The 2002

Seve Trophy The Seve Trophy was a biennial golf tournament between teams of professional male golfers; one team representing Great Britain and Ireland, the other team representing Continental Europe. The tournament was played in years when there is no Ryd ...

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tournament took place 19–21 April at

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. The team captain for Great Britain and Ireland was

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, with the captain for Continental Europe being

Seve Ballesteros Severiano Ballesteros Sota (; 9 April 1957 – 7 May 2011) was a Spanish professional golfer, a World No. 1 who was one of the sport's leading figures from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. A member of a gifted golfing family, he won 90 inte ...

. The competition was won by Great Britain and Ireland.

Format

The teams competed over three days with four

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matches and four

foursomes Foursomes, also known as alternate shot, is a pairs playing format in the sport of golf. Golfers compete in teams of two, using only one ball per team, and taking alternate shots until the hole is completed. Team members take turns in teeing off ...

matches on Friday, four fourball matches and four

matches on Saturday and ten singles on Sunday. Each member of the winner team received

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150,000, the losing team €90,000 each, giving a total prize fund of €2,400,000.

Teams

Both captains played and had one wild card selection each. The remaining 8 players in each team were the top 8 from the Seve Trophy points table, which started with the Open de Espana (19–22 April 2001) and which was finalised on 31 March 2002. Oldcorn was a late replacement for David Howell. Source:

Day one

''Friday, 19 April 2002''

Morning greensomes

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Afternoon foursomes

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Day two

''Saturday, 20 April 2002''

Morning fourball

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Afternoon foursomes

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Day three

''Sunday, 21 April 2002''

Singles

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References

External links

Coverage on the European Tour's official site
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