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.
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The Numbers Add up at 21st and Final Volvo Masters
28/10/2008
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.
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Valedictory Volvo Masters
27/10/2008
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.
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Charity to Begin at Home of Volvo Masters
21/10/2008
They say that ‘Charity begins at home,’ and that is certainly the case at the 21st and final Volvo Masters as partner / sponsor Genworth Financial brings their award-winning ‘Putts for Charity’ series to Valderrama, the home of the Volvo Masters.
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In-flight Winners Flying High at Valderrama
08/10/2008
Having won the 20th 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 21st and final Volvo Masters.
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Telefonica Calls the Shots in Home Waters
06/10/2008
The Volvo Ocean Race got underway with the first in-port race ahead of the start of the 37,000nm ocean odyssey and it was to be a one-two for Spanish boats Telefonica boats to the joy of thousands of Spanish sailing fans.
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Village People Get Set to Sail in Spain
26/09/2008
As the Volvo Ocean Race gets set to sail, the race village is open and there is much to do and see as Spain gets set to celebrate the start of the toughest, roughest race on earth.
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Sailing in the City
22/09/2008
Forget ‘Sex in the City,’ as Volvo’s hit production, Volvo City Sailing enjoys its final episode in the southern Swedish port of Båstad, the climax of 11 Scandinavian cities over the summer.
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Volvo Victory a Racing Certainty for C30
17/09/2008
It may have taken 10 rounds of the prestigious STCC to get to the top of the podium, but better late than never for driver Robert Dahlgren who is convinced that the ‘hot hatch’ can now go from strength to strength.
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Writing a new page in Golden October, Volvo China Junior Championship target to great success
09/09/2008
The 4th Volvo China Junior Championship committee held a press conference in Beijing. It has been announced that the event will be held during the National Day holiday week this year, from October 2nd to 5th. By then, 32 top teenage competitors throughout the country will get together at Beijing Bohing Golf Club to compete for the champion of the season ending final of junior golf in China.
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Big Game at South Africa Final of Volvo Masters Amateur
08/09/2008
The South African final of the Volvo Masters Amateur was evident in more ways than one as the champions of the Southern Africa series mingled with the champions of the animal kingdom at the magnificent Zebula County Club.
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Tour Stars Race to make Volvo Masters of Asia Field
02/09/2008
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The Volvo Masters of Asia will head to Thai Country Club for the fourth successive season this December once again bringing the year to a thrilling conclusion on the Asian Tour. The US$750,000 tournament, which was won last year by Thailand’s Prayad Marksaeng, will be played from December 18 to 21 and feature the cream of the region’s professional golfers.
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Laser Guided Gold for Team Volvo for Life
22/08/2008
Laser yachtsman Paul Goodison claimed his first and Team Volvo for Life UK’s second Olympic sailing gold medal at the Beijing regatta making it a magnificent seven for the award-winning Volvo Cars UK campaign.
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Big Ben Strikes Three
18/08/2008
Great Britain sailor and Team Volvo for Life member Ben Ainslie became the country’s most successful Olympic yachtsman ever by winning the gold medal in the Finn Class in Qingdao to make it a hat-trick of Olympic golds.
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Going Dutch in China
13/08/2008
Following on from the success of the Team Volvo for Life campaign in Volvo Cars UK, Volvo Cars Netherlands has a similar scheme running with genuine medal prospects at the Olympic regatta, including a mouth-watering contest against Team GB’s TVFL duo of Glanfield and Rogers.
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The Big Picture
12/08/2008
Having been thwarted in her efforts to secure a place in Team GB and the prospect of a third successive Olympic sailing gold medal, Team Volvo for Life stalwart Shirley Robertson will be part of the bigger picture as she presents BBC TV’s sailing coverage from Qingdao.
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Volvo Goes for Olympic Gold
11/08/2008
The award-winning Team Volvo for Life campaign looks like paying dividends as the four of its number are in contention for gold medals at the Olympic Games in China.
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The Italian Job
04/08/2008
One of the most sports-mad countries in the world, Italy knows a thing or two about soccer, cycling sailing and motorsport and now Volvo Auto Italia has brought all its sponsorships together under the same Internet roof with its own dedicated sports sponsorship portal.
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Self-styled C30
01/08/2008
With a record entry of almost 6,000 submissions, the winner of the ‘Design Your Own Volvo C30’ campaign has been won by 23-year-old Swedish engineer Marie Karlsson with her distinctive ‘Weeds’ design.
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Best of British as Amateurs Head to the Open Courses
31/07/2008
The players in the Volvo Masters Amateur Tour UK enjoy the opportunities of a lifetime with iconic Open Championship courses on the agenda before the national final at the venue for the 2010 Ryder Cup.
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Volvo Hitting the High Notes
30/07/2008
On both sides of the Atlantic, Volvo Cars has been hitting all the high notes with its very own US Top 20 songs to drive to, whilst in the UK, the lyrical little Volvo C30 has been gigging around the country’s top music festivals with the stars.
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Padraig’s Progress
29/07/2008
One of the nicest guys in world golf, Irishman Padraig Harrington has proved he is amongst the very best as he successfully defended his British Open crown at Royal Birkdale and confirming his place in Europe’s Ryder Cup team.
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Just Great at Britain Lifts the Volvo Trophy
24/07/2008
With a day’s sailing still to come, Great Britain has won the Volvo Trophy as the most successful nation out of the 58 taking part in the 2008 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship in Århus, Denmark.
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Doubles All Round at Volvo Youth Sailing
24/07/2008
There was a remarkable sequence of doubles at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship, which ended in Århus, Denmark as the spotlight turns now to the 39th and 40th editions of the event they call the ‘mini youth Olympics,’ in Brazil in 2009 and Turkey in 2010.
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Volvo Youth Sailors Flushed by Royal Opening
17/07/2008
The 38th Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship enjoyed a royal seal of approval in Aarhus, Denmark as HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark officially opened the event they call the ‘Junior Olympic Sailing Regatta.’
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Open Double the Aim for McGrane
14/07/2008
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.
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Read All About It
10/07/2008
Arguably the most important annual event in the newspaper industry, the World Association of Newspapers Summit was held recently in Gothenburg and Volvo was on the front page as the Official Car and a flagship sponsor of the prestigious gathering.
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Rham Raids Top Spot at Match Cup Sweden
07/07/2008
Swedish sailing star Mattias Rahm gave home fans plenty to cheer about as he took the Swedish leg of the prestigious World Match Racing Tour and boosting his prospects of winning the nine-leg series when it ends in Malaysia in December.
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Volvo China Open Champion to Qualify for World Match Play Championship
30/06/2008
Already one of the most sought-after national open golf titles in the world, there will be a further lucrative incentive for the Volvo China Open champion from next year onwards as victory ensures a place at the US$5million Volvo World Match Play Championship, which will take place at the five-star Finca Cortesín golf resort in Spain in the autumn of 2009.
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Golf’s Big Hitters Sign on the Line as Volvo World Match Play Championship Enters New and Exciting Era
24/06/2008
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.
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Eco-kids Praised for Saving Park by City Mayor
20/06/2008
Following their triumph in the 2008 Volvo Adventure World Final in Gothenburg last month, the kids of the ‘Green Sail' project in their home city of Nizhniy Novgorod have been praised for their work and congratulated on the world title by the city Mayor Mr. Vadim Bulavin.
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Vintage Volvo’s Celebrate 30th Anniversary of P1800 Club
19/06/2008
47 vintage Volvo P1800 cars from German and Swiss Volvo Owner clubs recently went ‘home’ to Sweden and it was certainly an impressive sight outside Volvo Car Corporation as the vintage vehicles club celebrated its 30th ‘pearl’ anniversary.
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Volvo launches a Mini Ocean Race
17/06/2008
This spring and summer, Volvo Cars will be highlighting an entirely new sailing concept in Scandinavia called Volvo City Sailing. The event is aimed at both beginners and experienced sailing enthusiasts.
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There’s a Real Buzz About This Year’s Volvo Environment Prize
16/06/2008
There is always something of a stir when the annual Volvo Environment Prize is announced, but this year’s there is a genuine Buzz about the announcement that Canadian ecologist and scientist Crawford ‘Buzz’ Holling is the 2008 laureate.
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Rose Goes Green for Volvo Masters Defence
12/06/2008
Reigning Volvo Masters champion Justin Rose is going green ahead of his defence of his Volvo Masters title at Valderrama later this year.
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No Excuse in Århus for Volvo Youth Sailors
10/06/2008
The largest-ever entry from a record 59 nations heads to the Danish port of Århus from 10th – 19th July and the 38th Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship, often referred to as the sport of sailing’s ‘Olympics in a week.’
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Fan Pier Boston Confirmed as Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 U.S. Stopover Venue
29/05/2008
The Volvo Ocean Race has confirmed Fan Pier in Boston as the sole North American stopover when the race visits the US East Coast port city in April-May 2009.
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Sitting on the Fence
22/05/2008
In its 32nd year of support for the Göteborg Horse Show, Volvo created a brand new feature, the Volvo fence whilst a Volvo Construction Equipment machine worked as hard as any of the horses and riders in the Scandinavium arena.
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Russian Youngsters Save Park and Ride to Volvo Adventure Victory
20/05/2008
A campaigning project to rescue and revive an endangered and environmentally-sensitive urban park in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod has won the 2008 Volvo Adventure and the US$10,000 first prize.
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2008 Volvo Masters Champion Will Be the Million-Dollar Man
19/05/2008
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
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Vote of Confidence
14/05/2008
Following the huge success of the 2008 Volvo China Open, Beijing CBD International Golf Club will host the 15th staging of the event in April 2009.
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Per Ericsson named new head of Volvo Event Management Golf
09/05/2008
Per Ericsson has been named new manager of Volvo Event Management Golf, succeeding Mel Pyatt, who has retired. He will assume his position on June 1.
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McGrane singing in the rain
23/04/2008
Ireland’s Damien McGrane has been crowned 2008 Volvo China Open Champion after a cool, composed final round of 73, one-over-par in the worst conditions of the week, his effort not tainted at all by a bogey six at the last as he won by nine clear shots to
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Champagne opening for French rookie Lorenzo Vera
18/04/2008
The champagne may need to be kept on ice but bubbly French rookie Michael Lorenzo Vera uncorked a fine five-under-par opening round of 67 to top the leaderboard after the first day’s play at the 2008 Volvo China Open in Beijing.
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It’s the Final Countdown
27/03/2008
The final countdown to the 2007 / 2008 Volvo Adventure has begun with the announcement of the 15 countries that have had a project accepted for the World Final, which takes place in Gothenburg in May.
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Can Big Ben Strike Gold for a Third Time in Beijing?
17/03/2008
Team Volvo for Life star Ben Ainslie has been selected for Team GB for the Beijing Olympics and the opportunity to go for a third successive gold medal.
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Hot Property
12/03/2008
As part of the recent 80th anniversary of Volvo Cars, a variant of the very first Volvo car ever produced, but with a difference, a Hot Rod that has already won awards all over the world.
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Volvo’s Special X-Sea Editions Launched
06/03/2008
Volvo’s special edition fleet to commemorate the Volvo Ocean Race has been launched and the Volvo V70, XC70 and Volvo XC90 are certain to make a splash.
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Volvo China Open to offer record fund of US$2.2 Million
29/02/2008
Beijing, February 29: The ever growing importance of the Volvo China Open will see its total prize fund increase to US$2.2 million this year, organisers announced today.
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King Knut
20/02/2008
Legend has it that King Canute was a brave and fearless Nordic seafarer and his namesake, Norwegian Knut Frostad is certainly that as he takes the helm of the Volvo Ocean Race as CEO of the toughest, roughest race on earth.
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Volvo Group Sparkles as Diamond Sponsor of Boao Forum for Asia
12/02/2008
Just a week ahead of the Volvo China Open in the Olympic city of Beijing, Volvo Group will be a shining light as a diamond sponsor to the Boao forum for Asia at which President & CEO Leif Johansson will be a keynote speaker.
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Stockholm – City of Sails
06/02/2008
The Swedish capital of Stockholm makes her Volvo Ocean Race debut in the summer of 2009 when she plays host to the final stopover of the world’s toughest roughest race before the fleet sets sail for the finish line in St Petersburg.
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Volvo Trio Advocate Aesthetics and Ethics For the Road Ahead
01/02/2008
Amongst the keynote addresses at the 2008 Volvo SportsDesign Forum & Awards Awards at ISPO 2008 in München came from the Volvo Cars threesome of Niklas Gustavson, Director, Environmental Affairs, Stefan Jansson, Strategic Chief Designer and Jonathan Disle
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The Magnificent Seven Plus One Sur-prize
30/01/2008
The 2008 Volvo SportsDesign Awards attracted a record 302 entries from all over the world, with 36 finalists from as far afield as Singapore, the USA and Brazil enduring a nerve-jangling awards ceremony at the ICM in München, Germany.
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The Italian Job
24/01/2008
The blue of Volvo has teamed up with the famous blue and black stripes of Internazionale in Milan in celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Volvo brand and the centenary of the world-famous Italian football club.
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It's a Win for ABN AMRO ONE
04/12/2005
At 1324 GMT today, an ecstatic Mike Sanderson brought ABN AMRO ONE safely into Cape Town to claim leg one of Volvo Ocean Race.
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Record Breakers
02/12/2005
The Volvo Ocean Race may have run into some stormy waters en route to Cape Town, but when it comes to speed, there’s not much around to compare with the new Volvo Open 70.
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Jaidee Eyes Volvo Masters of Asia and Order of Merit
01/12/2005
All eyes will be on Thailand and the Thai Country Club as two of the country’s golfing giants go head-to-head for one of the continent’s great golf titles, with the Asian Tour Order of Merit providing a sub-plot to the main drama.
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Scores, gambles and exciting sightings
29/11/2005
After only eight days of racing in the Volvo Ocean Race, ABN AMRO ONE led the fleet into the doldrums, the light wind zone which lay between the fleet and the scoring gate at Fernando de Noronha, off the coast of Brazil. It was hot, hot, hot onboard.
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