The 1989 Dunhill Cup was the fifth Dunhill Cup. It was a team golf 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.

1989 Dunhill Cup
Tournament information
Dates28 September – 1 October
LocationSt Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)Old Course at St Andrews
FormatMatch play
Statistics
Par72
Length6,933 yards (6,340 m)
Field16 teams of 3 players
Prize fundUS$1,200,000
Winner's shareUS$300,000[1]
Champion
 United States
(Mark Calcavecchia, Tom Kite, Curtis Strange)
← 1988
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Format

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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

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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 Third place
6   England 2 6   England 1
  Canada 1 6   England 2 5   Ireland 1
3   Scotland 2 3   Scotland 1 6   England 2
  New Zealand 1

Round by round scores

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First round

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Source:[2]

  Wales – 0.5   Argentina – 2.5
Player Score Player Score
Philip Parkin 75 Eduardo Romero 68
Mark Mouland 70 Vicente Fernández 70
Ian Woosnam 72 Miguel Fernández 69
  United States – 2   South Korea – 1
Player Score Player Score
Mark Calcavecchia 74 Park Nam-Sin 70
Tom Kite 72 Choi Yoon-Soo 75
Curtis Strange 67 Choi Sang-Ho 79
  Spain – 1   Sweden – 2
Player Score Player Score
José María Olazábal 67 Mats Lanner 70
José María Cañizares 72 Ove Sellberg 74
José Rivero 72 Magnus Persson 74
  Ireland – 2   Taiwan – 1
Player Score Player Score
Philip Walton 69 Lu Chien-soon 76
Ronan Rafferty 73 Yu Chin-Han 74
Christy O'Connor Jnr 73 Hsieh Chin-sheng 73
O'Connor won on fourth playoff hole.
  Scotland – 2   New Zealand – 1
Player Score Player Score
Gordon Brand Jnr 76 Simon Owen 72
Sam Torrance 67 Grant Waite 70
Sandy Lyle 66 Frank Nobilo 70
  Japan – 2   Italy – 1
Player Score Player Score
Koichi Suzuki 74 Massimo Mannelli 76
Naomichi Ozaki 68 Costantino Rocca 73
Hajime Meshiai 73 Alberto Binaghi 72
  Australia – 1   France – 2
Player Score Player Score
Ian Baker-Finch 73 Emmanuel Dussart 72
Greg Norman 73 Marc Pendariès 74
Wayne Grady 67 Géry Watine 70
  England – 2   Canada – 1
Player Score Player Score
Mark James 73 Dave Barr 74
Howard Clark 74 Dan Halldorson 72
Denis Durnian 72 Richard Zokol 72
Durnian won on second playoff hole.

Quarter-finals

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Source:[3]

  United States – 3   Argentina – 0
Player Score Player Score
Tom Kite 70 Vicente Fernández 72
Mark Calcavecchia 72 Miguel Fernández 77
Mark O'Meara 70 Nobuo Serizawa 70
  Japan – 3   France – 0
Player Score Player Score
Naomichi Ozaki 74 Emmanuel Dussart 73
Koichi Suzuki 73 Marc Pendariès 75
Hajime Meshiai 72 Géry Watine 74
  Ireland – 3   Sweden – 0
Player Score Player Score
Philip Walton 72 Mats Lanner 74
Peter Senior 73 Dave Barr 73
Greg Norman 74 Richard Zokol 74
  Scotland – 1   England – 2
Player Score Player Score
Sam Torrance 69 Howard Clark 67
Gordon Brand Jnr 74 Denis Durnian 78
Sandy Lyle 70 Mark James 70
James won on first playoff hole.

Semi-finals

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  United States – 2   Ireland – 1
Player Score Player Score
Mark Calcavecchia 69 Philip Walton 74
Tom Kite 72 Ronan Rafferty 74
Curtis Strange 74 Christy O'Connor Jnr 74
Strange won on first playoff hole.
  England – 1   Japan – 2
Player Score Player Score
Denis Durnian 72 Naomichi Ozaki 70
Howard Clark 70 Koichi Suzuki 66
Mark James 74 Hajime Meshiai 73

Final

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Source:[5]

  United States – 3.5   Japan – 2.5
Player Score Player Score
Mark Calcavecchia 67 Hajime Meshiai 68
Tom Kite 68 Naomichi Ozaki 68
Curtis Strange 72 Koichi Suzuki 75
Mark Calcavecchia 66 Hajime Meshiai 73
Tom Kite 74 Koichi Suzuki 74
Curtis Strange 74 Naomichi Ozaki 69

Third place

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Source:[5]

  Ireland – 1   England – 2
Player Score Player Score
Philip Walton 71 Denis Durnian 72
Ronan Rafferty 75 Howard Clark 72
Christy O'Connor Jnr 76 Mark James 69

Team results

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Country Place W L Seed
  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

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Country Player W L
  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 Pendariès 1 1
  France Géry 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 María 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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Dunhill Cup: Top seeds US draw South Korea". New Straits Times. Malaysia. AP. 28 September 1989. p. 25. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  2. ^ Green, Bob (29 September 1989). "U.S. team avoids upset; Dunhill Cup". Ocala Star-Banner. Ocala, Florida. AP. pp. 3C, 2C. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  3. ^ "U.S. golfers advance to team semifinals; Dunhill Cup results". Wilmington Morning Star. Wilmington, North Carolina. 30 September 1989. p. 2B. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  4. ^ "U.S. reaches Dunhill Cup finals". Eugene Register-Guard. Eugene, Oregon. AP. 1 October 1989. p. 3E. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  5. ^ a b Jacobs, Raymond (2 October 1989). "Mark is happy after his familiarisation course". The Glasgow Herald. Glasgow, Scotland. p. 19. Retrieved 12 December 2012.

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