# 2013 Volvo World Match Play Championship

The 2013 Volvo World Match Play Championship was the 48th Volvo World Match Play Championship played. It was held 16–19 May, with the champion receiving €800,000. The format was 24 players split into eight pools of three, with the top two in each pool progressing to the knock-out stage. It was an official money event on the European Tour.
Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland defeated Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand, 2 & 1, in the final.

## Course

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
| Yards | 457 | 210 | 416 | 692 | 573 | 382 | 157 | 231 | 330 | 3,448 | 343 | 419 | 546 | 390 | 396 | 466 | 587 | 174 | 522 | 3,843 | 7,291 |
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 72 |

## Format

The 24 players were split into eight pools of three, with the top two in each pool seeded by their Official World Golf Ranking and the remaining eight randomly assigned to a pool. Within each pool, every player played each other in a round-robin format over 18-hole matches. Points were awarded based upon win (2), tie (1) or loss (0). The two leading players from each pool advanced to the knock-out stage. In case of ties, sudden-death playoffs were used to determine rankings.

## Participants

| Seed | Player | Rank |
| 1 | Graeme McDowell | 8 |
| 2 | Ian Poulter | 15 |
| 3 | Peter Hanson | 23 |
| 4 | Bo Van Pelt | 26 |
| 5 | Branden Grace | 31 |
| 6 | Henrik Stenson | 32 |
| 7 | Thorbjørn Olesen | 33 |
| 8 | Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño | 34 |
| 9 | Jamie Donaldson | 37 |
| 10 | Carl Pettersson | 39 |
| 11 | Francesco Molinari | 43 |
| 12 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 44 |
| 13 | Richard Sterne | 51 |
| 14 | George Coetzee | 52 |
| 15 | Thongchai Jaidee | 63 |
| 16 | Chris Wood | 66 |
| | Geoff Ogilvy | 69 |
| | Stephen Gallacher | 71 |
| | Brett Rumford | 76 |
| | Shane Lowry | 84 |
| | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 85 |
| | Scott Jamieson | 90 |
| | Thomas Aiken | 102 |
| | Felipe Aguilar | 127 |

## Pool play

* Round 1, 16 May
* Round 2, 17 May, morning
* Round 3, 17 May, afternoon
Source
Pool Ballesteros :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Graeme McDowell | 5 & 3 | Chris Wood |
| Chris Wood | 2 & 1 | Stephen Gallacher |
| Graeme McDowell | 4 & 2 | Stephen Gallacher |
* 1st – McDowell
* 2nd – Wood
* 3rd – Gallacher
Pool Gabrielsson :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Thongchai Jaidee | 3 & 2 | Ian Poulter |
| Thongchai Jaidee | 1 up | Thomas Aiken |
| Thomas Aiken | 1 up | Ian Poulter |
* 1st – Jaidee
* 2nd – Aiken
* 3rd – Poulter
Pool Palmer :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Peter Hanson | 2 & 1 | George Coetzee |
| George Coetzee | 3 & 2 | Shane Lowry |
| Shane Lowry | 5 & 4 | Peter Hanson |
* 1st – Lowry (Lowry takes first place with birdie on second extra hole.)
* 2nd – Hanson (Hanson takes second place with par on second extra hole.)
* 3rd – Coetzee
Pool Larson :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Bo Van Pelt | Halved | Richard Sterne |
| Richard Sterne | 5 & 4 | Geoff Ogilvy |
| Bo Van Pelt | Halved | Geoff Ogilvy |
* 1st – Sterne
* 2nd – Van Pelt
* 3rd – Ogilvy
Pool Woosnam :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Branden Grace | 4 & 3 | Nicolas Colsaerts |
| Nicolas Colsaerts | 3 & 2 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat |
| Branden Grace | Halved | Kiradech Aphibarnrat |
* 1st – Grace
* 2nd – Colsaerts
* 3rd – Aphibarnrat
Pool Norman :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Francesco Molinari | 2 & 1 | Henrik Stenson |
| Francesco Molinari | 4 & 3 | Felipe Aguilar |
| Felipe Aguilar | 3 & 1 | Henrik Stenson |
* 1st – Molinari
* 2nd – Aguilar
* 3rd – Stenson
Pool McCormack :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Carl Pettersson | 4 & 3 | Thorbjørn Olesen |
| Scott Jamieson | 1 up | Carl Pettersson |
| Scott Jamieson | 5 & 3 | Thorbjørn Olesen |
* 1st – Jamieson
* 2nd – Pettersson
* 3rd – Olesen
Pool Player :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño | 1 up | Jamie Donaldson |
| Brett Rumford | 5 & 3 | Jamie Donaldson |
| Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño | 3 & 2 | Brett Rumford |
* 1st – Fernández-Castaño
* 2nd – Rumford
* 3rd – Donaldson

## Playoffs

Source
| Round of 16 18 May, morning | Round of 16 18 May, morning | Quarter-finals 18 May, afternoon | Quarter-finals 18 May, afternoon | Semi-finals 19 May, morning | Semi-finals 19 May, morning | | Final 19 May, afternoon | Final 19 May, afternoon |
| Francesco Molinari | 6&4 | | | | | | | |
| Carl Pettersson | | | | | | | | |
| Carl Pettersson | | Francesco Molinari | | | | | | |
| | | Thomas Aiken | 3&2 | | | | | |
| Shane Lowry | | Thomas Aiken | 3&2 | | | | | |
| Thomas Aiken | 19 h | | | | | | | |
| Thomas Aiken | 19 h | | | Thomas Aiken | | | | |
| | | | | Thongchai Jaidee | 3&2 | | | |
| Scott Jamieson | 1 up | | | | | Thongchai Jaidee | 3&2 | | | |
| Felipe Aguilar | | | | | | | | |
| Felipe Aguilar | | Scott Jamieson | | | | | | |
| | | Thongchai Jaidee | 4&3 | | | | | |
| Thongchai Jaidee | 21 h | Thongchai Jaidee | 4&3 | | | | | |
| Peter Hanson | | | | | | | | |
| Peter Hanson | | | | | | | Thongchai Jaidee | |
| | | | | | | | Graeme McDowell | 2&1 |
| Richard Sterne | | | | | | | | | Graeme McDowell | 2&1 |
| Chris Wood | 5&3 | | | | | | | |
| Chris Wood | 5&3 | Chris Wood | | | | | | |
| | | Branden Grace | 2&1 | | | | | |
| Branden Grace | 4&3 | Branden Grace | 2&1 | | | | | |
| Brett Rumford | | | | | | | | |
| Brett Rumford | | | | Branden Grace | | | | |
| | | | | Graeme McDowell | 3&2 | | | |
| Graeme McDowell | 1 up | | | | | Graeme McDowell | 3&2 | | | |
| Bo Van Pelt | | | | | | | | |
| Bo Van Pelt | | Graeme McDowell | 2&1 | | | | | |
| | | Nicolas Colsaerts | | | | | | |
| Gonzalo F'dez-Castaño | | Nicolas Colsaerts | | | | | | |
| Nicolas Colsaerts | 2 up | | | | | | | |

## Prize money breakdown

Source:
| Place | Actual prize fund (€) | Race to Dubai fund (€) |
| Champion | 800,000 | 499,999 |
| Runner-up | 400,000 | 333,333 |
| Semi-finals losers x 2 | 200,000 | 168,900 |
| Quarter-finals losers x 4 | 100,000 | 99,300 |
| Round of 16 losers x 8 | 75,000 | 51,825 |
| Third place in pool x 8 | 50,000 | 35,775 |
| Total | €3,000,000 | €2,269,132 |