The 2009 Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros, formerly known as the

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, was played 24–27 September 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

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. Great Britain and Ireland won the Trophy for the fifth consecutive time.

Format

The format remained the same for the fourth successive time. The teams competed over four days with five fourball matches on both Thursday and Friday, four

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matches on Saturday morning, four

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matches on Saturday afternoon and ten singles matches on Sunday. It means a total of 28 points are available with 14½ points required for victory. If the score finished at 14–14, then two players from each team would play the 18th using the greensomes format to find the winner. There was a big reduction in the prize money for the 2009 event. Each member of the winner team received

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65,000, the losing team €55,000 each, giving a total prize fund of €1,150,000.

Teams

The teams were made up of five players from the World Rankings list and five players from the European points list following the conclusion of the Mercedes-Benz Championship on 14 September 2009. There were a number of players who qualified for the trophy, but pulled out. These include

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, Lee Westwood,

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and

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Day one

''Thursday, 24 September 2009''

Fourball

Day two

''Friday, 25 September 2009''

Fourball

Day three

''Saturday, 26 September 2009''

Morning greensomes

Afternoon foursomes

Day four

''Sunday, 27 September 2009''

Singles

Anthony Wall injured his shoulder on Friday afternoon. He did not play on the Saturday and was still unfit to play in the singles on Sunday. Under the rules of the event a half was agreed with a player chosen by

to sit out the singles.

References

External links

Coverage on European Tour's official site
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