1997 Dunhill Cup

March 2020 1997 Dunhill Cup 16–19 October St Andrews, Scotland Old Course at St Andrews uk Match play 72 7094 yd m 16 teams of 3 players £1,000,000 £300,000 (Ernie Els, David Frost, Retief Goosen) 1996 1998 The 1997 Dunhill Cup was the 13th Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 16–19 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The South African team of Ernie Els, David Frost, and Retief Goosen beat the Swedish team of Joakim Haeggman, Per-Ulrik Johansson, and Jesper Parnevik in the final. Format The Cup was a match play event played over four days. The teams were divided into four four-team groups. The top eight teams were seeded with the remaining teams randomly placed in the bracket. After three rounds of round-robin play, the top team in each group advanced to a single elimination playoff. In each team match, the three players were paired with their opponents and played 18 holes at medal match play. Matches tied at the end of 18 holes were extended to a sudden-death playoff. The tie-breaker for ties within a group was based on match record, then head-to-head. Group play Round one Source: Group 1 – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Mark O'Meara 67 Eduardo Romero 67 Brad Faxon 72 Ángel Cabrera 68 Justin Leonard 65 José Cóceres 72 O'Meara won on the first playoff hole. 1em – 3 JPN 1947 – 0Player Score Player Score Russell Claydon 70 Tsukasa Watanabe 71 Lee Westwood 70 Nobuhito Sato 73 Mark James 73 Shigemasa Higaki 74 Group 2 – 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Joakim Haeggman 72 Hseih Yu-Shu 72 Jesper Parnevik 65 Lu Hsi-chuen 75 Per-Ulrik Johansson 71 Chen Liang-hsi 75 Haeggman won on the first playoff hole. 1em – 1 – 2Player Score Player Score Robert Allenby 71 Fabrice Tamaud 70 Steve Elkington 71 Jean van de Velde 71 Stuart Appleby 68 Marc Farry 71 van de Velde won on the first playoff hole. Group 3 – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Retief Goosen 70 Paul McGinley 71 David Frost 69 Pádraig Harrington 67 Ernie Els 66 Darren Clarke 71 1em – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Raymond Russell 68 Thomas Gögele 74 Gordon Brand Jnr 69 Alex Čejka 66 Colin Montgomerie 67 Sven Strüver 73 Group 4 – 2 KOR 1997 – 1Player Score Player Score Nick Price 72 Kim Jong-duck 74 Mark McNulty 69 Mo Joong-kyung 76 Tony Johnstone 73 Kang Wook-soon 73 Kang won on the first playoff hole. 1em – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Steven Alker 70 Miguel Ángel Martín 73 Frank Nobilo 70 Ignacio Garrido 75 Michael Long 72 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 71 Round two Source: Group 1 – 3 JPN 1947 – 0Player Score Player Score Mark O'Meara 70 Tsukasa Watanabe 72 Justin Leonard 74 Nobuhito Sato 82 Brad Faxon 73 Shigemasa Higaki 79 1em – 1 – 2Player Score Player Score Russell Claydon 74 José Cóceres 71 Mark James 71 Eduardo Romero 72 Lee Westwood 72 Ángel Cabrera 71 Group 2 – 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Joakim Haeggman 70 Fabrice Tamaud 78 Jesper Parnevik 73 Marc Farry 74 Per-Ulrik Johansson 72 Jean van de Velde 73 1em – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Robert Allenby 74 Hseih Yu-Shu 73 Steve Elkington 76 Chen Liang-hsi 76 Stuart Appleby 77 Lu Hsi-chuen 80 Elkington won on the second playoff hole. Group 3 – 1 – 2Player Score Player Score Paul McGinley 69 Raymond Russell 74 Darren Clarke 77 Gordon Brand Jnr 73 Pádraig Harrington 76 Colin Montgomerie 72 1em – 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Retief Goosen 73 Thomas Gögele 73 David Frost 74 Alex Čejka 79 Ernie Els 71 Sven Strüver 72 Goosen won on the second playoff hole. Group 4 – 3 KOR 1997 – 0Player Score Player Score Steven Alker 76 Mo Joong-kyung 83 Michael Long 75 Kim Jong-duck 76 Frank Nobilo 68 Kang Wook-soon 70 1em – 1 – 2Player Score Player Score Miguel Ángel Martín 74 Tony Johnstone 70 Ignacio Garrido 74 Mark McNulty 70 Miguel Ángel Jiménez Nick Price WD Round three Source: Group 1 – 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Mark O'Meara 67 Lee Westwood 69 Brad Faxon 70 Russell Claydon 73 Justin Leonard 69 Mark James 72 1em JPN 1947 – 0.5 – 2.5Player Score Player Score Shigemasa Higaki 73 Eduardo Romero 71 Tsukasa Watanabe 73 Ángel Cabrera 69 Nobuhito Sato 70 José Cóceres 70 Group 2 – 1 – 2Player Score Player Score Steve Elkington 72 Per-Ulrik Johansson 72 Stuart Appleby 69 Joakim Haeggman 66 Robert Allenby 68 Jesper Parnevik 70 Johannsson won on the second playoff hole. 1em – 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Marc Farry 70 Chen Liang-hsi 73 Fabrice Tamaud 71 Lu Hsi-chuen 75 Jean van de Velde 67 Hseih Yu-Shu 76 Group 3 – 2.5 – 0.5Player Score Player Score David Frost 68 Raymond Russell 71 Retief Goosen 67 Gordon Brand Jnr 67 Ernie Els 68 Colin Montgomerie 68 Goosen won on the first playoff hole. 1em – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Darren Clarke 68 Alex Čejka 74 Pádraig Harrington 66 Sven Strüver 69 Paul McGinley 71 Thomas Gögele 67 Group 4 – 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Frank Nobilo Nick Price WD Steven Alker 70 Tony Johnstone 75 Michael Long 67 Mark McNulty 68 1em – 2 KOR 1997 – 1Player Score Player Score Miguel Ángel Martín 78 Kim Jong-duck 70 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 74 Kang Wook-soon 74 Ignacio Garrido 70 Mo Joong-kyung 76 Jiménez won on the second playoff hole. Standings +Group 1Country W L MW ML 3 0 8 1 2 1 5.5 3.5 1 2 4 5JPN 1947 0 3 0.5 8.5 +Group 2Country W L MW ML 3 0 8 1 2 1 5 4 1 2 4 5 0 3 1 8 +Group 3Country W L MW ML 3 0 7.5 1.5 2 1 4.5 4.5 1 2 4 5 0 3 2 7 +Group 4Country W L MW ML 3 0 8 1 2 1 4 5 1 2 4 5KOR 1997 0 3 2 7 Playoffs Source: Bracket Semi-finals Final 25 120 20 1 1 6 2 2 2 4 1 6 1 2 2 Semi-finals – 1 – 2Player Score Player Score Mark O'Meara 68 Jesper Parnevik 69 Justin Leonard 72 Joakim Haeggman 68 Brad Faxon 74 Per-Ulrik Johansson 71 1em – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Retief Goosen 67 Michael Long 72 David Frost 72 Steven Alker 76 Ernie Els 70 Frank Nobilo 66 Final – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Retief Goosen 70 Jesper Parnevik 74 David Frost 74 Per-Ulrik Johansson 71 Ernie Els 69 Joakim Haeggman 72 Team results Country Place W L MW ML Seed 1 5 0 11.5 3.5 2 2 4 1 11 4 6 T3 3 1 9 3 4 T3 3 1 9 3 1 T5 2 1 5.5 3.5 T5 2 1 5 4 T5 2 1 4.5 4.5 T5 2 1 4 5 T9 1 2 4 5 3 T9 1 2 4 5 8 T9 1 2 4 5 7 T9 1 2 4 5 5 T13 0 3 2 7 KOR 1997 T13 0 3 2 7 T13 0 3 1 8 JPN 1947 T13 0 3 0.5 8.5 Player results Country Player W L Retief Goosen 5 0 Ernie Els 3.5 1.5 David Frost 3 2 Per-Ulrik Johansson 5 0 Joakim Haeggman 4 1 Jesper Parnevik 2 3 Frank Nobilo 4 0 Steven Alker 3 1 Michael Long 2 2 Mark O'Meara 4 0 Justin Leonard 3 1 Brad Faxon 2 2 Ángel Cabrera 3 0 José Cóceres 1.5 1.5 Eduardo Romero 1 2 Fabrice Tamaud 2 1 Jean van de Velde 2 1 Marc Farry 1 2 Colin Montgomerie 2.5 0.5 Gordon Brand Jnr 1 2 Raymond Russell 1 2 Mark McNulty 2 1 Tony Johnstone 1 2 Nick Price 1 2 Stuart Appleby 2 1 Robert Allenby 1 2 Steve Elkington 1 2 Mark James 2 1 Russell Claydon 1 2 Lee Westwood 1 2 Pádraig Harrington 2 1 Darren Clarke 1 2 Paul McGinley 1 2 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 3 0 Ignacio Garrido 1 2 Miguel Ángel Martín 0 3 Alex Čejka 1 2 Thomas Gögele 1 2 Sven Strüver 0 3 KOR 1997 Kang Wook-soon 1 2 KOR 1997 Kim Jong-duck 1 2 KOR 1997 Mo Joong-kyung 0 3 Hseih Yu-Shu 1 2 Chen Liang-hsi 0 3 Lu Hsi-chuen 0 3 JPN 1947 Nobuhito Sato 0.5 2.5 JPN 1947 Shigemasa Higaki 0 3 JPN 1947 Tsukasa Watanabe 0 3 References https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xZkyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=b-gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5651,471230&dq=dunhill+cup+golf&hl=en O'meara wins Dunhill playoff; Dunhill Cup Lawrence Journal-World Lawrence, Kansas 17 October 1997 2C, 9C 3 January 2013 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4ANJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mgINAAAAIBAJ&pg=3012,3250942&dq=dunhill+cup+golf&hl=en U.S. advances in Dunhill Record-Journal Meriden, Connecticut 18 October 1997 20, 23 3 January 2013 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wvkaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3EcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6577,2866106&dq=dunhill+cup+golf&hl=en O'Meara lead United States to Dunhill victory Daily News Bowling Green, Kentucky AP Robert Millward 19 October 1997 10B, 2B 3 January 2013 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=47MsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yCYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6898,1718323&dq=dunhill+cup+golf&hl=en Dunhill Cup Star-News Wilmington, North Carolina AP 20 October 1997 8B 3 January 2013 56.351484 -2.816147 type:event title Category:Alfred Dunhill Cup Dunhill Cup Dunhill Cup Dunhill Cup