# 2002 Seve Trophy

The 2002 Seve Trophy golf tournament took place 19–21 April at Druids Glen, Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow, Ireland. The team captain for Great Britain and Ireland was Colin Montgomerie, with the captain for Continental Europe being Seve Ballesteros. The competition was won by Great Britain and Ireland.

## Format

The teams competed over three days with four greensomes matches and four foursomes matches on Friday, four fourball matches and four foursomes matches on Saturday and ten singles on Sunday.
Each member of the winner team received €150,000, the losing team €90,000 each, giving a total prize fund of €2,400,000.

## Teams

Both captains played and had one wild card selection each. The remaining 8 players in each team were the top 8 from the Seve Trophy points table, which started with the Open de Espana (19–22 April 2001) and which was finalised on 31 March 2002.
Team GB&I :
| Name | Country | Qualification |
| Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | Playing captain |
| Paul Casey | England | Seve Trophy points |
| Darren Clarke | Northern Ireland | Seve Trophy points |
| Pádraig Harrington | Ireland | Seve Trophy points |
| Paul Lawrie | Scotland | Seve Trophy points |
| Andrew Oldcorn | Scotland | Seve Trophy points |
| Paul McGinley | Ireland | Seve Trophy points |
| Steve Webster | England | Seve Trophy points |
| Ian Woosnam | Wales | Seve Trophy points |
| Lee Westwood | England | Captain's pick |
Oldcorn was a late replacement for David Howell.
Team Continental Europe :
| Name | Country | Qualification |
| Seve Ballesteros | Spain | Playing captain |
| Thomas Bjørn | Denmark | Seve Trophy points |
| Niclas Fasth | Sweden | Seve Trophy points |
| Mathias Grönberg | Sweden | Seve Trophy points |
| Raphaël Jacquelin | France | Seve Trophy points |
| Miguel Ángel Jiménez | Spain | Seve Trophy points |
| Robert Karlsson | Sweden | Seve Trophy points |
| Thomas Levet | France | Seve Trophy points |
| José María Olazábal | Spain | Seve Trophy points |
| Alex Čejka | Germany | Captain's pick |
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## Day one

Friday, 19 April 2002

### Morning greensomes

| | Results | |
| Montgomerie/Lawrie | 2 & 1 | Bjørn/Karlsson |
| Woosnam/Webster | 3 & 2 | Olazábal/Jiménez |
| Harrington/McGinley | 1 up | Grönberg/Čejka |
| Westwood/Clarke | 2 & 1 | Levet/Jacquelin |
| 2 | Session | 2 |
| 2 | Overall | 2 |
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### Afternoon foursomes

| | Results | |
| Montgomerie/Oldcorn | 2 & 1 | Fasth/Karlsson |
| Webster/Casey | 1 up | Olazábal/Jiménez |
| Harrington/McGinley | 1 up | Jacquelin/Levet |
| Clarke/Westwood | 3 & 2 | Bjørn/Čejka |
| 3 | Session | 1 |
| 5 | Overall | 3 |
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## Day two

Saturday, 20 April 2002

### Morning fourball

| | Results | |
| Lawrie/Casey | 2 & 1 | Bjørn/Fasth |
| Montgomerie/Woosnam | 4 & 3 | Karlsson/Grönberg |
| Harrington/McGinley | 2 & 1 | Olazábal/Ballesteros |
| Westwood/Clarke | 1 up | Jacquelin/Jiménez |
| 3 | Session | 1 |
| 8 | Overall | 4 |
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### Afternoon foursomes

| | Results | |
| Woosnam/Webster | halved | Bjørn/Karlsson |
| Harrington/McGinley | 1 up | Čejka/Fasth |
| Lawrie/Oldcorn | halved | Levet/Jacquelin |
| Montgomerie/Clarke | 1 up | Olazábal/Jiménez |
| 2 | Session | 2 |
| 10 | Overall | 6 |
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## Day three

Sunday, 21 April 2002

### Singles

| | Results | |
| Colin Montgomerie | 1 up | Seve Ballesteros |
| Darren Clarke | 4 & 3 | Thomas Bjørn |
| Paul Casey | 4 & 3 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez |
| Paul Lawrie | 1 up | Robert Karlsson |
| Andrew Oldcorn | halved | Niclas Fasth |
| Lee Westwood | 3 & 2 | Raphaël Jacquelin |
| Pádraig Harrington | 3 & 2 | José María Olazábal |
| Paul McGinley | 4 & 3 | Mathias Grönberg |
| Steve Webster | 2 & 1 | Thomas Levet |
| Ian Woosnam | 5 & 4 | Alex Čejka |
| 4½ | Session | 5½ |
| 14½ | Overall | 11½ |
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