2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship

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 was 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.

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
Mikko Ilonen
def. Henrik Stenson 3 & 1

London Golf Club

England

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

• Round 1 – 15 October[4]
• Round 2 – 16 October[5]
• Round 3 – 17 October[6]

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 1st – Henrik Stenson 2nd – George Coetzee 3rd – Thongchai Jaidee & Francesco Molinari

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 1st – Patrick Reed 2nd – Jonas Blixt (won second place on first sudden-death playoff hole) 3rd – Paul Casey 4th – Jamie Donaldson

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 1st – Victor Dubuisson (first place based on head-to-head match vs Larrazábal) 2nd – Pablo Larrazábal 3rd – Stephen Gallacher & 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 1st – Joost Luiten 2nd – Mikko Ilonen 3rd – Graeme McDowell 4th – Alexander Lévy

Playoffs

Source[7][8]

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

References

1. "London Golf Club to host 2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship". PGA European Tour. 5 February 2014.
2. "Draw for group stage matches" (PDF). Volvo World Match Play. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2014. 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 beats Henrik Stenson". ESPN. Associated Press. 19 October 2014.
7. "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". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.

External links

• Official site
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site