PGA European Tour. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  6. ^ "Colsaerts shines in the Volvo World Match Play". 20 May 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Volvo World Match Play Championship – Tournament Leaderboard". Retrieved 31 October 2012.

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