The 2005 Seve Trophy took place 22–25 September at Wynyard Golf Club, in North East England. The team captain for Great Britain and Ireland was Colin Montgomerie, with the captain for Continental Europe being José María Olazábal. The overall tournament host was Seve Ballesteros as he was unable to compete through injury. The trophy was retained for the second time by Great Britain and Ireland.
Format The format remained the same as in 2003 with the teams competing over four days with five fourball matches on both Thursday and Friday, four greensomes matches on Saturday morning, four foursomes matches on Saturday afternoon and ten singles on Sunday. It means a total of 28 points were available with 14½ points required for victory.
Each member of the winner team received €125,000, the losing team €75,000 each, giving a total prize fund of €2,000,000.
Teams The teams were made up of the captain, the leading four players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of Monday 5 September 2005, the leading four players (not otherwise qualified) from the European Order of Merit after the Linde German Masters (11 September 2005), and one captain's pick.
Team GB&INameCountryQualificationColin MontgomerieScotlandPlaying captainPádraig HarringtonIrelandWorld rankingsDavid HowellEnglandWorld rankingsPaul McGinleyIrelandWorld rankingsGraeme McDowellNorthern IrelandWorld rankingsNick DoughertyEnglandEuropean pointsStephen DoddWalesEuropean pointsIan PoulterEnglandEuropean pointsBradley DredgeWalesEuropean pointsPaul CaseyEnglandCaptain's pick
Team Continental EuropeNameCountryQualificationJosé María OlazábalSpainPlaying CaptainThomas BjørnDenmarkWorld rankingsMiguel Ángel JiménezSpainWorld rankingsHenrik StensonSwedenWorld rankingsNiclas FasthSwedenWorld rankingsPeter HansonSwedenEuropean pointsMaarten LafeberNetherlandsEuropean pointsJean-François RemésyFranceEuropean pointsEmanuele CanonicaItalyEuropean pointsThomas LevetFranceCaptain's pick
Day one Thursday, 22 September 2005
Fourball Results Poulter/Dougherty 2 upBjørn/StensonMontgomerie/McDowell 4 & 2Lafeber/CanonicaDodd/Dredge 4 & 2Jiménez/OlazábalHowell/Casey 3 & 2Fasth/HansonHarrington/McGinley 1 upRemésy/Levet 1 Session 4 1 Overall 4 Source:
Day two Friday, 23 September 2005
Fourball Results McGinley/Harrington 3 & 1Fasth/HansonCasey/Howell 5 & 4Jiménez/OlazábalMontgomerie/McDowell 3 & 2Bjørn/StensonDodd/Dredge 2 upLafeber/CanonicaDougherty/Poulter 5 & 4Remésy/Levet 3 Session 2 4 Overall 6 Source:
Day three Saturday, 24 September 2005
Morning greensomes Results McGinley/Harrington 3 & 2Levet/OlazábalHowell/Casey 2 upFasth/HansonDodd/McDowellhalvedJiménez/CanonicaPoulter/DoughertyhalvedBjørn/Stenson 3 Session 1 7 Overall 7 Source:
Afternoon foursomes Results McGinley/HarringtonhalvedLevet/RemésyHowell/Casey 2 & 1Jiménez/CanonicaDredge/Poulter 1 upFasth/StensonMontgomerie/Dougherty 1 upBjørn/Lafeber 2½ Session 1½ 9½ Overall 8½ Source:
Day four Sunday, 25 September 2005
Singles Results Colin Montgomerie 2 & 1José María OlazábalPaul Casey 4 & 3Niclas FasthIan PoulterhalvedPeter HansonDavid Howell 6 & 5Thomas BjørnStephen Dodd 2 & 1Jean-François RemésyBradley Dredge 2 & 1Thomas LevetGraeme McDowell 5 & 4Maarten LafeberPaul McGinley 1 upMiguel Ángel JiménezPádraig Harrington 2 & 1Emanuele CanonicaNick DoughertyhalvedHenrik Stenson 7 Session 3 16½ Overall 11½ Source:
References
External links Coverage on the European Tour's official site