Volvo World Matchplay

[funkyfred]

Returns this Thursday in Spain with 24 players in 8 groups of 3.

Can anyone explain how it all works. I understand that 16 players are left on Saturday morning, but how does the group stage work?

 

[lobthewedge]

The field of 24 players will be drawn into eight groups of three.

Group matches will be played on Thursday and Friday. The top two players in each group will progress to the knock-out stages consisting of the last 16 and quarter-finals, played on Saturday and semi-finals and final, played on Sunday.

All matches will be contested over 18 holes of traditional match play.

In the round-robin group stages of the tournament players will be grouped according to their Official World Golf Ranking as of the Monday of the Championship. The three players in each group will play each other once. Players will be awarded two points for a win and no points for a loss. If a match is tied after 18 holes each player shall receive one point. If, after all matches have been played, two or more players are tied on points the following criteria will be used to determine the order:

i) Where two players are tied within a group (in any position within the group) then their specific head to head match result will be used to identify which player is placed higher

ii) If two or more players are still tied then those players will compete in a hole-by-hole play-off.

iii) If all three players win one match in their respective group then all three players shall play-off.

NB: there will be no third/fourth play-off match on Sunday.


(Cut and Paste from Tournament website)

 

[funkyfred]

So each group has 3 games? so one player will play 2 games in one day, whilst the other two players will play one round on each of the first two days.

And how is the draw for the last 16 done. Is it like the FA Cup and each player is given a number and then drawn out of the hat. Or is it put into ranking order, i.e the lowest plays the highest.

No doubt it will be exciting, but it sounds a mess.

 

[lobthewedge]

So each group has 3 games? so one player will play 2 games in one day, whilst the other two players will play one round on each of the first two days.

And how is the draw for the last 16 done. Is it like the FA Cup and each player is given a number and then drawn out of the hat. Or is it put into ranking order, i.e the lowest plays the highest.

No doubt it will be exciting, but it sounds a mess.

No idea how they plan to do it, but youre right it should be exciting. Bloody brilliant field competing this week and about time the tournament was brought back to its former glory as one of the tours real flagship events.
If only some of the better/higher ranked yanks saw it that way too? But bugger it, who needs them, Quiros to win!

 

[Aztecs27]

So each group has 3 games? so one player will play 2 games in one day, whilst the other two players will play one round on each of the first two days.

And how is the draw for the last 16 done. Is it like the FA Cup and each player is given a number and then drawn out of the hat. Or is it put into ranking order, i.e the lowest plays the highest.

No doubt it will be exciting, but it sounds a mess.

No idea how they plan to do it, but youre right it should be exciting. Bloody brilliant field competing this week and about time the tournament was brought back to its former glory as one of the tours real flagship events.
If only some of the better/higher ranked yanks saw it that way too? But bugger it, who needs them, Quiros to win!

Double standards with the fecking yanks. They moan when Westwood and McIlroy (who aren't part of the PGA Tour) choose not to play at the Players, but which big US names chose to play at the volvo this week?? Oh yea, Ryan Moore and...er....nope that's it.

The PGA (along with Butch "beady eye" Harmon and Johnny "fud" Miller) can go feck themselves.

 

[lobthewedge]

So each group has 3 games? so one player will play 2 games in one day, whilst the other two players will play one round on each of the first two days.

And how is the draw for the last 16 done. Is it like the FA Cup and each player is given a number and then drawn out of the hat. Or is it put into ranking order, i.e the lowest plays the highest.

No doubt it will be exciting, but it sounds a mess.

No idea how they plan to do it, but youre right it should be exciting. Bloody brilliant field competing this week and about time the tournament was brought back to its former glory as one of the tours real flagship events.
If only some of the better/higher ranked yanks saw it that way too? But bugger it, who needs them, Quiros to win!

Double standards with the fecking yanks. They moan when Westwood and McIlroy (who aren't part of the PGA Tour) choose not to play at the Players, but which big US names chose to play at the volvo this week?? Oh yea, Ryan Moore and...er....nope that's it.

The PGA (along with Butch "beady eye" Harmon and Johnny "fud" Miller) can go feck themselves.

Message to JM Olazabal - "Motivational speaker available for hire, have gap in the diary Sep/Oct 2012. Contact Aztecs c/o Golf Monthly Forum"

 

[Aztecs27]

So each group has 3 games? so one player will play 2 games in one day, whilst the other two players will play one round on each of the first two days.

And how is the draw for the last 16 done. Is it like the FA Cup and each player is given a number and then drawn out of the hat. Or is it put into ranking order, i.e the lowest plays the highest.

No doubt it will be exciting, but it sounds a mess.

No idea how they plan to do it, but youre right it should be exciting. Bloody brilliant field competing this week and about time the tournament was brought back to its former glory as one of the tours real flagship events.
If only some of the better/higher ranked yanks saw it that way too? But bugger it, who needs them, Quiros to win!

Double standards with the fecking yanks. They moan when Westwood and McIlroy (who aren't part of the PGA Tour) choose not to play at the Players, but which big US names chose to play at the volvo this week?? Oh yea, Ryan Moore and...er....nope that's it.

The PGA (along with Butch "beady eye" Harmon and Johnny "fud" Miller) can go feck themselves.

Message to JM Olazabal - "Motivational speaker available for hire, have gap in the diary Sep/Oct 2012. Contact Aztecs c/o Golf Monthly Forum"

Having 4 of them in the world's top 10 is 4 too many imho. I would love to see the day that the top 10 golfers in the world are all European.

 

[Region3]

It's by invitation (qualification) only.

Have many Americans qualified and turned it down?

The field will comprise 24 qualifiers determined by the following criteria:

Defending Champion
Winner of the 2010 Volvo China Open
The leading two players** (not otherwise exempt above) from the 2010 Andalucía Valderrama Masters
The leading player** (not otherwise exempt above) from the 2010 Dubai World Championship
The top four players (not otherwise exempt above) from the final 2010 European Tour Race to Dubai Rankings
The leading player** (not otherwise exempt above) from the 2011 Abu Dhabi Golf Championship
The leading player** (not otherwise exempt above) from the 2011 Volvo Golf Champions
The leading two players** (not otherwise exempt above) from the 2011 Open de Andalucía
The leading player (not otherwise exempt above), based upon his nationality, listed on the Official World Golf Ranking, from each of the following regions following the completion of the 2011 US Masters
Europe
Africa/Middle East
North America
South America
Asia (comprising China, SE Asia, India, Japan and Korea)
Australasia (comprising Australia, Fiji and New Zealand)
The leading player (not otherwise exempt above) from the Official World Golf Ranking following the completion of the 2011 US Masters
The leading two players (not otherwise exempt above) from the 2011 European Tour Race to Dubai Rankings following the completion of the 2011 US Masters
The leading player** (not otherwise exempt above) from the 2011 Volvo China Open
One sponsor invite taken from the top 50 from the Official World GolfRanking following the completion of the 2011 US Masters