2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 15–19 October |
Location | Kent, England |
Course(s) | London Golf Club |
Tour(s) | European Tour |
Format | Match play – 18 holes |
Statistics | |
Field | 16 players |
Prize fund | €2,250,000 |
Winner's share | €650,000 |
Champion | |
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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 waas 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.
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
Seed | Player | Country | Rank |
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1 | Henrik Stenson | 5 | |
2 | Graeme McDowell | 18 | |
3 | Victor Dubuisson | 23 | |
4 | Jamie Donaldson | 25 | |
5 | Patrick Reed | 26 | |
6 | Stephen Gallacher | 35 | |
7 | Joost Luiten | 37 | |
8 | Thongchai Jaidee | 41 | |
9 | Francesco Molinari | 48 | |
10 | Mikko Ilonen | 52 | |
11 | Shane Lowry | 53 | |
12 | Jonas Blixt | 58 | |
13 | Paul Casey | 66 | |
14 | Pablo Larrazábal | 70 | |
15 | Alexander Lévy | 74 | |
16 | George Coetzee | 89 |
Pool play
Playoffs
Quarter-finals 18 October |
Semi-finals 19 October – morning |
Final 19 October – afternoon | ||||||||
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Third place | ||||||||||
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2 up | 19 h | |||||||||
Breakdown by country
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Prize money breakdown
Place | Actual prize fund (€) | Race to Dubai fund (€) |
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Champion | 650,000 | 375,000 |
Runner-up | 330,000 | 250,000 |
Third place | 210,000 | 140,850 |
Fourth place | 160,000 | 112,500 |
Quarter-finals losers x 4 | 100,000 | 74,475 |
Third in group x 4 | 75,000 | 43,875 |
Last in group x 4 | 50,000 | 33,862 |
Total | €2,250,000 | €1,487,198 |
References
- ↑ "London Golf Club to host 2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship". PGA European Tour. 5 February 2014.
- 1 2 "Draw for group stage matches" (PDF). Volvo World Match Play. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ↑ "Volvo World Match Play Championship: Tournament Format". PGA European Tour. 13 October 2014.
- ↑ "Graeme McDowell makes fine start to World Match Play Championship". The Guardian. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ↑ "Volvo World Match Play: Graeme McDowell and Stephen Gallacher lose". The Guardian. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ↑ "Mikko Ilonen outclasses Henrik Stenson to win World Match Play Championship". Daily Mail. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Volvo World Match Play Championship – Tournament Leaderboard". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ↑ "World Match Play: Mikko Ilonen beats Henrik Stenson". BBC Sport. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
- ↑ "Volvo World Match Play Championship – Prize Fund 2014". Retrieved 3 October 2014.