The 2007

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took place between 27–30 September at The Heritage Golf & Spa Resort in the

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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 retained the trophy for the third consecutive time.

Format

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

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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. Each member of the winner team received

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125,000, the losing team €75,000 each, giving a total prize fund of €2,000,000.

Teams

The teams were made up of four players from the Official World Golf Ranking list, four players from the European points list, and two captain's pick. However, there were a number of players who qualified for the trophy, but pulled out. These include:

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and

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Day one

''Thursday, 27 September 2007''

Fourball

Day two

''Friday, 28 September 2007''

Fourball

Day three

''Saturday, 29 September 2007''

Morning greensomes

Afternoon foursomes

Day four

''Sunday, 30 September 2007''

Singles

References

External links

Coverage on the European Tour's official site
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