Casey, Goosen, Villegas and Allenby
confirm world match-play entries
FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WEBSITE
By Nelson Clare
World-ranked No 3 Paul Casey has recovered from a rib injury and will definitely play in the Volvo world match-play championship which will be played for the first time on the Costa del Sol at the end of October/beginning of November.
He will be joined at the tournament by Retief Goosen, Camilo Villegas and Robert Allenby. Casey, Goosen and Villegas qualify as the highest-placed European, African and South American on the world rankings, while Allenby gets his chance because fellow Australian Geoff Ogilvy turned down his place.
Winner of the Match Play title at Wentworth three years ago, Casey is back in action in Boston later this week after a rib muscle injury kept him out of the US PGA Championship and last week's opening leg of the US Tour's FedEx Cup play-offs.
"One thing I noticed when I won the World Matchplay was the number of great players who made it their business to win the title at least twice," he said. "Seve Ballesteros, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman and Nick Faldo have all got their name on there at least a couple of times, so I will be hoping to emulate them."
The event, with a first prize of nearly £650,000, takes place at Finca Cortesin near Marbella from October 29 to November 1, with the 16-man field competing in four round-robin groups. The winners of each group will advance to the semi-finals.
Even those who finish bottom of their groups earn in excess of £100,000.
The complete field has yet to be determined and will be decided by the world rankings and European Tour "Race To Dubai" money list.
Tiger Woods is not expected to take up his spot as the leading North American player and both US PGA champion YE Yang and Ernie Els, who qualifies as the 2007 winner of the Match Play event, could also be missing.
Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy, joint third in the US PGA Championship three weeks ago, have been paired together for the start of the Ryder Cup race in Switzerland on Thursday.
The first two rounds of the Omega European Masters also sees 16-year-old Italian Matteo Manassero, youngest-ever winner of the British amateur title and 13th in The Open in July, playing with 19-year-old New Zealander Danny Lee, youngest-ever winner on the European Tour.
confirm world match-play entries
FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WEBSITE
By Nelson Clare
World-ranked No 3 Paul Casey has recovered from a rib injury and will definitely play in the Volvo world match-play championship which will be played for the first time on the Costa del Sol at the end of October/beginning of November.
He will be joined at the tournament by Retief Goosen, Camilo Villegas and Robert Allenby. Casey, Goosen and Villegas qualify as the highest-placed European, African and South American on the world rankings, while Allenby gets his chance because fellow Australian Geoff Ogilvy turned down his place.
Winner of the Match Play title at Wentworth three years ago, Casey is back in action in Boston later this week after a rib muscle injury kept him out of the US PGA Championship and last week's opening leg of the US Tour's FedEx Cup play-offs.
"One thing I noticed when I won the World Matchplay was the number of great players who made it their business to win the title at least twice," he said. "Seve Ballesteros, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman and Nick Faldo have all got their name on there at least a couple of times, so I will be hoping to emulate them."
The event, with a first prize of nearly £650,000, takes place at Finca Cortesin near Marbella from October 29 to November 1, with the 16-man field competing in four round-robin groups. The winners of each group will advance to the semi-finals.
Even those who finish bottom of their groups earn in excess of £100,000.
The complete field has yet to be determined and will be decided by the world rankings and European Tour "Race To Dubai" money list.
Tiger Woods is not expected to take up his spot as the leading North American player and both US PGA champion YE Yang and Ernie Els, who qualifies as the 2007 winner of the Match Play event, could also be missing.
Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy, joint third in the US PGA Championship three weeks ago, have been paired together for the start of the Ryder Cup race in Switzerland on Thursday.
The first two rounds of the Omega European Masters also sees 16-year-old Italian Matteo Manassero, youngest-ever winner of the British amateur title and 13th in The Open in July, playing with 19-year-old New Zealander Danny Lee, youngest-ever winner on the European Tour.
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