Britain-Ireland won the European Tour's Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros for the fifth straight time Sunday, topping Continental Europe by five points. The Britain-Ireland team needed just two points in the final round to clinch the trophy in Paris and got them in the first two matches, a 3 and 2 win by Graeme McDowell over Robert Karlsson and Rory McIlroy's 1-up decision over Henrik Stenson. The event, which was played at the Saint- Nom-la-Breteche Golf Club, was formerly known as the Seve Trophy, named for for longtime golf star Seve Ballesteros. Other winners in the final round were Robert Rock for Britain-Ireland and Anders Hansen, Soren Hansen, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Soren Kjeldsen and Francesco Molinari of Continental Europe.

Great Britain and Ireland leads Continental Europe 3-2 after the first day at the Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros golf tournament at Paris. GBI secured its Day 1 lead in the four-ball competition, led by the record-equaling 6 and 5 win by England's Chris Wood and Anthony Wall over Sweden's Henrik Stenson and Robert Karlsson. I wanted to play Stenson at some point, Wood said. I think I raised my game against really top players, Wall added.

Great Britain & Ireland leads Continental Europe 3-2 after the first day at the Vivendi Trophy with Seve Ballesteros golf tournament at Paris. GBI secured its Day 1 lead in the four-ball competition, led by the record-equaling 6&5 win by England's Chris Wood and Anthony Wall over Sweden's Henrik Stenson and Robert Karlsson. I wanted to play Stenson at some point, Wood said. I think I raised my game against really top players, Wall added.

European golf great Seve Ballasteros has started a cancer federation in his native Spain that will bear his name, RTE Sport said. The 52-year-old Ballasteros, a five-time major tournament winner, was diagnosed with a brain tumor last October after losing consciousness while at Madrid Airport, and four brain surgeries and chemotherapy treatment followed before his first official public appearance Thursday at a Madrid luncheon. He said he feels as if he has been given a second chance at life. The first thing that I told the doctors after I woke up from the anesthetic was that my new name was Seve Mulligan, he said.

Jose Maria Olazabal, who has two Masters titles among his 29 professional championships, has been elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame.