Fisher Lands the Volvo World Match Play Championship
England’s Ross Fisher has been angling for a big prize all season, coming close at the ‘majors’ but he finally landed one of the biggest titles in world golf, the Volvo World Match Play Championship with a 4&3 victory over American Anthony Kim.
28-year-old Englishman Ross Fisher won the biggest title of his career so far, clinching the €750,000 (approx. US$1.1million / GBP671,000) champion’s cheque playing what he described as, “Flawless golf,” to defeat American Anthony Kim at Finca Cortesín.
The irony of a Wentworth-based golfer winning the first World Match Play Championship away from the London course in the 45-year history of the world’s longest-running match play event was not lost on Fisher, who said, “It would have been nice had it been at Wentworth, but everything moves on and Finca Cortesín is a sensational golf course.”
On his way to the final, Fisher dispatched a number of big-reputation players, Camilo Villegas, Angel Cabrera followed by Anthony Kim in the final.
“This is where I want to test myself, against the best players in the world and besides the ‘majors’ and the WGC events, this is a huge tournament,” he said, adding, “The defending champion qualifies automatically and barring injury, it will be an honour to be here in a year’s time to defend my crown.”
All square at the lunchtime interval, Fisher powered away in the afternoon round, making only one bogey, running out a relatively comfortable winner in the end when Kim conceded on the 15th green.
Earlier, Australian Robert Allenby took the 3rd / 4th place play-off, edging-out US Masters champion Angel Cabrera on the first extra hole; the Australian recorded his 14th career hole-in-one when he holed his 230-yard tee-shot at the sixth hole.
Volvo and Pro Grandiose Cars presented Allenby’s 70-year-old father Don with a €6,000 (approx. US$ / GBP5,400) Volvo C70 golf buggy in recognition of his son’s achievement.
“There was not supposed to be a hole-in-one prize but Volvo kindly came up with a lovely Volvo golf buggy and dad is thrilled with it, a wonderful gesture from a great sponsor” said the Australian.
Korean Dentist Extracts Volvo Masters Amateur World Title
Korean club golfer Choul Hee-lee is sitting on top of the world tonight after being crowned Volvo Masters Amateur champion of the world after surviving a torrid day at Finca Cortesín, venue for Ross Fisher’s Volvo World Match Play Championship victory on Sunday.
Born in the USA
Golf is the biggest participation sport in the USA, Volvo widely involved in amateur golf as the optimal business-to-business and relationship building vehicle.
That is why Martha Britt from Volvo Trucks North America has been on a fact-finding visit to the Volvo World Match Play Championship and Volvo Masters Amateur Final, with a view to Volvo USA adding to the commonwealth of nations taking part in the world’s most prestigious amateur golf series.
Following in the Footsteps of the Stars
At precisely 09.30am on Tuesday 3rd November, 44 hours after Volvo World Match Play Championship finalists Ross Fisher and Anthony Kim teed off on the first tee at Finca Cortesín for the afternoon round of their epic duel, Spaniard José Manuel Sãnes Mir and Bengt Andersson from Sweden were standing on the self same tee, in equally idyllic Andalcucían weather for their final round of the Volvo Masters Amateur.
A Hard Day at the Office
With the exception of one many, Lee Choul-hee from Korea, the players at the 2009 Volvo Masters Amateur found points at a premium at La Quinta.
Calling the Shots
For Volvo Masters Amateur Tournament Director Derwynne Honan, calling the shots in an identical way to his counterpart at the Volvo World Match Play Championship is par for the course.
A Passion for Fashion
One of the most remarkable aspects of the 2009 Volvo Masters Amateur World Final is how well turned out and well equipped the players are as golf enters a new era and develops a passion for fashion.
Fisher Lands the Volvo World Match Play Championship
England’s Ross Fisher has been angling for a big prize all season, coming close at the ‘majors’ but he finally landed one of the biggest titles in world golf, the Volvo World Match Play Championship with a 4&3 victory over American Anthony Kim.
Vital Statistics
The vital statistics of the 2009 Volvo Masters Amateur make remarkable reading; more than 50,000 amateurs set-out on the road to Spain, playing over 50,000 rounds of golf, striking almost 20 million golf shots and walking a staggering 2 billion kilometres around the golf courses of the world along the way.
The stage is set, the time for talking is over as the 48 men and women who have battled their way through local, regional and national qualifiers head for Spain and the experience of a lifetime, the Volvo Masters Amateur World Final in Spain.