# 2005 Seve Trophy

The 2005 Seve Trophy took place 22–25 September at Wynyard Golf Club, in North East England. The team captain for Great Britain and Ireland was Colin Montgomerie, with the captain for Continental Europe being José María Olazábal. The overall tournament host was Seve Ballesteros as he was unable to compete through injury. The trophy was retained for the second time by Great Britain and Ireland.

## Format

The format remained the same as in 2003 with the teams competing over four days with five fourball matches on both Thursday and Friday, four greensomes matches on Saturday morning, four foursomes matches on Saturday afternoon and ten singles on Sunday. It means a total of 28 points were available with 14½ points required for victory.
Each member of the winner team received €125,000, the losing team €75,000 each, giving a total prize fund of €2,000,000.

## Teams

The teams were made up of the captain, the leading four players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of Monday 5 September 2005, the leading four players (not otherwise qualified) from the European Order of Merit after the Linde German Masters (11 September 2005), and one captain's pick.
Team GB&I :
| Name | Country | Qualification |
| Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | Playing captain |
| Pádraig Harrington | Ireland | World rankings |
| David Howell | England | World rankings |
| Paul McGinley | Ireland | World rankings |
| Graeme McDowell | Northern Ireland | World rankings |
| Nick Dougherty | England | European points |
| Stephen Dodd | Wales | European points |
| Ian Poulter | England | European points |
| Bradley Dredge | Wales | European points |
| Paul Casey | England | Captain's pick |
Team Continental Europe :
| Name | Country | Qualification |
| José María Olazábal | Spain | Playing Captain |
| Thomas Bjørn | Denmark | World rankings |
| Miguel Ángel Jiménez | Spain | World rankings |
| Henrik Stenson | Sweden | World rankings |
| Niclas Fasth | Sweden | World rankings |
| Peter Hanson | Sweden | European points |
| Maarten Lafeber | Netherlands | European points |
| Jean-François Remésy | France | European points |
| Emanuele Canonica | Italy | European points |
| Thomas Levet | France | Captain's pick |

## Day one

Thursday, 22 September 2005

### Fourball

| | Results | |
| Poulter/Dougherty | 2 up | Bjørn/Stenson |
| Montgomerie/McDowell | 4 & 2 | Lafeber/Canonica |
| Dodd/Dredge | 4 & 2 | Jiménez/Olazábal |
| Howell/Casey | 3 & 2 | Fasth/Hanson |
| Harrington/McGinley | 1 up | Remésy/Levet |
| 1 | Session | 4 |
| 1 | Overall | 4 |
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## Day two

Friday, 23 September 2005

### Fourball

| | Results | |
| McGinley/Harrington | 3 & 1 | Fasth/Hanson |
| Casey/Howell | 5 & 4 | Jiménez/Olazábal |
| Montgomerie/McDowell | 3 & 2 | Bjørn/Stenson |
| Dodd/Dredge | 2 up | Lafeber/Canonica |
| Dougherty/Poulter | 5 & 4 | Remésy/Levet |
| 3 | Session | 2 |
| 4 | Overall | 6 |
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## Day three

Saturday, 24 September 2005

### Morning greensomes

| | Results | |
| McGinley/Harrington | 3 & 2 | Levet/Olazábal |
| Howell/Casey | 2 up | Fasth/Hanson |
| Dodd/McDowell | halved | Jiménez/Canonica |
| Poulter/Dougherty | halved | Bjørn/Stenson |
| 3 | Session | 1 |
| 7 | Overall | 7 |
Source:

### Afternoon foursomes

| | Results | |
| McGinley/Harrington | halved | Levet/Remésy |
| Howell/Casey | 2 & 1 | Jiménez/Canonica |
| Dredge/Poulter | 1 up | Fasth/Stenson |
| Montgomerie/Dougherty | 1 up | Bjørn/Lafeber |
| 2½ | Session | 1½ |
| 9½ | Overall | 8½ |
Source:

## Day four

Sunday, 25 September 2005

### Singles

| | Results | |
| Colin Montgomerie | 2 & 1 | José María Olazábal |
| Paul Casey | 4 & 3 | Niclas Fasth |
| Ian Poulter | halved | Peter Hanson |
| David Howell | 6 & 5 | Thomas Bjørn |
| Stephen Dodd | 2 & 1 | Jean-François Remésy |
| Bradley Dredge | 2 & 1 | Thomas Levet |
| Graeme McDowell | 5 & 4 | Maarten Lafeber |
| Paul McGinley | 1 up | Miguel Ángel Jiménez |
| Pádraig Harrington | 2 & 1 | Emanuele Canonica |
| Nick Dougherty | halved | Henrik Stenson |
| 7 | Session | 3 |
| 16½ | Overall | 11½ |
Source: