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Scandinavian Success at Final Volvo Masters - 02/11/08
It was a great day for Scandinavian golf at the 21^st and final Volvo Masters as first Dane Søren Kjeldsen won the biggest tournament title of his career to date with Swede Robert Karlsson clinching the European Tour Order of Merit.

Soren Kjeldsen

Soren Kjeldsen - winner of the 2008 Volvo Masters - 02/11/08
Soren Kjeldsen wins the 2008 Volvo Masters with a score of 8 under par.

Soren Kjeldsen

Press Gang - 02/11/08
Despite the rigours of creating copy, taking photographs and broadcasting to almost 100 countries around the world, the media at the Volvo Masters still find time for a little light relief.

Volvo Masters 2008 Media Centre

Update on Round 4 - 02/11/08
Round 4 will start at 10:30am on holes 1 and 10 - 3 balls - same groups as round 3

Summary after 3rd day of the 2008 Volvo Masters

The Viking and the Matador Tied at Top of Volvo Masters - 01/11/08
With approximately a round-and-a-half of the final Volvo Masters remaining, a fascinating clash of cultures is on the card as Danish Viking Søren Kjeldsen and Spanish Matador Sergio García are locked together on five-under par. But much can still happen at the business end of both the Volvo Masters and the 2008 European Tour Order of Merit.

Soren Kjeldsen

Round 3 Play Suspended - 01/11/08

Play suspended @ 1723 CET due to flooded course - Sergio Garcia and Soren Kjeldsen leading (-5)

Sergio Garcia

Audience Participation - 01/11/08
Despite the vagaries of the weather, excellent galleries turned-out for the penultimate day of the Volvo Masters and they were rewarded with two rounds of world class golf from Europe’s finest players.

David Howell

Prince of Denmark Heads Cast of Volvo Masters Drama - 01/11/08
At the end of the rain-delayed second round of the Volvo Masters, overnight leader Søren Kjeldsen of Denmark leads the way by two shots over a trio of players on four-under-par but with 13 golfers on level par or better, the 21^st and final Volvo Masters is very much up for grabs.

Soren Kjeldsen

Swinging in the Rain - 01/11/08
Whilst golf is a game played under most climatic conditions, the rainfall at the Volvo Masters at Valderrama has caused problems for organisers, players and especially caddies.

Mark Steers, caddie of John Bickerton

All Washed out at Volvo Masters - 31/10/08
As the promised weather front crashed into Andalucia, piling 46mm of rainfall onto the Valderrama course, only three rounds of golf could be completed but Tournament Director David Garland remains confident of completing the 21^st and final Volvo Masters on time.

Robert-Jan Derksen

Rain in Spain halts play at Volvo Masters - 31/10/08
On the instructions of European Tour Tournament director David Garland, the 2nd day's play at the 2008 Volvo Masters was suspended indefinitely at 12 noon due to the heavy rain making play impossible.

A further announcement on the resumption will be made later.

Simon Dyson

All Eyes on the Top Two At Volvo Masters - 30/10/08
The second day’s play at the 2008 Volvo Masters is certain to see all eyes on the leading pair Søren Kjeldsen and Sergio García but there are some intriguing matches right throughout the day.

Soren Kjeldsen

Climactic Climate for Volvo Masters - 30/10/08
The 21^st and final Volvo Masters got off to a flying start at Valderrama in bright sunshine but with the wind picking-up and the promise of cool, windy weather as the flagship of the European Tour draws to a climactic close.

Justin Rose

Architect of His Own Success - 30/10/08
Acclaimed American golf course designer Kyle Phillips made some subtle alterations to the Valderrama course layout ahead of the 2008 Volvo Masters and the man himself was on site during the first day of the end-of-season showpiece to gauge how his changes have been received.

American golf course designer Kyle Phillips

Scene is Set for Ultimate Grand Finale - 29/10/08
The stage is set and the actors are ready for the drama that is sure to be the 21^st and final Volvo Masters as Valderrama is in its prime and the top 57 players on the European Tour are primed for action.

Miguel Angel Jimenez

The Numbers Add up at 21st and Final Volvo Masters - 28/10/08

Golf is essentially a game of numbers, shots and prize money being the vital statistics and on the eve of the 21^st and final Volvo Masters, all the numbers add up to a dramatic grand finale to the European Tour’s longest running title sponsorship.

Padraig Harrington on the 17th Hole

Practice Makes Perfect - 28/10/08

The saying goes that, ‘Practice makes perfect,’ and that certainly holds true at the Volvo Masters as the 57 best players in Europe take to the range to hone their game ahead of the €4.25million end-of-season showpiece.

Practice Range

Volvo’s Red Army on the March - 28/10/08

It takes a small army of staff and volunteers to keep the Volvo Masters running like clockwork with the aim of making it the smoothest and most professional show on the road for the 57 players and more than 50,000 spectators who congregate for one last time in Andalucia.

The Volvo Masters Team

Valedictory Volvo Masters - 27/10/08
As the Volvo Masters prepares to bid farewell to its spiritual home of Valderrama, Felipe Ortiz-Patiño, the club president was fulsome in his praise of the event and all it has done for both Valderrama and Andalucia.

Press Conference Volvo Masters 2008

Super Swede Karlsson Drives Towards Order of Merit Title - 08/10/08
Having just won the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at the Home of Golf, giant Swede Robert Karlsson was driven from the scene of his latest tour triumph in another Super Swede, the latest Volvo V70 with the European Tour Order of Merit firmly in his sights.

Robert Karlsson

In-flight Winners Flying High at Valderrama - 08/10/08
Having won the 20^th anniversary Volvo Masters MedLife inflight magazine competition, Iain Beckingham and his colleagues collected their prize when they took on the might of Valderrama on the eve of the 21^st and final Volvo Masters.

Winner of the Volvo Masters Inflight magazine competition Iain Beckingham

The Ultimate Grand Finale - 16/09/08
With Team Europe captain Nick Faldo the first-ever Volvo Masters champion back in 1988 and five of his charges following in his footsteps by winning the end-of-season showpiece, it’s a case of ‘good luck’ to both teams as the 21^st and final Volvo Masters will welcome the European contingent back to Valderrama, win, lose or draw.

Padraig Harrington on the 17th Hole

Open Double the Aim for McGrane - 17/07/08
Having won the open golf championship of the largest country on earth, Volvo China Open champion Damien McGrane is back to form and hoping to make it an ‘open double’ at the largest open golf championship on earth.

Damien McGrane of Ireland

Golf’s Big Hitters Sign on the Line as Volvo World Match Play Championship Enters New and Exciting Era - 25/06/08

Following the signing of a groundbreaking joint management agreement between Volvo, golf’s most experienced and enduring corporate brand and IMG, the leading sports management company in the world a new chapter for the World Match Play Championship is about to be written under Volvo and IMG’s stewardship.

Volvo, IMG & Finca Cortesin signed a 3-year contract for the Volvo World Match Play Championship

Rose Goes Green for Volvo Masters Defence - 19/06/08
Reigning Volvo Masters champion Justin Rose is going green ahead of his defence of his Volvo Masters title at Valderrama later this year.

Justin Rose

2008 Volvo Masters Champion Will Be the Million-Dollar Man - 19/05/08

With the prize fund for the 21st Volvo Masters increased by a quarter-of-a-million Euros to a record €4,250,000, the champion’s share goes up to an unprecedented €708,000 making the winner the first million-dollar man in the long and colourful history of the European Tour’s longest running sponsorship.

Justin Rose

Rose Grows in Stature With Dramatic Volvo Masters Victory - 04/11/07
England’s Justin Rose had double cause for celebration as his Volvo Masters victory at Valderrama also confirmed the 27-year-old as the winner of the European Tour Order of Merit.

Justin Rose with the trophy

President Salutes Both Volvo Masters - 04/11/07
Fredrik Arp, President & CEO of Volvo Car Corporation described Volvo as proud and privileged to have had the opportunity of sponsoring not only the Volvo Masters but also the Volvo Masters Amateur.

Fredrik Arp, President of Volvo Car Corporation

All to Play For - 04/11/07
The final day of the 20^th anniversary Volvo Masters provides an appropriate curtain call for the 2007 European Tour with so many good matches, it’s hard to know where to be on the Valderrama golf course.

Justin Rose

As You Were at Volvo Masters - 03/11/07
It’s a case of as-you-were going into the final round of the 20^th anniversary Volvo Masters with England’s Justin Rose retaining a four-shot lead over his Order of Merit rival Padraig Harrington, with England’s Simon Dyson very much in the mix.

Justin Rose

Auto Motivation - 03/11/07
Volvo is widely credited with introducing many innovations into the European Tour, the advent of courtesy cars amongst them and with 26 Volvo XC90s covering in excess of 30,000km at the 20^th anniversary Volvo Masters it takes considerable auto-motivation to transport players and VIPs to and from the event.

Volvo Courtesy Cars

Kaymer Takes Route 66 - 03/11/07
In one of the best rounds ever witnessed at Valderrama, young German protégé Martin Kaymer carded a five-under-par 66 in the most difficult of conditions and was still back on the practice range soon after.

Saving the Best ‘til Last - 02/11/07
With some of the top players struggling at the 20^th anniversary Volvo Masters, there are great matches right through the third and penultimate day, but there is no doubt the last two matches out will draw the biggest galleries.

Justin Rose

Rose in the Red with Four Shot Lead - 02/11/07
England’s Justin Rose is the only player in red figures as he sits on top of the Volvo Masters leaderboard with a four shot lead over his Order of Merit rival, the current European number-one Padraig Harrington.

Justin Rose

Journalists reflect on 20 Years of the Volvo Masters - 02/11/07

Media Centre

Information Technology is Par for the Course - 02/11/07
As the official IT partner to the Volvo Masters, Volvo IT is helping the end—of-season showpiece maintain its position at the top of the technological leaderboard.

Volvo IT - official IT partner to the Volvo Masters

Irish Rivalry Tops the Bill at Volvo Masters - 02/11/07
With all three Irishmen in the 2007 Volvo Masters in the top five, the match of the second day must surely be the pairing of championship leader Graeme McDowell and 2005 Volvo Masters champion Paul McGinley.

Paul McGinley

Play of the Day - Rose Deals an Ace - 01/11/07
England’s Justin Rose holed his tee shot at the 181-yard Par-3 in the first round of the 2007 Volvo Masters, the sixth ace of his career but his first in Europe.

Justin Rose

Valderrama & Weather Winners - 01/11/07
The dual demands of Valderrama and a blustery wind combined to ensure that only four players remained under par after the first day’s play at the 20^th anniversary Volvo Masters.

Graeme McDowell

Rule of Law - 01/11/07
For the second successive occasion the Royal & Ancient Golf Club has chosen the Volvo Masters at Valderrama to launch its four-yearly Rules of Golf revision, which come into effect on 1^st January 2008.

Irish Construct Pro-am Win - 01/11/07
Perhaps a portent for the big one itself, Padraig Harrington followed up his victory in Morocco last week with victory in the Volvo Masters Pro-am, his all-Irish team winning by a single shot from another Irishman Paul McGinley’s Valderrama outfit.

Pro-Am Prize Giving - winning team of Padraig Harrington

Against All Odds - 30/10/07
Despite finishing second in the past three Volvo Masters, Spanish favourite Sergio García has been installed as the pre-tournament favourite ahead of the man who beat him in that dramatic Open Championship play-off at Carnoustie, Padraig Harrington.

Sergio Garcia - Volvo Masters 2006

Flying Frenchman Wins Volvo Masters Ticket - 29/10/07
Frenchman Grégory Bourdy won the penultimate event of the 2007 European Tour season, his maiden victory and with it a place in the Volvo Masters field for the first time ever.

Twenty-Twenty Vision - 27/10/07
With TV pictures of the 20^th anniversary Volvo Masters being beamed all around the world, expect some magnificent shots from the stars of the European Tour against the backdrop of the Valderrama vista, with some evocative memories of Masters past.

The Heat is On - 26/10/07
With just one tournament to go until the final field for the Volvo Masters is confirmed, the heat is on for a big money pay day for those on either side of that all-important 60^th place on the Order of Merit.

Thongchai Jaidee

Volvo Masters Takes First Bite at Bluetooth with InfoMasters - 25/10/07

The 20th anniversary Volvo Masters is offering a mouth-watering array of technology that would have been unimaginable when the European Tour’s flagship event was launched back in 1988.

Bluetooth

Be Part of the IN Crowd - 24/10/07
The Volvo Masters is arguably the most spectator-friendly event on the European Tour, popular with tourists and residents alike, and with ticket prices pegged for the fourth successive year, it’s a great chance to be part of the IN crowd.

Examples Tickets 2006

Masters Guide to Valderrama - 23/10/07
Here, Europe’s finest players give you a guide as to how best to play Europe’s best golf course, Valderrama.

Plan

Cejka Hopes to Put Deutsche Mark of 20th Volvo Masters - 17/09/07
1995 Volvo Masters champion has confirmed he hopes to be on the first tee at Valderrama for the 20^th anniversary staging of an event he won on debut a dozen years ago.

Alex Cejka - 1995 Volvo Masters champion

Warren Marcs His Masters Card - 13/09/07
Young Scotsman Marc Warren has all but secured his place at the 20^th anniversary Volvo Masters by rocketing up the Order of Merit courtesy of victory in the Johnnie Walker Classic at Gleneagles.

Marc Warren

Fisher Angling for Volvo Masters Debut - 28/08/07
Another Volvo Masters debutant looks likely to make the Valderrama showpiece as Englishman Ross Fisher secured his maiden European Tour title, the Dutch Open with just nine events to the big end-of-season tour championship; the Volvo Masters 2007.

From Tee to Green - 22/08/07
Valderrama, venue for the 20^th anniversary Volvo Masters is not just the undisputed premier golf course on mainland Europe – it is also top of the leaderboard in environmental excellence.

Volvo Masters 2006 - Atmosphere

Former Volvo Masters Winner is Open Champion - 14/08/07
Ireland’s Padraig Harrington, 2001 Volvo Masters champion became the first winner of the end of season event since Bernhard Langer to add a ‘major’ to his roll of honour by winning the Open Championship at Carnoustie.

Padraig Harrington, Order of Merit Winner 2006

Singh in the Reign - 29/10/06
Indian star Jeev Milkha Singh added the Volvo Masters to his existing Volvo China Open win and announced he will be at the Volvo Masters of Asia in December to go for a hat-trick of Volvo victories.

Winner Jeev Milkha Singh

Irish Eyes Are Smiling - 28/10/06
Irishman Paul McGinley came from five shots behind overnight leaders Colin Montgomerie and Sergio Garcia to clinch victory in the Volvo Masters, the biggest title of his career to date.

Paul McGinley

The Volvo Masters - European Golf's Jewel in the Crown - 28/10/06
The Volvo Masters, the traditional end-of-season showpiece of the European Tour is the jewel in the crown of European golf; played over Valderrama, continental Europe?s premier golf course and open only to the season's top 60 money winners, the European Tour Order of Merit is invariably up for grabs and 2006 is extra special, taking place just a month after the 36th Ryder Cup.

The Appliance of Science - 28/10/06
At the Nokia Golf Academy in the Public Village at the Volvo Masters, leading-edge technology is being used to help improve the swing and lower the handicap of spectators attending the end-of-season showpiece, and it?s all for free.

Nokia Teaching School

Opportunity to see the Ryder Cup team in action at the Volvo Masters - 27/10/06
With the European Ryder Cup team winning their third successive success over the might of the USA, the Volvo Masters represents the first opportunity to see all 12 heroes in action since their K Club triumph.

4th Green Valderrama

Two Ryder Cup Captains Predict Third Time Lucky for Sergio at Volvo Masters? - 27/10/06
Runner-up for the past two years, experts are tipping Spanish sensation Sergio Garcia to go one better this year and claim the title the 26-year-old Spaniard so narrowly missed out on in 2004 and 2005.

Sergio Garcia - 2006 Volvo Masters

Indian Summer? - 27/10/06
Reigning Volvo China Open champion Jeev Milkha Singh stands on the threshold of making history as he goes into the final round of the Volvo Masters one shot ahead of three time winner this year Johan Edfors from Sweden and a trio of Ryder Cup stars, Henrik Stenson, Lee Westwood and local hero Sergio Garc?a.

Jeev Milkha Singh and his caddy

Gonzalo's Big Match - 27/10/06
This Saturday, Spanish star Gonzalo Fern?ndez-Casta?o had a big match, the third round of the 2006 Volvo Masters, and next Saturday, the 26-year-old from Madrid has arguably a bigger match, getting married to his fianc? Alicia in nearby Marbella.

Volvo's All Star Line-up at Volvo Masters - 27/10/06
In addition to the 24 Volvo XC90 courtesy cars, the Volvo Car exhibition in the Volvo Masters village is showcasing the very latest models, whilst, out on the golf course, the entire fleet can be seen on certain tees.

The Bag Men - 27/10/06
For every great golfer at the Volvo Masters, there is his bag man, his caddie, the only friend and confidante a player has on the Valderrama golf course and his job is much more important than simply carrying the heavy bag of 14 clubs for four hours and more.

All a Matter of Courtesy - 27/10/06
Volvo was the first sponsor on the European Tour to introduce a courtesy car service; now it?s the rule rather than the exception, but, for Volvo, it remains a matter of courtesy.

Swede Dreams - 27/10/06
Ryder Cup star Henrik Stenson must be harbouring Swede dreams of a third European Tour title of the season as he heads the 2006 Volvo Masters leaderboard at the halfway stage by a single shot thanks to a gritty three-under-par 68 in the worst conditions of the day.

Glass Act - 27/10/06
When the all-new Volvo Masters trophy was produced by Waterford Crystal for the 2006 end-of-season showpiece, the contemporary hand-crafted piece went ?home? with another class act, Irishman Paul McGinley.

El Tunel Vision as Dyson Holes in One - 27/10/06
Englishman Simon Dyson became the 12th player in the 19-year history of the Volvo Masters to claim the "holy grail" of golf, a hole-in-one when he holed his tee shot at the third in the second round at Valderrama.

It Takes Peak Performance to Win the Volvo Masters - 26/10/06
As the 16 different Volvo Masters champions will tell you, it takes playing at the peak of their performance to win the Volvo Masters, and for the officials, staff and volunteers of the Volvo Masters, Swedish sportswear specialist Peak Performance is endorsing the prestige and quality of the event.

View from the Top - 26/10/06
It was in September 1988, at Valderrama that Mel Pyatt welcomed the first European Tour stars to the inaugural Volvo Masters, the showpiece end-of-season event that has become an institution in the world of golf.

Ryder Cup Comes "Home" to Valderrama - 25/10/06
Nine years after Europe triumphed over the USA at Valderrama, the Ryder Cup and Don Jaime Ortiz-Pati?o were reunited at a ceremony attended by many of the winning team of 2006 on the eve of the Volvo Masters.

A Galaxy of Stars Go for Sparkling Prize - 25/10/06
Volvo Masters debutant Simon Wakefield has the honour of getting the 19th Volvo Masters underway at 09.30hrs CET, partnered by the talented Irishman Graeme McDowell, whilst the big guns, the four in contention for the European Tour Order of Merit tee-off at 13.40hrs CET and 13.50hrs CET respectively.

Volvo Masters Pro-am Goes According to Form - 25/10/06
The traditional Pro-am ahead of the Volvo Masters followed the form book as the winners of the two previous European Tour events led their respective teams to victory.

The Tradition Continues - 25/10/06
The tradition of the pre-Volvo Masters Pro-am continues with 10 of the 11 European Ryder Cup team lining-up with an interesting range of amateurs from corporate guests to international footballers and even an ex-European Ladies Tour player now restored to the amateur ranks.

Volvo Star Debutant at Volvo Masters - 24/10/06
Out on the Valderrama golf course, there are eight debutants playing their first Volvo Masters, but on the first tee there is a ninth first-time star, the all-new Volvo C30, on public show for the first time since being unveiled at the recent Paris Motor Show.

Harrington Hopeful of Masterful Volvo Performance - 24/10/06
Irishman Padraig Harrington, Volvo Masters champion at Montecastillo in 2001 would love to win the title for the second time, on this occasion at Valderrama, which he considers to be the true home of the end-of-season showpiece.

Left Hand Drive - 24/10/06
Most academic studies reveal that between 10% and 15% of the world?s population is left-handed but according to the Association of Left Handed Golfers, less than half of that number play their golf that way. But at the 2006 Volvo Masters there is only one out of a field of 54, Australian Richard Green.

Ryder Cup Stars turn out in force for Volvo Masters - 23/10/06
11 of the 12 European Ryder Cup start from the recent triumph over the USA line up in the end-of-season showpiece, the ?4million Volvo Masters at Valderrama, which hosted another European triumph back in 1997.

Stars Gear-up for Volvo Masters Preparations - 23/10/06
As the countdown to the Volvo Masters moves from months to weeks to just days, the main challengers and some past champions share their thoughts on the season-ending showpiece and how they are preparing for the Grand Finale of the European Tour.

Spanish Star Sergio Encourages Amateurs - 19/10/06
Having finished runner-up in the past two Volvo Masters at Valderama, Sergio Garcia hopes it will be third-time-lucky, but he still finds time to encourage the amateurs at the Volvo Masters Amateur World Final.

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