1987 Dunhill Cup

1987 Dunhill Cup

Tournament information
Dates	1–4 October
Location	St Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)	Old Course at St Andrews
Format	Match play
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,933 yards (6,340 m)
Field	16 teams of 3 players
Prize fund	US$1,000,000[1]
Winner's share	US$300,000[2]
Champion
England (Gordon J. Brand, Howard Clark, Nick Faldo)

The 1987 Dunhill Cup was the third Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 1–4 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The English team of Gordon J. Brand, Howard Clark, and Nick Faldo beat the Scottish team of Gordon Brand, Jnr, Sandy Lyle, and Sam Torrance in the final.

Format

The Cup was played as a single-elimination, match play event played over four days. The top eight teams were seeded^[1] with the remaining teams randomly placed in the bracket. In each match, the three players were paired with their opponents and played 18 holes at medal match play. Tied matches were extended to a sudden-death playoff only if they affected the outcome between the two teams.^[1]

Bracket

First round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
1	Australia	2
	Sweden	1			1	Australia	2
8	Canada	2.5			8	Canada	1
	New Zealand	0.5								1	Australia	1
5	Spain	3								4	England	2
	Philippines	0			5	Spain	1
4	England	2.5			4	England	2
	Mexico	0.5													4	England	2
2	United States	3													3	Scotland	1
	Italy	0			2	United States	2
7	Japan	2			7	Japan	1
	Malaysia	1								2	United States	0
6	Ireland	3								3	Scotland	3
	France	0			6	Ireland	1							Third place
3	Scotland	3			3	Scotland	2								1	Australia	1
	Zimbabwe	0													2	United States	2

Round by round scores

First round[3]  Canada – 2.5  New Zealand – 0.5 Player Score Player Score Dave Barr 71 Bruce Soulsby 75 Dan Halldorson 74 Greg Turner 74 Richard Zokol 72 Frank Nobilo 74  Japan – 2  Malaysia – 1 Player Score Player Score Koichi Suzuki 75 Marimuthu Ramayah 71 Nobuo Serizawa 70 Sahabudin Yusof 76 Nobumitsu Yuhara 75 Zainal Abidin Yusof 80  United States – 3  Italy – 0 Player Score Player Score Curtis Strange 71 Costantino Rocca 72 D. A. Weibring 69 Silvio Grappasonni 77 Mark O'Meara 70 Giuseppe Calì 75  Spain – 3  Philippines – 0 Player Score Player Score José Rivero 68 Frankie Miñoza 75 José María Olazábal 71 Rudy Lavares 80 José Maria Cañizares 72 Eddie Bagtas 77  Ireland – 3  France – 0 Player Score Player Score Ronan Rafferty 71 Michel Tapia 76 Eamonn Darcy 72 Gery Watine 76 Des Smyth 74 Emmanuel Dussart 76  Scotland – 3  Zimbabwe – 0 Player Score Player Score Sandy Lyle 71 Tim Price 73 Gordon Brand, Jnr 70 Anthony Edwards 72 Sam Torrance 72 William Koan 73  England – 2.5  Mexico – 0.5 Player Score Player Score Howard Clark 71 Ernesto Perez Acosta 71 Nick Faldo 70 Carlos Espinoza 75 Gordon J. Brand 74 Feliciano Esparza 81  Australia – 2  Sweden – 1 Player Score Player Score Rodger Davis 75 Ove Sellberg 69 Greg Norman 70 Mats Lanner 71 Peter Senior 67 Anders Forsbrand 70

Quarter-finals[2]  United States – 2  Japan – 1 Player Score Player Score Curtis Strange 68 Koichi Suzuki 70 D. A. Weibring 75 Nobumitsu Yuhara 69 Mark O'Meara 70 Nobuo Serizawa 70 O'Meara won on third playoff hole.  Scotland – 2  Ireland – 1 Player Score Player Score Sam Torrance 69 Ronan Rafferty 74 Sandy Lyle 67 Eamonn Darcy 72 Gordon Brand, Jnr 73 Des Smyth 67  Australia – 2  Canada – 1 Player Score Player Score Rodger Davis 63 Dan Halldorson 73 Peter Senior 73 Dave Barr 73 Greg Norman 71 Richard Zokol 71 Barr won on first playoff hole. Norman won on fifth playoff hole.  England – 2  Spain – 1 Player Score Player Score Howard Clark 77 José Rivero 72 Nick Faldo 71 José María Olazábal 77 Gordon J. Brand 71 José Maria Cañizares 74 Semi-finals[4]  United States – 0  Scotland – 3 Player Score Player Score Curtis Strange 73 Sam Torrance 69 Mark O'Meara 71 Sandy Lyle 70 D. A. Weibring 74 Gordon Brand, Jnr 73  Australia – 1  England – 2 Player Score Player Score Peter Senior 74 Howard Clark 73 Greg Norman 68 Gordon J. Brand 69 Rodger Davis 72 Nick Faldo 71 Final[5]  Scotland – 1  England – 2 Player Score Player Score Sandy Lyle 69 Nick Faldo 66 Sam Torrance 69 Gordon J. Brand 64 Gordon Brand, Jnr 68 Howard Clark 73 Third place[5]  Australia – 1  United States – 2 Player Score Player Score Peter Senior 72 Mark O'Meara 71 Rodger Davis 70 D. A. Weibring 71 Greg Norman 70 Curtis Strange 62

Team results

Country	Place	W	L	Seed
England	1	8.5	3.5	4
Scotland	2	9	3	3
United States	3	7	5	2
Australia	4	6	6	1
Ireland	T5	4	2	6
Spain	T5	4	2	5
Canada	T5	3.5	2.5	8
Japan	T5	3	3	7
Malaysia	T9	1	2
Sweden	T9	1	2
Mexico	T9	0.5	2.5
New Zealand	T9	0.5	2.5
France	T9	0	3
Italy	T9	0	3
Philippines	T9	0	3
Zimbabwe	T9	0	3

Player results

Country	Player	W	L
England	Nick Faldo	4	0
England	Gordon J. Brand	3	1
England	Howard Clark	1.5	2.5
Scotland	Gordon Brand, Jnr	3	1
Scotland	Sandy Lyle	3	1
Scotland	Sam Torrance	3	1
United States	Mark O'Meara	3	1
United States	Curtis Strange	3	1
United States	D. A. Weibring	1	3
Australia	Greg Norman	3	1
Australia	Rodger Davis	2	2
Australia	Peter Senior	1	3
Spain	José Rivero	2	0
Spain	José Maria Cañizares	1	1
Spain	José María Olazábal	1	1
Ireland	Des Smyth	2	0
Ireland	Eamonn Darcy	1	1
Ireland	Ronan Rafferty	1	1
Canada	Dave Barr	2	0
Canada	Richard Zokol	1	1
Canada	Dan Halldorson	0.5	1.5
Japan	Nobumitsu Yuhara	2	0
Japan	Nobuo Serizawa	1	1
Japan	Koichi Suzuki	0	2
Malaysia	Marimuthu Ramayah	1	0
Malaysia	Sahabudin Yusof	0	1
Malaysia	Zainal Abidin Yusof	0	1
Sweden	Ove Sellberg	1	0
Sweden	Anders Forsbrand	0	1
Sweden	Mats Lanner	0	1
Mexico	Ernesto Perez Acosta	0.5	0.5
Mexico	Feliciano Esparza	0	1
Mexico	Carlos Espinoza	0	1
New Zealand	Greg Turner	0.5	0.5
New Zealand	Frank Nobilo	0	1
New Zealand	Bruce Soulsby	0	1
France	Emmanuel Dussart	0	1
France	Michel Tapia	0	1
France	Gery Watine	0	1
Italy	Giuseppe Calì	0	1
Italy	Silvio Grappasonni	0	1
Italy	Costantino Rocca	0	1
Philippines	Eddie Bagtas	0	1
Philippines	Rudy Lavares	0	1
Philippines	Frankie Miñoza	0	1
Zimbabwe	Anthony Edwards	0	1
Zimbabwe	William Koan	0	1
Zimbabwe	Tim Price	0	1

References

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