VOLVO WORLD MATCHPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP 2009

THURSDAY

0815 1 v 16 Paul CASEY v Scott STRANGE
0825 8 v 9 Retief GOOSEN v Anthony KIM

0835 4 v 13 Sergio GARCIA v Oliver WILSON
0845 5 v 12 Martin KAYMER v Robert ALLENBY

1235 3 v 14 Henrik STENSON v Simon DYSON
1245 6 v 11 Rory McILROY v Angel CABRERA

1255 2 v 15 Lee WESTWOOD v Jeev Milkha SINGH
1305 7 v 10 Camilo VILLEGAS v Ross FISHER

1325 1 v 9 Paul CASEY v Anthony KIM
1335 8 v 16 Retief GOOSEN v Scott STRANGE

1345 4 v 12 Sergio GARCIA v Robert ALLENBY
1355 5 v 13 Martin KAYMER v Oliver WILSON


FRIDAY

0815 3 v 11 Henrik STENSON v Angel CABRERA
0825 6 v 14 Rory McILROY v Simon DYSON

0835 2 v 10 Lee WESTWOOD v Ross FISHER
0845 7 v 15 Camilo VILLEGAS v Jeev Milkha SINGH

1235 1 v 8 Paul CASEY v Retief GOOSEN
1245 9 v 16 Anthony KIM v Scott STRANGE

1255 4 v 5 Sergio GARCIA v Martin KAYMER
1305 12 v 13 Robert ALLENBY v Oliver WILSON

1325 3 v 6 Henrik STENSON v Rory McILROY
1335 11 v 14 Angel CABRERA v Simon DYSON

1345 2 v 7 Lee WESTWOOD v Camilo VILLEGAS
1355 10 v 15 Ross FISHER v Jeev Milkha SINGH

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Groups and Draw Announced
10/26/2009

The groups and matches for the ‘round-robin’ stage of the 16-man Volvo World Match Play Championship are announced below with the players competing in an all new format at Finca Cortesin from the 29th October to 1st November.

Colin Montgomerie, the 2010 European Ryder Cup Captain commented, “Seeing the final draw totally justifies Volvo’s decision to change to the group format. There really are some tantalising match ups and it is going to be a thoroughly entertaining week for all the spectators. I am delighted that Volvo’s inaugural year partnering the World Match Play Championship has attracted such a world class field with their refreshed qualifying criteria. I am thoroughly looking forward to seeing how some of these intriguing match ups unfold. This will be very interesting viewing for me with my Ryder Cup hat on but as anyone who knows me will suspect, a big part of me will be wishing I was out there as one of the 16 qualified players!”

The 16-man field is grouped based on their seeding as determined by today’s Official World Golf Ranking. On Thursday and Friday each player will play their group members in a round robin format over full 18-hole matches with points awarded based upon a win, tie or loss. The leading player from each group will qualify for the semi-final knock out stage with aggregate number of holes won used to determine tied positions.

The winner of each group will qualify for the semi finals to be held on Saturday which, along with the final on Sunday, will be played over 36 holes in the traditional head-to-head match play format. The semi finals will be contested between the winner of Groups A & B and C & D.

GROUPS
SEVE BALLESTEROS MARK McCORMACK
(GROUP A) (GROUP B)
Seed 1 Paul Casey Seed 4 Sergio Garcia
Seed 8 Retief Goosen Seed 5 Martin Kaymer
Seed 9 Anthony Kim Seed 12 Robert Allenby
Seed 16 Scott Strange Seed 13 Oliver Wilson

GUSTAF LARSON ASSAR GABRIELSSON
(GROUP C) (GROUP D)
Seed 3 Henrik Stenson Seed 2 Lee Westwood
Seed 6 Rory McIlroy Seed 7 Camilo Villegas
Seed 11 Angel Cabrera Seed 10 Ross Fisher
Seed 14 Simon Dyson Seed 15 Jeev Milkha Singh

This will be worth watching. I'm keen to see how Villegas plays after his recent poor showing.