Groups and Matches for Volvo World Match Play

Here are the groups and Thursday and Friday's matches at the Volvo World Match Play at the Finca Cortesin GC, Andalucia Spain, with 24 of the World’s best players divided up into eight groups for the first two days of match play.


With the World’s top three players headlining the field for the first time in Spain, the field includes six of the leading nine players in the World, all four current Major Champions and players from 14 nations.

Each player plays a round robin in their group on Thursday and Friday, with 16 guys advancing to the weekend.


Pool A  (Seve Ballesteros)
Anders HANSEN 
Aaron BADDELEY
Lee WESTWOOD 

Pool B  (Mark McCormack)
Ryan MOORE
Luke DONALD
Ross FISHER 

Pool C  (Arnold Palmer)
Martin KAYMER 
Seung-yul NOH 
Y. E. YANG

Pool D  (Ian Woosnam)
Jhonattan VEGAS 
Graeme MCDOWELL 
Louis OOSTHUIZEN 

Pool E  (Gustaf Larson)
Nicolas COLSAERTS
Retief GOOSEN 
Rory MCILROY 

Pool F  (Greg Norman)
Søren KJELDSEN 
Alvaro QUIROS 
Paul CASEY 

Pool G  (Assar Gabrielsson)
Charl SCHWARTZEL 
Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ
Johan EDFORS

Pool H  (Gary Player)
Paul LAWRIE 
Francesco MOLINARI
Ian POULTER

Thursday's matches..

1 12:05 Gary Player Francesco MOLINARI (ITA) v Ian POULTER (ENG)
2 12:20 Assar Gabrielsson Charl SCHWARTZEL (RSA) v Miguel-Angel JIMÉNEZ
3 12:35 Greg Norman Paul CASEY (ENG) v Alvaro QUIROS (ESP)
4 12:50 Gustaf Larson Rory MCILROY (NIR) v Retief GOOSEN (RSA)
5 13:05 Ian Woosnam Graeme MCDOWELL (NIR) v Louis OOSTHUIZEN (RSA)
6 13:20 Arnold Palmer Martin KAYMER (GER) v Y.E. YANG (KOR)
7 13:35 Mark McCormack Luke DONALD (ENG) v Ryan MOORE (USA)
8 13:50 Seve Ballesteros Lee WESTWOOD (ENG) v Anders HANSEN (DEN)

Friday's matches

9 07:45 Gary Player Ian POULTER (ENG) v Paul LAWRIE (SCO)
10 07:55 Assar Gabrielsson Miguel-Angel JIMÉNEZ (ESP) v Johan EDFORS (SWE)
11 08:05 Greg Norman Alvaro QUIROS (ESP) v Søren KJELDSEN (DEN)
12 08:15 Gustaf Larson Retief GOOSEN (RSA) v Nicolas COLSAERTS (BEL)
13 08:25 Ian Woosnam Louis OOSTHUIZEN (RSA) v Jhonattan VEGAS (VEN)
14 08:35 Arnold Palmer Y.E. YANG (KOR) v Seung-yul NOH (KOR)
15 08:45 Mark McCormack Ryan MOORE (USA) v Ross FISHER (ENG)
16 08:55 Seve Ballesteros Anders HANSEN (DEN) v Aaron BADDELEY (AUS)
17 12:40 Gary Player Francesco MOLINARI (ITA) v Paul LAWRIE (SCO)
18 12:50 Assar Gabrielsson Charl SCHWARTZEL (RSA) v Johan EDFORS (SWE)
19 13:00 Greg Norman Paul CASEY (ENG) v Søren KJELDSEN (DEN)
20 13:10 Gustaf Larson Rory MCILROY (NIR) v Nicolas COLSAERTS (BEL)
21 13:20 Ian Woosnam Graeme MCDOWELL (NIR) v Jhonattan VEGAS (VEN)
22 13:30 Arnold Palmer Martin KAYMER (GER) v Seung-yul NOH (KOR)
23 13:40 Mark McCormack Luke DONALD (ENG) v Ross FISHER (ENG)
24 13:50 Seve Ballesteros Lee WESTWOOD (ENG) v Aaron BADDELEY (AUS)

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