# 2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship

The 2011 Volvo World Match Play Championship was the 46th Volvo World Match Play Championship played. It was held 19–22 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.

## 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 players seeded by their Official World Golf Ranking. 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 | Lee Westwood | 1 |
| 2 | Luke Donald | 2 |
| 3 | Martin Kaymer | 3 |
| 4 | Graeme McDowell | 5 |
| 5 | Rory McIlroy | 6 |
| 6 | Paul Casey | 9 |
| 7 | Charl Schwartzel | 12 |
| 8 | Francesco Molinari | 21 |
| 9 | Ian Poulter | 22 |
| 10 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 25 |
| 11 | Álvaro Quirós | 26 |
| 12 | Retief Goosen | 27 |
| 13 | Louis Oosthuizen | 32 |
| 14 | Yang Yong-eun | 38 |
| 15 | Ryan Moore | 39 |
| 16 | Anders Hansen | 40 |
| 17 | Aaron Baddeley | 50 |
| 18 | Ross Fisher | 51 |
| 19 | Noh Seung-yul | 82 |
| 20 | Jhonattan Vegas | 96 |
| 21 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 108 |
| 22 | Søren Kjeldsen | 111 |
| 23 | Johan Edfors | 124 |
| 24 | Paul Lawrie | 133 |

## Pool play

Source
Pool Ballesteros :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Lee Westwood | 6 & 5 | Anders Hansen |
| Aaron Baddeley | 1 up | Anders Hansen |
| Lee Westwood | 4 & 3 | Aaron Baddeley |
* 1st – Westwood
* 2nd – Baddeley
* 3rd – Hansen
Pool Gabrielsson :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 6 & 5 | Charl Schwartzel |
| Johan Edfors | 2 & 1 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez |
| Charl Schwartzel | 5 & 4 | Johan Edfors |
* 1st – Schwartzel (Schwartzel wins at second extra hole.)
* 2nd – Edfors
* 3rd – Jiménez (Jiménez eliminated on first extra hole.)
Pool Palmer :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Martin Kaymer | 2 & 1 | Yang Yong-eun |
| Noh Seung-yul | 2 & 1 | Yang Yong-eun |
| Martin Kaymer | 2 & 1 | Noh Seung-yul |
* 1st – Kaymer
* 2nd – Noh
* 3rd – Yang
Pool Larson :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Rory McIlroy | 1 up | Retief Goosen |
| Nicolas Colsaerts | 1 up | Retief Goosen |
| Nicolas Colsaerts | 3 & 2 | Rory McIlroy |
* 1st – Colsaerts
* 2nd – McIlroy
* 3rd – Goosen
Pool Woosnam :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Graeme McDowell | 2 & 1 | Louis Oosthuizen |
| Jhonattan Vegas | 5 & 4 | Louis Oosthuizen |
| Graeme McDowell | 4 & 2 | Jhonattan Vegas |
* 1st – McDowell
* 2nd – Vegas
* 3rd – Oosthuizen
Pool Norman :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Álvaro Quirós | 3 & 1 | Paul Casey |
| Álvaro Quirós | 3 & 1 | Søren Kjeldsen |
| Søren Kjeldsen | 1 up | Paul Casey |
* 1st – Quirós
* 2nd – Kjeldsen
* 3rd – Casey
Pool McCormack :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Luke Donald | 5 & 4 | Ryan Moore |
| Ross Fisher | 2 & 1 | Ryan Moore |
| Luke Donald | 4 & 3 | Ross Fisher |
* 1st – Donald
* 2nd – Fisher
* 3rd – Moore
Pool Player :
| Winner | Score | Loser |
| Francesco Molinari | Halved | Ian Poulter |
| Ian Poulter | Halved | Paul Lawrie |
| Francesco Molinari | 3 & 2 | Paul Lawrie |
* 1st – Molinari
* 2nd – Poulter
* 3rd – Lawrie

## Playoffs

Source
| Round of 16 21 May, morning | Round of 16 21 May, morning | Quarter-finals 21 May, afternoon | Quarter-finals 21 May, afternoon | Semi-finals 22 May, morning | Semi-finals 22 May, morning | | Final 22 May, afternoon | Final 22 May, afternoon |
| Noh Seung-yul | | | | | | | | |
| Álvaro Quirós | 1up | | | | | | | |
| Álvaro Quirós | 1up | Álvaro Quirós | | | | | | |
| | | Martin Kaymer | 2up | | | | | |
| Martin Kaymer | 3&2 | Martin Kaymer | 2up | | | | | |
| Søren Kjeldsen | | | | | | | | |
| Søren Kjeldsen | | | | Martin Kaymer | | | | |
| | | | | Luke Donald | 5&3 | | | |
| Ross Fisher | | | | | | Luke Donald | 5&3 | | | |
| Charl Schwartzel | 1up | | | | | | | |
| Charl Schwartzel | 1up | Charl Schwartzel | | | | | | |
| | | Luke Donald | 2up | | | | | |
| Luke Donald | 19h | Luke Donald | 2up | | | | | |
| Johan Edfors | | | | | | | | |
| Johan Edfors | | | | | | | Luke Donald | |
| | | | | | | | Ian Poulter | 2&1 |
| Jhonattan Vegas | | | | | | | | | Ian Poulter | 2&1 |
| Nicolas Colsaerts | 1up | | | | | | | |
| Nicolas Colsaerts | 1up | Nicolas Colsaerts | 2&1 | | | | | |
| | | Graeme McDowell | | | | | | |
| Graeme McDowell | 3&2 | Graeme McDowell | | | | | | |
| Rory McIlroy | | | | | | | | |
| Rory McIlroy | | | | Nicolas Colsaerts | | | | |
| | | | | Ian Poulter | 19h | | | |
| Aaron Baddeley | | | | | | Ian Poulter | 19h | | | |
| Francesco Molinari | 3&2 | | | | | | | |
| Francesco Molinari | 3&2 | Francesco Molinari | | | | | | |
| | | Ian Poulter | 2up | | | | | |
| Lee Westwood | | Ian Poulter | 2up | | | | | |
| Ian Poulter | 1 up | | | | | | | |

## Prize money breakdown

Source:
| Place | Actual prize fund (€) | Race to Dubai fund (€) |
| Champion | 800,000 | 566,660 |
| Runner-up | 420,000 | 377,770 |
| Semi-finals losers x 2 | 220,000 | 119,400 |
| Quarter-finals losers x 4 | 115,000 | 112,500 |
| Round of 16 losers x 8 | 90,000 | 58,730 |
| Third place in pool x 8 | 70,000 | 40,540 |
| Total | €3,400,000 | 2,571,390 |