| Seve Trophy | |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Venue: | Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche |
| Location: | Paris, France |
| Dates: | 3–6 October |
| Home: | Europe |
| Away: | GB&I |
| Homecaptain: | José María Olazábal |
| Awaycaptain: | Sam Torrance |
| Homescore: | 15 |
| Awayscore: | 13 |
| Result: | Continental Europe wins |
The 2013 Seve Trophy by Golf+, the eighth edition of the Seve Trophy, was played 3–6 October at Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche in France. The team captain for Great Britain and Ireland was Sam Torrance, while the captain for Continental Europe was José María Olazábal.[1] The contest took place at the same time as the 2013 Presidents Cup, unlike 2009 and 2011 when it was scheduled during the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoffs. Continental Europe won the tournament by 15 to 13, their first victory since 2000.[2] [3] [4]
The teams competed over four days with five fourball matches on both Thursday and Friday, four foursomes matches on Saturday morning, a further four foursomes matches on Saturday afternoon and ten singles matches on Sunday. This means that a total of 28 points were available with 14½ points required for victory. This was the first Seve Trophy without any greensome matches.[1]
The total prize fund was €1,750,000.[5]
The teams are made up of five leading players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of 23 September 2013 and five leading players (not otherwise qualified) from the Race to Dubai at the conclusion of the Italian Open (22 September 2013).[6] [7] There were a number of players (listed after each table below) who qualified for the trophy, but pulled out.
Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño was a late replacement for Peter Hanson who withdrew from the Continental Europe team with a back injury.[8] Hanson had qualified as one of the leading 5 players in the World Rankings (world ranked 39). After his withdrawal his place amongst the World Rankings qualifiers was taken by Nicolas Colsaerts who had previously qualified through the Race to Dubai list. Colsaerts' place in the Race to Dubai list was taken by Fernández-Castaño.[9]
| Team GB&I | |||||
| Name | Country | Qualification | World Ranking | Race to Dubai | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Torrance | Non-playing captain | — | — | ||
| Jamie Donaldson | World Rankings | 43 | 19 | ||
| David Lynn | World Rankings | 52 | 102 | ||
| Stephen Gallacher | World Rankings | 63 | 15 | ||
| Chris Wood | World Rankings | 67 | 25 | ||
| Paul Lawrie | World Rankings | 69 | 57 | ||
| Marc Warren | Race to Dubai | 107 | 23 | ||
| Scott Jamieson | Race to Dubai | 111 | 24 | ||
| Paul Casey | Race to Dubai | 101 | 29 | ||
| Tommy Fleetwood | Race to Dubai | 154 | 32 | ||
| Simon Khan | Race to Dubai | 145 | 38 | ||
The following players qualified but did not play: Justin Rose (world ranking - 5), Rory McIlroy (6), Graeme McDowell (11), Luke Donald (15), Lee Westwood (18), Ian Poulter (20) and Martin Laird (59).
| Team Continental Europe | |||||
| Name | Country | Qualification | World Ranking | Race to Dubai | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| José María Olazábal | Non-playing captain | — | — | ||
| Matteo Manassero | World Rankings | 31 | 5 | ||
| Miguel Ángel Jiménez | World Rankings | 45 | 14 | ||
| Thomas Bjørn | World Rankings | 46 | 8 | ||
| Francesco Molinari | World Rankings | 47 | 28 | ||
| Nicolas Colsaerts | World Rankings | 51 | 27 | ||
| Joost Luiten | Race to Dubai | 55 | 11 | ||
| Mikko Ilonen | Race to Dubai | 73 | 16 | ||
| Thorbjørn Olesen | Race to Dubai | 49 | 21 | ||
| Grégory Bourdy | Race to Dubai | 121 | 22 | ||
| Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño | Race to Dubai | 54 | 31 | ||
The following players qualified but did not play: Henrik Stenson (world ranking - 4), Sergio García (17), Jonas Blixt (35) and Martin Kaymer (42).
3 October 2013
| Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bjørn/Jiménez | 3 & 2 | Lawrie/Gallacher | |
| Ilonen/Olesen | 1 up | Fleetwood/Wood | |
| Molinari/Manassero | halved | Casey/Khan | |
| Luiten/Bourdy | 2 & 1 | Donaldson/Lynn | |
| Colsaerts/Fdez-Castaño | 5 & 3 | Warren/Jamieson | |
| 3½ | Session | 1½ | |
| 3½ | Overall | 1½ |
4 October 2013
| Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilonen/Olesen | 3 & 2 | Casey/Khan | |
| Molinari/Manassero | 1 up | Lynn/Jamieson | |
| Bjørn/Jiménez | 4 & 2 | Donaldson/Warren | |
| Luiten/Bourdy | 1 up | Fleetwood/Wood | |
| Colsaerts/Fdez-Castaño | 6 & 5 | Lawrie/Gallacher | |
| 2 | Session | 3 | |
| 5½ | Overall | 4½ |
5 October 2013
| Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Colsaerts/Fdez-Castaño | halved | Lawrie/Gallacher | |
| Luiten/Bourdy | 2 & 1 | Donaldson/Warren | |
| Olesen/Molinari | 2 & 1 | Wood/Jamieson | |
| Jiménez/Manassero | 1 up | Casey/Fleetwood | |
| 2½ | Session | 1½ | |
| 8 | Overall | 6 |
| Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Colsaerts/Fdez-Castaño | 2 & 1 | Lawrie/Gallacher | |
| Bjørn/Ilonen | 2 & 1 | Donaldson/Warren | |
| Luiten/Bourdy | 2 up | Wood/Jamieson | |
| Jiménez/Manassero | 1 up | Casey/Lynn | |
| 1 | Session | 3 | |
| 9 | Overall | 9 |
6 October 2013
| Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzalo Fdez-Castaño | halved | Jamie Donaldson | |
| Nicolas Colsaerts | 1 up | Paul Casey | |
| Joost Luiten | 3 & 2 | Tommy Fleetwood | |
| Thomas Bjørn | halved | Simon Khan | |
| Grégory Bourdy | 5 & 3 | Scott Jamieson | |
| Thorbjørn Olesen | 4 & 3 | Marc Warren | |
| Matteo Manassero | 3 & 2 | Stephen Gallacher | |
| Mikko Ilonen | 2 & 1 | Paul Lawrie | |
| Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 6 & 4 | David Lynn | |
| Francesco Molinari | 3 & 2 | Chris Wood | |
| 6 | Session | 4 | |
| 15 | Overall | 13 |
Source:[10]