1989 Dunhill Cup
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 28 September – 1 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$1,200,000 |
Winner's share | US$300,000[1] |
Champion | |
United States (Mark Calcavecchia, Tom Kite, Curtis Strange) |
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The 1989 Dunhill Cup was the fifth Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 28 September – 1 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The American team of Mark Calcavecchia, Tom Kite, and Curtis Strange beat the Japanese team of Hajime Meshiai, Naomichi Ozaki, and Koichi Suzuki in the final. It was the first time that the number one seeded team won the Cup.
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. In the first format change of the Cup, the final was played as two sets of three 18-hole matches, instead of one set.
Bracket
First round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||
1 | United States | 2 | |||||||||||||||
South Korea | 1 | 1 | United States | 3 | |||||||||||||
8 | Wales | 0.5 | Argentina | 0 | |||||||||||||
Argentina | 2.5 | 1 | United States | 2 | |||||||||||||
5 | Ireland | 2 | 5 | Ireland | 1 | ||||||||||||
Taiwan | 1 | 5 | Ireland | 3 | |||||||||||||
4 | Spain | 1 | Sweden | 0 | |||||||||||||
Sweden | 2 | 1 | United States | 3.5 | |||||||||||||
2 | Australia | 1 | 7 | Japan | 2.5 | ||||||||||||
France | 2 | France | 0 | ||||||||||||||
7 | Japan | 2 | 7 | Japan | 3 | ||||||||||||
Italy | 1 | 7 | Japan | 2 | |||||||||||||
6 | England | 2 | 6 | England | 1 | ||||||||||||
Canada | 1 | 6 | England | 2 | Third place | ||||||||||||
3 | Scotland | 2 | 3 | Scotland | 1 | 5 | Ireland | 1 | |||||||||
New Zealand | 1 | 6 | England | 2 |
Round by round scores
Team results
Country | Place | W | L | Seed |
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United States | 1 | 10.5 | 4.5 | 1 |
Japan | 2 | 9.5 | 5.5 | 7 |
Ireland | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
England | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
Scotland | T5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Argentina | T5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | |
France | T5 | 2 | 4 | |
Sweden | T5 | 2 | 4 | |
Australia | T9 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Canada | T9 | 1 | 2 | |
Italy | T9 | 1 | 2 | |
New Zealand | T9 | 1 | 2 | |
South Korea | T9 | 1 | 2 | |
Spain | T9 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Taiwan | T9 | 1 | 2 | |
Wales | T9 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 8 |
Player results
Country | Player | W | L |
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United States | Mark Calcavecchia | 4 | 1 |
United States | Curtis Strange | 4 | 1 |
United States | Tom Kite | 2.5 | 2.5 |
Japan | Naomichi Ozaki | 4.5 | 0.5 |
Japan | Koichi Suzuki | 4 | 1 |
Japan | Hajime Meshiai | 1 | 4 |
Ireland | Philip Walton | 3 | 1 |
Ireland | Christy O'Connor Jnr | 2 | 2 |
Ireland | Ronan Rafferty | 2 | 2 |
England | Howard Clark | 3 | 1 |
England | Mark James | 3 | 1 |
England | Denis Durnian | 1 | 3 |
Scotland | Gordon Brand, Jnr | 1 | 1 |
Scotland | Sandy Lyle | 1 | 1 |
Scotland | Sam Torrance | 1 | 1 |
Argentina | Miguel Fernández | 1 | 1 |
Argentina | Eduardo Romero | 1 | 1 |
Argentina | Vicente Fernández | 0.5 | 1.5 |
France | Emmanuel Dussart | 1 | 1 |
France | Marc Pendaries | 1 | 1 |
France | Gery Watine | 0 | 2 |
Sweden | Magnus Persson | 1 | 1 |
Sweden | Ove Sellberg | 1 | 1 |
Sweden | Mats Lanner | 0 | 2 |
Australia | Greg Norman | 0 | 1 |
Australia | Ian Baker-Finch | 0 | 1 |
Australia | Wayne Grady | 1 | 0 |
Canada | Dave Barr | 1 | 0 |
Canada | Dan Halldorson | 0 | 1 |
Canada | Richard Zokol | 0 | 1 |
Italy | Alberto Binaghi | 1 | 0 |
Italy | Costantino Rocca | 0 | 1 |
Italy | Massimo Mannelli | 0 | 1 |
New Zealand | Simon Owen | 1 | 0 |
New Zealand | Frank Nobilo | 0 | 1 |
New Zealand | Grant Waite | 0 | 1 |
South Korea | Park Nam-Sin | 1 | 0 |
South Korea | Choi Sang-Ho | 0 | 1 |
South Korea | Choi Yoon-Soo | 0 | 1 |
Spain | José María Olazábal | 1 | 0 |
Spain | José Maria Cañizares | 0 | 1 |
Spain | José Rivero | 0 | 1 |
Taiwan | Yu Chin-Han | 1 | 0 |
Taiwan | Hsieh Chin-sheng | 0 | 1 |
Taiwan | Lu Chien-soon | 0 | 1 |
Wales | Mark Mouland | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Wales | Philip Parkin | 0 | 1 |
Wales | Ian Woosnam | 0 | 1 |
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