Course: St. Nom La Breteche

Location: Paris, France

Date: September 15-18, 2011

European Tour Golf Betting Odds: The Vivendi Seve Trophy returns to The European Tour International Schedule in 2011. The venue for this bi-annual event this year takes place at St. Nom La Breteche Golf Club in Paris, France between Thursday 15th and Sunday 18th September 2011. Last time out Great Britain & Ireland won the match 16 1/2 - 11 1/2 with Irishman Paul McGinley captaining the winning team.

The Vivendi Seve Trophy is a team competition based on points similar to that of the Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup.

The event will be a match play competition between two teams of 10 players representing (a) Europe and (b) Great Britain and Ireland. On each of the first two days there will be a series of 5 four-ball matches. On the third day there will be a series of 4 green-some and 4 four-some matches. On the final day there will be a series of 10 singles matches.

Each team will be chosen as follows: (a) the leading 5 eligible players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of Monday 5th September 2011. (b) The leading 5 eligible players not otherwise qualified in (a) above from the Race to Dubai at the conclusion of the Omega European Masters (5th September 2011).

One team is from Great Britain and Ireland and they will face the top players from Continental Europe.

Many of the top players in the world will be on hand including the current US Open Champion, Rory McIlroy. Others likely to compete are; Lee Westwood, Luke Donald, and Graeme McDowell from Great Britain and Ireland and Martin Kaymer, the Molinari brothers, and Alvaro Quiros will lead the Continental Europe team.

All of the money raised will go directly to the Seve Foundation.

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2011 Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros Winner - Great Britain & Ireland win Vivendi Seve Trophy in thrilling finale?

Great Britain & Ireland’s strength and depth proved to be crucial as they hung on for a dramatic victory in the Vivendi Seve Trophy at St-Nom-La-Bretèche.

Trailing 11.5-6.5 overnight, the European Team fought back magnificently on the final day, winning the first five singles matches to square the tie.

But GB&I won four points from the final five matches to hold on for a 15.5-12.5 win and secure their sixth consecutive victory at the biennial event.

GB&I skipper Paul McGinley sent out Lee Westwood in the opening match but after being 3up early on, the world number two lost 2&1 to the in-form Thomas Bjorn.

Englishman Simon Dyson lost to Anders Hansen by 1 hole and both Jamie Donaldson and the birdie-less Robert Rock lost 4&3 to Francesco Molinari and Alex Noren respectively.

To cap a dream start for Jean Van de Velde’s side, Miguel Angel Jimenez defeated Open Champion Darren Clarke 4&2 in match five.

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