2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship

2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship
Tournament information
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
Finland Mikko Ilonen
def. Henrik Stenson 3 & 1
«2013
2015»
London Golf Club
England

The 2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship will be the 49th Volvo World Match Play Championship to be played. It will be held 15–19 October, with the champion receiving €650,000. The format will be 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
1 Henrik Stenson  Sweden 5
2 Graeme McDowell  Northern Ireland 18
3 Victor Dubuisson  France 23
4 Jamie Donaldson  Wales 25
5 Patrick Reed  United States 26
6 Stephen Gallacher  Scotland 35
7 Joost Luiten  Netherlands 37
8 Thongchai Jaidee  Thailand 41
9 Francesco Molinari  Italy 48
10 Mikko Ilonen  Finland 52
11 Shane Lowry  Ireland 53
12 Jonas Blixt  Sweden 58
13 Paul Casey  England 66
14 Pablo Larrazábal  Spain 70
15 Alexander Lévy  France 74
16 George Coetzee  South Africa 89

Pool play

Source[2][7]

Arnold Palmer Group
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Henrik Stenson & George Coetzee – halved
Thongchai Jaidee 2 up Francesco Molinari
2 Henrik Stenson 2 & 1 Francesco Molinari
George Coetzee 2 & 1 Thongchai Jaidee
3 Henrik Stenson 2 & 1 Thongchai Jaidee
Francesco Molinari 2 & 1 George Coetzee
Mark McCormack Group
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Paul Casey 2 & 1 Jamie Donaldson
Jonas Blixt 2 & 1 Patrick Reed
2 Jamie Donaldson 3 & 2 Jonas Blixt
Patrick Reed 2 & 1 Paul Casey
3 Patrick Reed 3 & 2 Jamie Donaldson
Jonas Blixt & Paul Casey – halved
Assar Gabrielsson Group
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Victor Dubuisson 3 & 2 Pablo Larrazábal
Shane Lowry 3 & 2 Stephen Gallacher
2 Victor Dubuisson 3 & 2 Shane Lowry
Pablo Larrazábal 1 up Stephen Gallacher
3 Stephen Gallacher 2 & 1 Victor Dubuisson
Pablo Larrazábal 2 & 1 Shane Lowry
Gustaf Larson Group
Round Winner Score Loser
1 Graeme McDowell 3 & 2 Alexander Lévy
Joost Luiten 1 up Mikko Ilonen
2 Mikko Ilonen 2 & 1 Graeme McDowell
Joost Luiten 4 & 3 Alexander Lévy
3 Joost Luiten 2 up Graeme McDowell
Mikko Ilonen 1 up Alexander Lévy

Playoffs

Source[7][8]

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

Breakdown by country

Country Total QF SF F Ch
 England 1
 Finland 1 1 1 1 1
 France 2 1
 Ireland 1
 Italy 1
 Netherlands 1 1 1
 Northern Ireland 1
 Scotland 1
 South Africa 1 1 1
 Spain 1 1
 Sweden 2 2 1 1
 Thailand 1
 United States 1 1
 Wales 1

Prize money breakdown

Source:[7][9]

Place Actual prize fund (€) Race to Dubai fund (€)
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

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "London Golf Club to host 2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship". PGA European Tour. 5 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Draw for group stage matches" (PDF). Volvo World Match Play. 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 outclasses Henrik Stenson to win World Match Play Championship". Daily Mail. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 "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". Retrieved 3 October 2014.

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