The 2003 Seve Trophy took place 6–9 November at Campo de Golf Parador El Saler, Valencia, Spain. The team captain for Continental Europe was Seve Ballesteros, with the team captain for Great Britain and Ireland being Colin Montgomerie. The competition was won by Great Britain and Ireland.
Format For the first time the event was staged over four days. There were five fourball matches on both Thursday and Friday, four greensomes matches on Saturday morning, four foursomes matches on Saturday afternoon and ten singles matches on Sunday. If the score finished at 14–14, then two players from each team (but not either captain) would play a two-hole play-off using the greensomes format to find the winner.
Each member of the winner team received €150,000, the losing team €70,000 each, giving a total prize fund of €2,200,000.
Teams Both captains played and had one wild card selection each. The remaining 8 players were the leading four players from the Official World Golf Ranking after the 2003 Telefónica Open de Madrid and the leading four players (not qualified from the World Rankings) from the Volvo Order of Merit after the 2003 Telefónica Open de Madrid.
Team Continental EuropeNameCountryQualificationSeve BallesterosSpainPlaying captainThomas BjørnDenmarkWorld rankingAlex ČejkaGermanyWorld rankingSergio GarcíaSpainWorld rankingFreddie JacobsonSwedenWorld rankingNiclas FasthSwedenOrder of MeritIgnacio GarridoSpainOrder of MeritRaphaël JacquelinFranceOrder of MeritMiguel Ángel JiménezSpainOrder of MeritJosé María OlazábalSpainCaptain's pick
Team GB&INameCountryQualificationColin MontgomerieScotlandPlaying captainPaul CaseyEnglandWorld rankingPádraig HarringtonIrelandWorld rankingIan PoulterEnglandWorld rankingJustin RoseEnglandWorld rankingBrian DavisEnglandOrder of MeritDavid HowellEnglandOrder of MeritPhillip PriceWalesOrder of MeritLee WestwoodEnglandOrder of MeritPaul LawrieScotlandCaptain's pick David Howell replaced Darren Clarke who was playing in the 2003 Tour Championship which was being playing in the same week.
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Day one Thursday, 6 November 2003
Fourball Results Westwood/Howell 2 upOlazábal/BallesterosDavis/Casey 2 & 1Garrido/JiménezRose/Poulter 4 & 3Čejka/JacquelinLawrie/MontgomeriehalvedJacobson/FasthPrice/Harrington 2 upBjørn/García 3½ Session 1½ 3½ Overall 1½ Source:
Day two Friday, 7 November 2003
Fourball Results Westwood/Howell 5 & 3Bjørn/GarcíaLawrie/Montgomerie 2 & 1Čejka/JacquelinDavis/Casey 2 upGarrido/JiménezPrice/Harrington 1 upJacobson/FasthRose/Poulter 3 & 1Olazábal/Ballesteros 3 Session 2 6½ Overall 3½ Source:
Day three Saturday, 8 November 2003
Morning greensomes Results Harrington/Lawrie 5 & 4Jacobson/FasthRose/MontgomeriehalvedBjørn/OlazábalDavis/Casey 3 & 2Čejka/JacquelinWestwood/Poulter 3 & 1García/Ballesteros 1½ Session 2½ 8 Overall 6 Source:
Afternoon foursomes Results Harrington/Montgomerie 2 & 1Jiménez/GarridoLawrie/Casey 3 & 2Jacobson/FasthHowell/Westwood 5 & 3Čejka/JacquelinRose/Poulter 2 & 1García/Bjørn 2 Session 2 10 Overall 8 Source:
Day four Sunday, 9 November 2003
Singles Results Colin Montgomerie 5 & 4Seve BallesterosDavid Howell 1 upAlex ČejkaPaul Lawrie 3 & 2Ignacio GarridoLee Westwood 2 & 1Freddie JacobsonPádraig HarringtonhalvedJosé María OlazábalIan PoulterhalvedNiclas FasthPaul Casey RetThomas BjørnJustin Rose 3 & 2Raphaël JacquelinBrian Davis 2 & 1Miguel Ángel JiménezPhillip Price 4 & 3Sergio García 5 Session 5 15 Overall 13 Thomas Bjørn was injured and retired from his match. Because he withdrew less than 30 minutes before games started Paul Casey was awarded the match. If Bjørn had retired earlier the match would have been declared as halved.
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References
External links Coverage on the European Tour's official site