Great Britain and Ireland in strong position

Great Britain and Ireland moved into a strong position against Continental Europe after winning the greensomes session 3½ to ½ and the foursomes 2½ to ½ at the Vivendi Seve Trophy today.

Jean van de Velde's Europeans turned the tables yesterday after a strong second day at St-Nom-La-Breteche, winning three of the five fourballs pairings and halving another to slash their overnight deficit from 4-1 to 5½ to 4½.