Mikko Ilonen Wins the 2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship

Our site is now up and running again! As we said before, we suspended posting here for several days in order to revamp and update a few things on the site. We apologize for the lack of posts during this time.

Anyway, the tournament that we were supposed to cover this week was the 2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship. This is a match play event on the European Tour that's unique for only having a 16-player field (usually consisting of golf's elite). The tournament rotates venues in Europe year after year (last year being played in Bulgaria and being won by TGR favourite Graeme McDowell) and was played for the first time this year in Ash, England, at The London Golf Club.

The winner this year was Finnish golfer Mikko Ilonen, who defeated Henrik Stenson in the final match with a score of 3&1. Both player held the lead at one point in the match but a late surge by Ilonen paid off for him. This is the Ilonen's second European Tour win of the year, his first being the Irish Open just a few months ago.

The field this year consisted of Ilonen, Stenson, Joost Luiten, George Coetzee, Jonas Blixt, Victor Dubuisson, Pablo Larrazabel, Patrick Reed, Paul Casey, Thongchai Jaidee, Shane Lowry, Graeme Mcdowell, Jamie Donaldson, Stephen Gallacher, Alexander Levy, and Francesco Molinari.

The European Tour Playoffs, known as the Final Series, starts in just a couple of weeks, so we'll be alternating back and forth between PGA Tour and European Tour coverage, depending on which tournaments are being played that week. Stay tuned for those!

-Nick
Toronto Golf Reviews

Mikko Ilonen Wins the 2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship