PAUL LAWRIE GETS INVITE TO VOLVO WORLD MATCH-PLAY
Paul Lawrie's victory in the Andalucia Open is already opening "new" doors for him - he is one of the first 13 qualified players to accept an invitation to compete in the Volvo world match-play championship at Finca Cortesin from May 19 to 22.
Lawrie is guaranteed a cheque for £61,000, more or less just for turning up. If he were to win the title he would win £702,000. The beaten finalist will received £368,000.
The total field will number 24 and other qualifiers so far include Martin Kaymer, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Francesco Molinari, Graeme McDowell, Y E Yang, defending champion Ross Fisher, Soren Kjeldsen, Rory McIlroy, Paul Casey, Johan Edfors.
On arrival at Finca Cortesín in May the players will be divided into eight groups of three players to be played out on Thursday and Friday with 16 players progressing to Saturday in a knock-out format. The semi-finals and final will be played on the Sunday.
For more information please visit www.volvoworldmatchplay.com
Lawrie is guaranteed a cheque for £61,000, more or less just for turning up. If he were to win the title he would win £702,000. The beaten finalist will received £368,000.
The total field will number 24 and other qualifiers so far include Martin Kaymer, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Francesco Molinari, Graeme McDowell, Y E Yang, defending champion Ross Fisher, Soren Kjeldsen, Rory McIlroy, Paul Casey, Johan Edfors.
On arrival at Finca Cortesín in May the players will be divided into eight groups of three players to be played out on Thursday and Friday with 16 players progressing to Saturday in a knock-out format. The semi-finals and final will be played on the Sunday.
For more information please visit www.volvoworldmatchplay.com
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