Dates: Thursday, October 12th through Sunday, October 15th
Site: St. Andrews Golf Club (Old Course), St. Andrews, Scotland
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,094
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 370 Yds 10 - Par 4 380 Yds
2 - Par 4 411 Yds 11 - Par 3 172 Yds
3 - Par 4 400 Yds 12 - Par 4 316 Yds
4 - Par 4 463 Yds 13 - Par 4 429 Yds
5 - Par 5 564 Yds 14 - Par 5 567 Yds
6 - Par 4 416 Yds 15 - Par 4 459 Yds
7 - Par 4 372 Yds 16 - Par 4 426 Yds
8 - Par 3 178 Yds 17 - Par 4 461 Yds
9 - Par 4 356 Yds 18 - Par 4 354 Yds
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36 3,530 Yds 36 3,564 Yds
Annual: 16th
Defending Champion: Spain
Runner-Up: Australia
90-Hole Record: 340 (Nick Price, 1995)
72-Hole Record: 268 (Nick Faldo, 1988)
18-Hole Record: 62 (Curtis Strange, 1987)
9-Hole Record: 27 (Joakim Haeggman, 1997)
Highest 18-Hole Round: 87 (Carlos Espinosa, 1993)
Total Purse: $1,450,750
Prize Breakdown: Winner: $435,000; Runner-up: 217,600; Semi-Finalist: 137,800;
2nd in each group: 65,300; 3rd in each group: 36,250;
4th in each group: 28,300
Seeds: Scotland (1) New Zealand (5)
Argentina (2) Sweden (6)
Spain (3) Australia (7)
South Africa (4) Wales (8)
Draw: (1) Scotland (2) Wales (3) Germany (4) England (Group One)
(1) South Africa (2) New Zealand (3) France (4) Ireland (Group Two)
(1) Spain (2) Sweden (3) China (4) Zimbabwe (Group Three)
(1) Argentina (2) Australia (3) Japan (4) U.S.A. (Group Four)
Schedule for each group
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Thursday - 1 vs. 3 and 2 vs. 4
Friday - 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3
Saturday - 1 vs. 2 and 3 vs. 4
Sunday Morning Semi-Finals: Winner of group one vs. Winner of group two
Winner of group three vs. Winner of group four
Sunday Afternoon Finals: One vs. Two winner vs. Three vs Four winner
Scoring: Victory in a match scores one point. When a match goes 18 holes
without a decision, play will continue until a winner is determined.
Defending Champions: Spain def. Australia, 2-1
Craig Parry (AUS) def. Sergio Garcia, 69-69 (19th hole)
Jose Maria Olazabal (SPN) def. Stephen Leaney, 72-78
Miguel Angel Jimenez (SPN) def. Peter O'Malley, 73-75
Day One Schedule
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South Africa (4) vs. France
9:30 a.m. - David Frost (SA) vs. Jean-Francois Remesy (FRA)
9:40 a.m. - Retief Goosen (SA) vs. Raphael Jacquelin (FRA)
9:50 a.m. - Ernie Els (SA) vs. Thomas Levet (FRA)
New Zealand (5) vs. Ireland
10:00 a.m. - Greg Turner (NZ) vs. Des Smyth (IRE)
10:10 a.m. - Grant Waite (NZ) vs. Padraig Harrington (IRE)
10:20 a.m. - Michael Campbell (NZ) vs. Paul McGinley (IRE)
Australia (7) vs. United States
10:30 a.m. - Stephen Leaney (AUS) vs. John Daly (USA)
10:40 a.m. - Nick O'Hern (AUS) vs. Larry Mize (USA)
10:50 a.m. - Peter O'Malley (AUS) vs. Tom Lehman (USA)
Argentina (2) vs. Japan
11:00 a.m. - Eduardo Romero (ARG) vs. Tetsu Nishikawa (JAP)
11:10 a.m. - Angel Cabrera (ARG) vs. Isao Aoki (JAP)
11:20 a.m. - Jose Coceres (ARG) vs. Tsusaka Watanabe (JAP)
Spain (3) vs. China
11:30 a.m. - Miguel Angel Jimenez (SPN) vs. Xiang-Bing Wu (CHI)
11:40 a.m. - Miguel Angel Martin (SPN) vs. Lian-Wei Zhang (CHI)
11:50 a.m. - Jose Maria Olazabal (SPN) vs. Wen-Chong Liang (CHI)
Sweden (6) vs. Zimbabwe
12:00 a.m. - Patrik Sjoland (SWE) vs. Mark McNulty (ZIM)
12:10 a.m. - Per-Ulrik Johansson (SWE) vs. Tony Johnstone (ZIM)
12:20 a.m. - Mathias Gronberg (SWE) vs. Nick Price (ZIM)
Wales (8) vs. England
12:30 a.m. - Ian Woosnam (WAL) vs. Roger Chapman (ENG)
12:40 a.m. - Phillip Price (WAL) vs. Brian Davis (ENG)
12:50 a.m. - David Park (WAL) vs. Jamie Spence (ENG)
Scotland (1) vs. Germany
13:00 a.m. - Gary Orr (SCO) vs. Bernhard Langer (GER)
13:10 a.m. - Andrew Coltart (SCO) vs. Thomas Gogele (GER)
13:20 a.m. - Colin Montgomerie (SCO) vs. Sven Struver (GER)
Alfred Dunhill Cup Teams
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Argentina Australia China England
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Angel Cabrera Stephen Leaney Wen-Chong Liang Roger Chapman
Jose Coceres Nick O'Hern Xiang-Bing Wu Brian Davis
Eduardo Romero Peter O'Malley Lian-Wei Zhang Jamie Spence
France Germany Ireland Japan
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Thomas Levet Thomas Gogele Padraig Harrington Isao Aoki
J.Francois Remesy Bernhard Langer Paul McGinley Tetsu Nishikawa
Raphael Jacquelin Sven Struver Des Smyth Tsusaka Watanabe
New Zealand Scotland South Africa Spain
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Michael Campbell Andrew Coltart Ernie Els Miguel Angel Jimenez
Greg Turner Colin Montgomerie David Frost Miguel Angel Martin
Grant Waite Gary Orr Retief Goosen Jose Maria Olazabal
Sweden United States Wales Zimbabwe
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Mathias Gronberg John Daly David Park Tony Johnstone
P-Ulrik Johansson Tom Lehman Phillip Price Mark McNulty
Patrik Sjoland Larry Mize Ian Woosnam Nick Price
Past Alfred Dunhill Cup Results
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Year Winner Runner-up Result Semi-Finalists
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1999 Spain Australia 2-1 South Africa, Sweden
1998 South Africa Spain 3-0 Australia, U.S.A.
1997 South Africa Sweden 2-1 New Zealand, U.S.A.
1996 United States New Zealand 2-1 Sweden, South Africa
1995 Scotland Zimbabwe 2-1 Ireland, Spain
1994 Canada United States 2-1 England, Zimbabwe
1993 United States England 2-1 Ireland, Sweden
1992 England Scotland 2-0 Australia, U.S.A.
1991 *Sweden South Africa 2-1 Japan, Scotland, Wales
1990 Ireland England 3 1/2-2 1/2 Japan, New Zealand
1989 United States Japan 3 1/2-2 1/2 England, Ireland
1988 Ireland Australia 2-1 England, Spain
1987 England Scotland 2-1 Australia, U.S.A.
1986 Australia Japan 3-0 Scotland, U.S.A.
1985 Australia United States 3-0 Scotland, Wales
* - won playoff
Match and Game Records
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Matches Games
Team (Wins) Played Won-Lost Won-Lost-Halved
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United States (3) 54 37-17 103-55-4
England (2) 50 30-20 87-62-4
Scotland (1) 49 29-20 88-55-4
Ireland (2) 45 28-17 74-48-2
Australia (2) 47 28-19 81-58-2
South Africa (2) 35 26-9 68-35-2
Sweden (1) 40 24-16 70-48-2
Spain (1) 42 23-19 63-62-1
New Zealand 33 18-15 46-51-2
Japan 42 17-25 52-74-3
Zimbabwe 27 15-12 38-42-1
Canada (1) 26 12-14 36-41-1
Wales 24 10-14 32-39-1
Germany 18 7-11 20-33-1
Argentina 18 6-12 23-31-0
France 22 6-16 19-45-2
Italy 14 4-10 17-24-1
Paraguay 10 3-7 12-18-0
Korea 14 2-12 13-29-0
India 6 2-4 7-11-0
Mexico 5 1-4 4-11-0
Switzerland 1 0-1 1-2-0
Hong Kong 1 0-1 1-2-0
Malaysia 1 0-1 1-2-0
Nigeria 1 0-1 0-3-0
Indonesia 1 0-1 0-3-0
Zambia 1 0-1 0-3-0
Denmark 1 0-1 0-3-0
Singapore 1 0-1 0-3-0
Columbia 1 0-1 0-3-0
Brazil 2 0-2 1-5-0
Philippines 3 0-3 0-9-0
China 6 0-6 4-14-0
Thailand 6 0-6 1-17-0
Notes of Interest
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Players (Nation) Played Won-Lost Low Round
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Nick Faldo, England 18 31-5-0 65
Greg Norman, Australia 31 22-8-1 63
David Frost, South Africa 31 21-10-0 64
Mark O'Meara, USA 28 20-7-1 63
Ernie Els, South Africa 31 20-10-1 65
Gordan Brand Jr., Scotland 33 20-12-1 65
Mark James, England 27 18-8-1 66
Colin Montgomerie, Scotland 31 18-11-2 67
Jose Maria Olazabal, Spain 24 17-7-0 67
Ronan Rafferty, Ireland 30 15-14-1 67
Sam Torrance, Scotland 27 15-11-1 67
Retief Goosen, South Africa 21 15-6-0 66
Curtis Strange, USA 23 15-7-1 62
Sandy Lyle, Scotland 22 15-7-0 66
Mark McNulty, Zimbabwe 23 15-8-0 66
Frank Nobilo, New Zealand 30 14-15-1 66
Dave Barr, Canada 20 13-7-0 66
Ian Woosnam, Wales 20 13-7-0 65
Craig Parry, Australia 16 13-3-0 67
Howard Clark, England 23 13-9-1 65
Nick Price, Zimbabwe 23 13-10-0 67
Jose Rivero, Spain 24 13-11-0 65
Fred Couples, USA 16 12-4-0 67
Philip Walton, Ireland 19 12-6-1 69
Rodger Davis, Australia 20 12-7-1 63
Darren Clarke, Ireland 19 12-7-0 67
Per-U Johansson, Sweden 18 11-7-0 68
Anders Forsbrand, Sweden 18 11-7-0 68
Naomichi Ozaki, Japan 14 10-3-1 67
Andrew Coltart, Scotland 14 10-4-0 66
Barry Lane, England 14 10-4-0 65
Tom Kite, USA 15 9-5-1 68
Steve Elkington, Australia 16 9-7-0 68
Tiger Woods, USA 4 3-1-0 66
Scoring Records
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Lowest Scores Highest Scores
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62 Curtis Strange, 1987 87 Carlos Espinosa, 1993
63 Rodger Davis, 1987 85 Morgan Shumba, 1989
63 Greg Norman, 1988 85 Thaworn Wiratchant, 1992
63 Mark O'Meara, 1996 85 Rick Gibson, 1994
Lowest Outward Nine Lowest Inward Nine
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27 Joakim Haeggman, 1997 31 Curtis Strange, 1987
28 Mark O'Meara, 1996 31 Barry Lane, 1988
31 Ian Woosnam, 1995
Successive Birdies Successive Bogeys
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8 Mark O'Meara, 1996 9 Rick Gibson, 1994
7 Joakim Haeggman, 1997 7 Naomichi Ozaki, 1986
6 Curtis Strange, 1987
Successive Pars Lowest Total Aggregate
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18 Barry Lane, 1996 268 (Nick Faldo, 1988 - four rounds)
16 Tateo Ozaki, 1986 340 (Nick Price, 1995 - five rounds)
16 Craig Parry, 1993
Holes in One Five wins out of Five
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Costantino Rocca, 1987 (8th) David Gilford, 1992
Andrew Coltart, 1995 (8th) Fred Couples, 1993
Thomas Levet, 1998 (8th) Curtis Strange, 1994
Steve Stricker, 1996
Per-Ulrik Johansson, 1997
Retief Goosen, 1997-98
Successive Victories
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11 Greg Norman, 1985-87
10 Retief Goosen, 1997-current
Participating Countries
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AUSTRALIA - Has played in all 15 previous Dunhill Cups. Won this
event the first two years (1985-86). Runner-up in 1988.
ARGENTINA - Has played in eight previous Dunhill Cups. Three of their
six match victories came against England.
CHINA - Played at St. Andrews for the first time last year. China took
a game from South Africa and England.
ENGLAND - England has reached the final's 4 times, winning twice & reaching
the semifinal's on 3 other occasions. Played in all 15 Dunhill's.
FRANCE - France has played in 10 previous Dunhill Cups, but has never
reached the semifinals.
GERMANY - This is Germany's seventh appearance in Dunhill Cup play.
The German's have never reached the semi-final stages.
IRELAND - One of just five teams to win this event twice. Ireland has
played in all previous Dunhill Cups.
JAPAN - Although they have never won, Japan has reached the final twice,
losing to Australia in 1986 & to the U.S. in 1989.
NEW ZEALAND - In 12 previous appearances, New Zealand has won 18 of 33
matches.
Runner-up in 1996 and semifinalist in 1990 and 97'.
SCOTLAND - Won the title for the first time in 1995 when they defeated
Zimbabwe. In five previous meetings, they have yet to win
against arch-rival England.
SOUTH AFRICA- South Africa lost to Sweden in its first visit to St. Andrews
in 1991. South Africa won this event two straight years in 97-98.
SPAIN - The defending champions captured this event for the first time
last year. Spain has played in all previous events. Spain has
reached the finals the last two years.
SWEDEN - Won this event in 1991 and lost to South Africa in 1997.
Sweden has played in all but one Dunhill Cup.
U.S.A. - One of only six nations to have played in all previous events.
Has reached the semifinal round eight times with three wins.
WALES - Making their 10th appearance in Dunhill Cup play. Has reached
the semifinals twice.
ZIMBABWE - Making its 11th appearance in Dunhill Cup play. Runner-up
in 1995, losing to Scotland.
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