# 2012 Volvo World Match Play Championship

The 2012 Volvo World Match Play Championship was the 47th Volvo World Match Play Championship played. It was held 17–20 May, with the champion receiving €700,000. 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.

## Course

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
| Yards | 471 | 215 | 541 | 334 | 575 | 195 | 494 | 574 | 352 | 3,751 | 188 | 627 | 224 | 413 | 353 | 525 | 464 | 177 | 568 | 3,539 | 7,290 |
| Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 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 | Martin Kaymer | 9 |
| 2 | Justin Rose | 12 |
| 3 | Charl Schwartzel | 15 |
| 4 | Graeme McDowell | 20 |
| 5 | Sergio García | 23 |
| 6 | Peter Hanson | 24 |
| 7 | Brandt Snedeker | 26 |
| 8 | Ian Poulter | 28 |
| 9 | John Senden | 35 |
| 10 | Thomas Bjørn | 37 |
| 11 | Paul Lawrie | 41 |
| 12 | Álvaro Quirós | 42 |
| 13 | Robert Karlsson | 46 |
| 14 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 51 |
| 15 | Robert Rock | 59 |
| 16 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 61 |
| | Branden Grace | 65 |
| | Retief Goosen | 66 |
| | Darren Clarke | 70 |
| | Jbe' Kruger | 119 |
| | Camilo Villegas | 126 |
| | Tetsuji Hiratsuka | 133 |
| | Tom Lewis | 175 |
| | Richard Finch | 218 |

## Pool play

Source
Pool Ballesteros :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 3 & 2 | Martin Kaymer |
| Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 4 & 2 | Richard Finch |
| Richard Finch | 1 up | Martin Kaymer |
* 1st – Cabrera-Bello
* 2nd – Finch
* 3rd – Kaymer
Pool Gabrielsson :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Justin Rose | 7 & 6 | Robert Rock |
| Robert Rock | 2 up | Darren Clarke |
| Justin Rose | 6 & 4 | Darren Clarke |
* 1st – Rose
* 2nd – Rock
* 3rd – Clarke
Pool Palmer :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Charl Schwartzel | Halved | Nicolas Colsaerts |
| Retief Goosen | 1 up | Nicolas Colsaerts |
| Retief Goosen | 4 & 3 | Charl Schwartzel |
* 1st – Goosen
* 2nd – Colsaerts (Colsaerts wins at the first extra hole against Schwartzel.)
* 3rd – Schwartzel
Pool Larson :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Graeme McDowell | 1 up | Robert Karlsson |
| Robert Karlsson | Halved | Jbe' Kruger |
| Graeme McDowell | 4 & 3 | Jbe' Kruger |
* 1st – McDowell
* 2nd – Karlsson (Karlsson wins at the first extra hole against Kruger.)
* 3rd – Kruger
Pool Woosnam :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Sergio García | 2 & 1 | Álvaro Quirós |
| Álvaro Quirós | 5 & 4 | Tetsuji Hiratsuka |
| Sergio García | 4 & 2 | Tetsuji Hiratsuka |
* 1st – García
* 2nd – Quirós
* 3rd – Hiratsuka
Pool Norman :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Paul Lawrie | 2 & 1 | Peter Hanson |
| Paul Lawrie | Halved | Camilo Villegas |
| Camilo Villegas | 6 & 4 | Peter Hanson |
* 1st – Lawrie (Lawrie wins at the first extra hole against Villegas.)
* 2nd – Villegas
* 3rd – Hanson
Pool McCormack :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Brandt Snedeker | 5 & 4 | Thomas Bjørn |
| Thomas Bjørn | 2 & 1 | Branden Grace |
| Branden Grace | 4 & 3 | Brandt Snedeker |
* 1st – Snedeker (Snedeker wins at the first extra hole against Bjørn and Grace.)
* 2nd – Bjørn (Bjørn wins at the second extra hole against Grace.)
* 3rd – Grace
Pool Player :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Ian Poulter | 3 & 2 | John Senden |
| Tom Lewis | 1 up | John Senden |
| Ian Poulter | 4 & 3 | Tom Lewis |
* 1st – Poulter
* 2nd – Lewis
* 3rd – Senden

## Playoffs

Source
| Round of 16 19 May, morning | Round of 16 19 May, morning | Quarter-finals 19 May, afternoon | Quarter-finals 19 May, afternoon | Semi-finals 20 May, morning | Semi-finals 20 May, morning | | Final 20 May, afternoon | Final 20 May, afternoon |
| Sergio García | 4&3 | | | | | | | |
| Tom Lewis | | | | | | | | |
| Tom Lewis | | Sergio García | | | | | | |
| | | Graeme McDowell | 19 h | | | | | |
| Graeme McDowell | 3&2 | Graeme McDowell | 19 h | | | | | |
| Richard Finch | | | | | | | | |
| Richard Finch | | | | Graeme McDowell | 20 h | | | |
| | | | | Paul Lawrie | | | | |
| Paul Lawrie | 5&4 | | | | | Paul Lawrie | | | | |
| Thomas Bjørn | | | | | | | | |
| Thomas Bjørn | | Paul Lawrie | 6&5 | | | | | |
| | | Retief Goosen | | | | | | |
| Retief Goosen | 3&2 | Retief Goosen | | | | | | |
| Robert Rock | | | | | | | | |
| Robert Rock | | | | | | | Graeme McDowell | |
| | | | | | | | Nicolas Colsaerts | 1 up |
| Brandt Snedeker | 3&2 | | | | | | | | Nicolas Colsaerts | 1 up |
| Camilo Villegas | | | | | | | | |
| Camilo Villegas | | Brandt Snedeker | | | | | | |
| | | Nicolas Colsaerts | 4&3 | | | | | |
| Justin Rose | | Nicolas Colsaerts | 4&3 | | | | | |
| Nicolas Colsaerts | 4&3 | | | | | | | |
| Nicolas Colsaerts | 4&3 | | | Nicolas Colsaerts | 2 up | | | |
| | | | | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | | | | |
| Ian Poulter | | | | | | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | | | | |
| Álvaro Quirós | 4&3 | | | | | | | |
| Álvaro Quirós | 4&3 | Álvaro Quirós | | | | | | |
| | | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 3&1 | | | | | |
| Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 1 up | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 3&1 | | | | | |
| Robert Karlsson | | | | | | | | |

## Prize money breakdown

Source:
| Place | Actual prize fund (€) | Race to Dubai fund (€) |
| Champion | 700,000 | 458,333 |
| Runner-up | 360,000 | 305,555 |
| Semi-finals losers x 2 | 180,000 | 154,825 |
| Quarter-finals losers x 4 | 92,500 | 91,025 |
| Round of 16 losers x 8 | 70,000 | 47,506 |
| Third place in pool x 8 | 50,000 | 32,794 |
| Total | €2,750,000 | 2,080,038 |