1996 Dunhill Cup

March 2020 1996 Dunhill Cup 10–13 October St Andrews, Scotland Old Course at St Andrews uk Match play 72 6933 yd m 16 teams of 3 players £1,000,000 £300,000 (Phil Mickelson, Mark O'Meara, Steve Stricker) 1995 1997 The 1996 Dunhill Cup was the 12th Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 10–13 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The American team of Phil Mickelson, Mark O'Meara, and Steve Stricker beat the team from New Zealand of Frank Nobilo, Greg Turner, and Grant Waite in the final. It was the third win for the United States. 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 groups. 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 63 Costantino Rocca 70 Phil Mickelson 72 Emanuele Canonica 72 Steve Stricker 68 Silvio Grappasonni 75 Canonica won on the second playoff hole. 1em – 0 – 3Player Score Player Score Ignacio Garrido 77 Lee Westwood 69 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 71 Jonathan Lomas 70 Diego Borrego 76 Barry Lane 69 Group 2 – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Tony Johnstone 73 Ali Sher 72 Mark McNulty 70 Gaurav Ghei 73 Nick Price 70 Jeev Milkha Singh 71 1em – 1 – 2Player Score Player Score Andrew Coltart 67 Peter Hedblom 70 Raymond Russell 69 Patrik Sjöland 68 Colin Montgomerie 69 Jarmo Sandelin 68 Group 3 – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Wayne Westner 68 Rick Todd 77 Ernie Els 65 Rick Gibson 73 Retief Goosen 76 Jim Rutledge 69 1em – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Darren Clarke 71 Mark Mouland 70 Paul McGinley 68 Paul Affleck 70 Pádraig Harrington 70 Phillip Price 74 Group 4 – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Grant Waite 69 Heinz-Peter Thül 69 Greg Turner 74 Thomas Gögele 71 Frank Nobilo 66 Sven Strüver 71 Waite won on the fourth playoff hole. 1em – 2 JPN 1947 – 1Player Score Player Score Wayne Riley 71 Naomichi Ozaki 67 Steve Elkington 68 Kazuhiro Takami 74 Greg Norman 72 Hajime Meshiai 74 Round two Source: Group 1 – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Mark O'Meara 75 Barry Lane 72 Steve Stricker 75 Jonathan Lomas 79 Phil Mickelson 72 Lee Westwood 73 1em – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Miguel Ángel Jiménez 69 Silvio Grappasonni 79 Ignacio Garrido 74 Emanuele Canonica 79 Diego Borrego 76 Costantino Rocca 73 Group 2 – 0 – 3Player Score Player Score Tony Johnstone 76 Patrik Sjöland 73 Nick Price 75 Jarmo Sandelin 75 Mark McNulty 73 Peter Hedblom 72 Sandelin won on the first playoff hole. 1em – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Jeev Milkha Singh 74 Andrew Coltart 74 Gaurav Ghei 78 Colin Montgomerie 79 Ali Sher 84 Raymond Russell 71 Singh won on the first playoff hole. Group 3 – 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Darren Clarke 76 Rick Gibson 80 Pádraig Harrington 73 Rick Todd 73 Paul McGinley 71 Jim Rutledge 77 Harrington won on the first playoff hole. 1em – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Retief Goosen 78 Phillip Price 73 Ernie Els 70 Mark Mouland 80 Wayne Westner 72 Paul Affleck 76 Group 4 JPN 1947 – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Naomichi Ozaki 69 Frank Nobilo 73 Hajime Meshiai 73 Grant Waite 72 Kazuhiro Takami 70 Greg Turner 73 1em – 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Wayne Riley 74 Heinz-Peter Thül 76 Greg Norman 71 Sven Strüver 73 Steve Elkington 71 Thomas Gögele 80 Round three Source: Group 1 – 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Mark O'Meara 67 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 68 Steve Stricker 70 Diego Borrego 74 Phil Mickelson 66 Ignacio Garrido 77 1em – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Costantino Rocca 72 Lee Westwood 74 Silvio Grappasonni 68 Jonathan Lomas 69 Emanuele Canonica 76 Barry Lane 74 Group 2 – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Tony Johnstone 70 Andrew Coltart 72 Mark McNulty 69 Colin Montgomerie 70 Nick Price 76 Raymond Russell 72 1em – 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Patrik Sjöland 68 Jeev Milkha Singh 74 Peter Hedblom 69 Gaurav Ghei 72 Jarmo Sandelin 72 Ali Sher 73 Group 3 – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Mark Mouland 75 Rick Gibson 71 Phillip Price 71 Jim Rutledge 72 Paul Affleck 70 Rick Todd 72 1em – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Retief Goosen 70 Darren Clarke 70 Ernie Els 71 Paul McGinley 69 Wayne Westner 69 Pádraig Harrington 70 Goosen won on the first playoff hole. Group 4 – 0 – 3Player Score Player Score Wayne Riley 76 Grant Waite 69 Steve Elkington 73 Greg Turner 69 Greg Norman 68 Frank Nobilo 66 1em – 2 JPN 1947 – 1Player Score Player Score Sven Strüver 70 Naomichi Ozaki 72 Thomas Gögele 71 Hajime Meshiai 77 Heinz-Peter Thül 74 Kazuhiro Takami 73 Standings +Group 1Country W L MW ML 3 0 7 2 1 2 5 4 1 2 4 5 1 2 2 7 +Group 2Country W L MW ML 3 0 8 1 2 1 4 5 1 2 3 6 0 3 3 6 +Group 3Country W L MW ML 3 0 6 3 2 1 6 3 1 2 4 5 0 3 2 7 +Group 4Country W L MW ML 2 1 6 3 2 1 5 4JPN 1947 1 2 4 5 1 2 3 6 Playoffs Source: Bracket Semi-finals Final 25 120 20 1 2   1 3 1 7 2 1 2 7 1 Semi-finals – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Mark O'Meara 68 Peter Hedblom 74 Steve Stricker 70 Patrik Sjöland 73 Phil Mickelson 71 Jarmo Sandelin 68 1em – 1 – 2Player Score Player Score Wayne Westner 74 Grant Waite 74 Retief Goosen 72 Greg Turner 71 Ernie Els 69 Frank Nobilo 72 Waite won on the third playoff hole. Final – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Mark O'Meara 72 Frank Nobilo 69 Phil Mickelson 69 Greg Turner 72 Steve Stricker 67 Grant Waite 73 Team results Country Place W L MW ML Seed 1 5 0 11 4 1 2 3 2 9 6 7 T3 3 1 9 3 T3 3 1 7 5 3 T5 2 1 6 3 6 T5 2 1 5 4 2 T5 2 1 4 5 4 T8 1 2 5 4 T8 1 2 4 5 JPN 1947 T8 1 2 4 5 T8 1 2 4 5 T8 1 2 3 6 T8 1 2 3 6 T8 1 2 2 7 8 T15 0 3 3 6 5 T15 0 3 2 7 Player results Country Player W L Steve Stricker 5 0 Phil Mickelson 3 2 Mark O'Meara 3 2 Grant Waite 4 1 Frank Nobilo 3 2 Greg Turner 2 3 Jarmo Sandelin 4 0 Peter Hedblom 2 2 Patrik Sjöland 2 2 Ernie Els 3 1 Wayne Westner 3 1 Retief Goosen 1 3 Paul McGinley 3 0 Pádraig Harrington 2 1 Darren Clarke 1 2 Steve Elkington 2 1 Greg Norman 2 1 Wayne Riley 1 2 Mark McNulty 2 1 Tony Johnstone 1 2 Nick Price 1 2 Barry Lane 3 0 Jonathan Lomas 1 2 Lee Westwood 1 2 Costantino Rocca 2 1 Emanuele Canonica 1 2 Silvio Grappasonni 1 2 JPN 1947 Naomichi Ozaki 2 1 JPN 1947 Kazuhiro Takami 2 1 JPN 1947 Hajime Meshiai 0 3 Phillip Price 2 1 Paul Affleck 1 2 Mark Mouland 1 2 Thomas Gögele 2 1 Sven Strüver 1 2 Heinz-Peter Thül 0 3 Gaurav Ghei 1 2 Ali Sher 1 2 Jeev Milkha Singh 1 2 Ignacio Garrido 1 2 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 1 2 Diego Borrego 0 3 Raymond Russell 3 0 Andrew Coltart 1 2 Colin Montgomerie 0 3 Rick Gibson 1 2 Jim Rutledge 1 2 Rick Todd 0 3 References https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Us9gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aDEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5867,2724503&dq=dunhill+cup+golf&hl=en O'Meara narrowly misses St. Andrews course record; Dunhill Cup Lewiston Morning Tribune Lewiston, Idaho 11 October 1996 2B 21 December 2012 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AVElAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TK4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4121,1914579&dq=dunhill+cup+golf&hl=en India upsets Scotland in Dunhill Cup match The Item Sumter, South Carolina 12 October 1996 4B 21 December 2012 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AlElAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TK4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=3918,2036186&dq=dunhill+cup+golf&hl=en U.S. crushes Spain at Dunhill Cup The Item Sumter, South Carolina AP 13 October 1996 6B 21 December 2012 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uGJWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v_EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4550,3675772&dq=dunhill+cup+golf&hl=en United States tops New Zealand for third Dunhill Cup championship; Dunhill Cup The Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington 14 October 1996 C2, C3 21 December 2012 56.351484 -2.816147 type:event title Category:Alfred Dunhill Cup Dunhill Cup Dunhill Cup Dunhill Cup