Volvo World Match Play Championship - Qualification Criteria

Qualification Criteria

For the 2012 championship, the qualification criteria are as follows:

• Defending champion
• The leading player (not otherwise exempt above) from the 2011 Portugal Masters
• The top four players (not otherwise exempt above) from the final 2011 European Tour Race to Dubai Rankings
• The leading player (not otherwise exempt above) from the 2012 Volvo Golf Champions
• The leading player (not otherwise exempt above) from the 2012 Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship
• The leading player (not otherwise exempt above) from the 2012 Commercialbank Qatar Masters
• The leading player (not otherwise exempt above), based upon his nationality, listed on the Official World Golf Ranking, from each of the following regions following the 2012 Masters Tournament:
  • Europe
  • Africa/Middle East
  • North America
  • South America
  • Asia (comprising China, South East Asia, India, Japan and Korea)
  • Australasia (comprising Australia, Fiji and New Zealand)
• The leading two players (not otherwise exempt above) from the Official World Golf Ranking following the 2012 Masters Tournament
• The current holders of the four major championships (if players are exempt, additional places are allocated to the following category)
• The leading player (and, in accordance with the previous category, up to 4 further players taken in ranking order) (not otherwise exempt above) from the 2012 European Tour Race to Dubai Rankings following the 2012 Masters Tournament
• The leading player (not otherwise exempt above) from the 2012 Volvo China Open
• One sponsor invite from the top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking following the 2012 Masters