1990 Dunhill Cup

1990 Dunhill Cup
Tournament information
Dates 11–14 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
 Ireland
(David Feherty, Ronan Rafferty, Philip Walton)
«1989
1991»

The 1990 Dunhill Cup was the sixth Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 11–14 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The Irish team of David Feherty, Ronan Rafferty, Philip Walton beat the English team of Richard Boxall, Howard Clark, and Mark James in the final. It was the second win in the Dunhill Cup for Ireland. (As in the World Cup, Ireland was represented by a combined Ireland and Northern Ireland team.)

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.

Bracket

First round   Quarter-finals   Semi-finals   Final
1   United States 0.5  
  France 2.5       France 0  
8   Japan 2     8   Japan 3  
  Argentina 1       8   Japan 1  
5   England 3       5   England 2  
  Thailand 0     5   England 2
4   Scotland 2.5     4   Scotland 1  
  Mexico 0.5       5   England 2.5
2   Australia 1       3   Ireland 3.5
  New Zealand 2       New Zealand 2  
7   Wales 2     7   Wales 1  
  Taiwan 1         New Zealand 0.5
6   Spain 2       3   Ireland 2.5  
  Sweden 1     6   Spain 1 Third place
3   Ireland 3     3   Ireland 2   8   Japan 1
  South Korea 0     New Zealand 2

Round by round scores

First round[1]

 Japan – 2  Argentina – 1
Player Score Player Score
Satoshi Higashi 68 Miguel Guzmán 70
Yoshinori Kaneko 72 Vicente Fernández 73
Hajime Meshiai 76 Eduardo Romero 73
 United States – 0.5  France – 2.5
Player Score Player Score
Mark Calcavecchia 73 Marc Farry 70
Curtis Strange 69 Jean van de Velde 69
Tom Kite 74 Emmanuel Dussart 73
 Spain – 2  Sweden – 1
Player Score Player Score
Miguel Ángel Jiménez 67 Ove Sellberg 72
José Rivero 69 Magnus Persson 72
José Maria Cañizares 71 Mats Lanner 68
 England – 3  Thailand – 0
Player Score Player Score
Richard Boxall 74 Sukree Oncham 77
Howard Clark 68 Suthep Meesawat 78
Mark James 70 Boonchu Ruangkit 79
 Scotland – 2.5  Mexico – 0.5
Player Score Player Score
Sandy Lyle 68 Rafael Alarcon 73
Stephen McAllister 73 Enrique Serna 77
Sam Torrance 69 Carlos Espinoza 69
 Ireland – 3  South Korea – 0
Player Score Player Score
Ronan Rafferty 70 Choi Sang-Ho 73
Philip Walton 71 Park Nam-Sin 74
David Feherty 69 Choi Yoon-Soo 81
 Wales – 2  Taiwan – 1
Player Score Player Score
Ian Woosnam 71 Hseih Yu-Shu 78
Mark Mouland 73 Chen Liang-hsi 72
Philip Parkin 77 Kuo Chie-Hsiung 78
 Australia – 1  New Zealand – 2
Player Score Player Score
Greg Norman 76 Frank Nobilo 67
Wayne Grady 78 Simon Owen 74
Rodger Davis 66 Greg Turner 75

Quarter-finals[3]

 Japan – 3  France – 0
Player Score Player Score
Satoshi Higashi 71 Marc Farry 80
Yoshinori Kaneko 71 Jean van de Velde 75
Mark O'Meara 70 Nobuo Serizawa 70
 Ireland – 2  Spain – 1
Player Score Player Score
David Feherty 76 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 77
Ronan Rafferty 71 José Maria Cañizares 70
Philip Walton 70 José Rivero 82
 Wales – 1  New Zealand – 2
Player Score Player Score
Ian Woosnam 67 Frank Nobilo 70
Mark Mouland 76 Simon Owen 71
Philip Parkin 75 Greg Turner 74
 Scotland – 1  England – 2
Player Score Player Score
Stephen McAllister 75 Richard Boxall 73
Sandy Lyle 75 Howard Clark 77
Sam Torrance 73 Mark James 72

Semi-finals[4]

 Ireland – 2.5  New Zealand – 0.5
Player Score Player Score
Philip Walton 70 Simon Owen 71
Ronan Rafferty 68 Frank Nobilo 68
David Feherty 68 Greg Turner 69
 England – 2  Japan – 1
Player Score Player Score
Howard Clark 70 Satoshi Higashi 70
Richard Boxall 70 Yoshinori Kaneko 69
Mark James 70 Hajime Meshiai 70
Clark won on first playoff hole.
James won on fourth playoff hole.

Final[2]

 Ireland – 3.5  England – 2.5
Player Score Player Score
Philip Walton 72 Mark James 72
Ronan Rafferty 71 Richard Boxall 73
David Feherty 74 Howard Clark 73
Philip Walton 77 Mark James 76
Ronan Rafferty 71 Richard Boxall 77
David Feherty 75 Howard Clark 75
Feherty won onthird playoff hole.

Third place[2]

 Japan – 1  New Zealand – 2
Player Score Player Score
Satoshi Higashi 75 Greg Turner 72
Yoshinori Kaneko 74 Simon Owen 77
Hajime Meshiai 77 Frank Nobilo 73

Team results

Country Place W L Seed
 Ireland 1 11 4 3
 England 2 9.5 5.5 5
 New Zealand 3 6.5 5.5
 Japan 4 7 5 8
 Scotland T5 3.5 2.5 4
 Spain T5 3 3 6
 Wales T5 3 3 7
 France T5 2.5 3.5
 Argentina T9 1 2
 Australia T9 1 2 2
 Sweden T9 1 2
 Taiwan T9 1 2
 Mexico T9 0.5 2.5
 United States T9 0.5 2.5 1
 South Korea T9 0 3
 Thailand T9 0 3

Player results

Country Player W L
 Ireland David Feherty 4 1
 Ireland Ronan Rafferty 3.5 1.5
 Ireland Philip Walton 3.5 1.5
 England Mark James 4.5 0.5
 England Howard Clark 3 2
 England Richard Boxall 2 3
 New Zealand Frank Nobilo 2.5 1.5
 New Zealand Simon Owen 2 2
 New Zealand Greg Turner 2 2
 Japan Yoshinori Kaneko 4 0
 Japan Satoshi Higashi 2 2
 Japan Hajime Meshiai 1 3
 Scotland Sandy Lyle 2 0
 Scotland Stephen McAllister 1 1
 Scotland Sam Torrance 0.5 1.5
 Spain José Maria Cañizares 1 1
 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 1 1
 Spain José Rivero 1 1
 Wales Ian Woosnam 2 0
 Wales Philip Parkin 1 1
 Wales Mark Mouland 0 2
 France Emmanuel Dussart 1 1
 France Marc Farry 1 1
 France Jean van de Velde 0.5 1.5
 Argentina Eduardo Romero 1 0
 Argentina Vicente Fernández 0 1
 Argentina Miguel Guzmán 0 1
 Australia Rodger Davis 1 0
 Australia Wayne Grady 0 1
 Australia Greg Norman 0 1
 Sweden Mats Lanner 1 0
 Sweden Magnus Persson 0 1
 Sweden Ove Sellberg 0 1
 Taiwan Chen Liang-hsi 1 0
 Taiwan Hseih Yu-Shu 0 1
 Taiwan Kuo Chie-Hsiung 0 1
 Mexico Carlos Espinoza 0.5 0.5
 Mexico Rafael Alarcon 0 1
 Mexico Enrique Serna 0 1
 United States Curtis Strange 0.5 0.5
 United States Mark Calcavecchia 0 1
 United States Tom Kite 0 1
 South Korea Choi Sang-Ho 0 1
 South Korea Choi Yoon-Soo 0 1
 South Korea Park Nam-Sin 0 1
 Thailand Suthep Meesawat 0 1
 Thailand Sukree Oncham 0 1
 Thailand Boonchu Ruangkit 0 1

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Ireland Claims Second Dunhill Cup; Dunhill Cup". The Victoria Advocate (Victoria, Texas). AP. 15 October 1990. pp. 2B, 5B. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  3. "$1 Million Dunhill Cup". Eugene Register-Guard (Eugene, Oregon). 13 October 1990. p. 6C. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  4. "Dunhill Cup". Eugene Register-Guard (Eugene, Oregon). 14 October 1990. p. 10G. Retrieved 13 December 2012.

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