2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship

The 2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship was the 46th Volvo World Match Play Championship played. It was held 19–22 May, with the champion receiving €800,000. 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.

2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship
Tournament information
Dates19–22 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€3,400,000
Winner's share€800,000
Champion
England Ian Poulter
def. Luke Donald 2 & 1

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 players seeded by their Official World Golf Ranking.[1] 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
SeedPlayerRank[2][3]
1England Lee Westwood1
2England Luke Donald2
3Germany Martin Kaymer3
4Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell5
5Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy6
6England Paul Casey9
7South Africa Charl Schwartzel12
8Italy Francesco Molinari21
9England Ian Poulter22
10Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez25
11Spain Álvaro Quirós26
12South Africa Retief Goosen27
13South Africa Louis Oosthuizen32
14South Korea Yang Yong-eun38
15United States Ryan Moore39
16Denmark Anders Hansen40
17Australia Aaron Baddeley50
18England Ross Fisher51
19South Korea Noh Seung-yul82
20Venezuela Jhonattan Vegas96
21Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts108
22Denmark Søren Kjeldsen111
23Sweden Johan Edfors124
24Scotland Paul Lawrie133

Pool play

Source[4]

Pool Ballesteros
WinnerScoreLoser
Lee Westwood6 & 5Anders Hansen
Aaron Baddeley1 upAnders Hansen
Lee Westwood4 & 3Aaron Baddeley
  • 1st – Westwood
  • 2nd – Baddeley
  • 3rd – Hansen
Pool Gabrielsson
WinnerScoreLoser
Miguel Ángel Jiménez6 & 5Charl Schwartzel
Johan Edfors2 & 1Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Charl Schwartzel5 & 4Johan Edfors
  • 1st – Schwartzel (Schwartzel wins at second extra hole.)
  • 2nd – Edfors
  • 3rd – Jiménez (Jiménez eliminated on first extra hole.)
Pool Palmer
WinnerScoreLoser
Martin Kaymer2 & 1Yang Yong-eun
Noh Seung-yul2 & 1Yang Yong-eun
Martin Kaymer2 & 1Noh Seung-yul
  • 1st – Kaymer
  • 2nd – Noh
  • 3rd – Yang
Pool Larson
WinnerScoreLoser
Rory McIlroy1 upRetief Goosen
Nicolas Colsaerts1 upRetief Goosen
Nicolas Colsaerts3 & 2Rory McIlroy
  • 1st – Colsaerts
  • 2nd – McIlroy
  • 3rd – Goosen
Pool Woosnam
WinnerScoreLoser
Graeme McDowell2 & 1Louis Oosthuizen
Jhonattan Vegas5 & 4Louis Oosthuizen
Graeme McDowell4 & 2Jhonattan Vegas
  • 1st – McDowell
  • 2nd – Vegas
  • 3rd – Oosthuizen
Pool Norman
WinnerScoreLoser
Álvaro Quirós3 & 1Paul Casey
Álvaro Quirós3 & 1Søren Kjeldsen
Søren Kjeldsen1 upPaul Casey
  • 1st – Quirós
  • 2nd – Kjeldsen
  • 3rd – Casey
Pool McCormack
WinnerScoreLoser
Luke Donald5 & 4Ryan Moore
Ross Fisher2 & 1Ryan Moore
Luke Donald4 & 3Ross Fisher
  • 1st – Donald
  • 2nd – Fisher
  • 3rd – Moore
Pool Player
WinnerScoreLoser
Francesco MolinariHalvedIan Poulter
Ian PoulterHalvedPaul Lawrie
Francesco Molinari3 & 2Paul Lawrie
  • 1st – Molinari
  • 2nd – Poulter
  • 3rd – Lawrie

Playoffs

Source[4]

Round of 16
21 May, morning 		Quarter-finals
21 May, afternoon 		Semi-finals
22 May, morning 		Final
22 May, afternoon
        
South Korea Noh Seung-yul
Spain Álvaro Quirós 1up
Spain Álvaro Quirós
Germany Martin Kaymer 2up
Germany Martin Kaymer 3&2
Denmark Søren Kjeldsen
Germany Martin Kaymer
England Luke Donald 5&3
England Ross Fisher
South Africa Charl Schwartzel 1up
South Africa Charl Schwartzel
England Luke Donald 2up
England Luke Donald 19h
Sweden Johan Edfors
England Luke Donald
England Ian Poulter 2&1
Venezuela Jhonattan Vegas
Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts 1up
Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts 2&1
Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell
Northern Ireland Graeme McDowell 3&2
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
Belgium Nicolas Colsaerts
England Ian Poulter 19h
Australia Aaron Baddeley
Italy Francesco Molinari 3&2
Italy Francesco Molinari
England Ian Poulter 2up
England Lee Westwood
England Ian Poulter 1 up

Prize money breakdown

Source:[5]

PlaceActual prize fund (€)Race to Dubai fund (€)
Champion800,000566,660
Runner-up420,000377,770
Semi-finals losers x 2220,000119,400
Quarter-finals losers x 4115,000112,500
Round of 16 losers x 890,00058,730
Third place in pool x 870,00040,540
Total€3,400,0002,571,390

Notes and references
  1. "Volvo World Match Play Explained". PGA European Tour. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  2. Official World Golf Ranking as of 15 May 2011
  3. "Official World Golf Ranking, Week 20, 2011" (PDF). 15 May 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  4. "2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship - Tournament Leaderboard". Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  5. "2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship - Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
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