Dates: Friday, April 14th through Sunday, April 16th
Site: Sunningdale Golf Club (Old Course), Sunningdale, Surrey, England
Course Architect: Willie Park (1901)
Annual: 1st
Total Purse: £1,400,000
Share: Winning team - £90,000; Runner-up - £55,000
Teams Competing and Country
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Continenal Europe Great Britian/Ireland
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Thomas Bjorn, Denmark John Bickerton, England
Alex Cejka, Germany Darren Clarke, Northern Ireland
Sergio Garcia, Spain Padraig Harrington, Ireland
Miguel Angel Jimenez, Spain David Howell, England
Robert Karlsson, Sweden Paul Lawrie, Scotland
Bernhard Langer, Germany Gary Orr, Scotland
Jose Maria Olazabal, Spain Phillip Price, Wales
Jarmo Sandelin, Sweden Lee Westwood, England
Jean Van de Velde, France Ian Woosnam , Wales
Seve Ballesteros - Captain, Spain Colin Montgomerie - Captain, Scotland
This is the inaugural year
of the tournament which is sponsored by Eurobet, the online betting arm of the
Coral Group. This is a new biennial three-day event named in honor of the Spanish
superstar.
The tournament features
two teams of 10 players with a total of 26 points at stake through a series of
foursomes, fourballs, greensomes and singles matches, with each member of the
winning team receiving 150,000 euros and the runners-up 90,000 euros.
Friday's schedule will have
morning foursomes and afternoon fourballs. On Saturday, players will compete
in morning greensomes and afternoon fourballs and on Sunday, 10 singles, match-play
matches will be held. The first match will confront both captains: Seve Ballesteros
vs. Colin Montgomerie. In case of a tie, the playoff match will be a greensome.
This is the 100th anniversary
of the Old Course at Sunningdale which was laid out by two-time British Open
champion Willie Park. The next event on the European Tour will be April 20-23
for the Moroccan Open where Miguel Angel Martin will defend his title.
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