1986 Dunhill Cup Explained

The 1986 Dunhill Cup was the second Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 25–28 September at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The Australian team of Rodger Davis, David Graham, and Greg Norman beat the Japanese team of Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Naomichi Ozaki, and Tateo Ozaki in the final. It was the second win for the Australian team.

Format

The Cup was played as a single-elimination, match play event played over four days. The top eight teams were seeded 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.

Round by round scores

First round

Source:

– 3		– 0
width=140	Player !	Score	width=140	Player !	Score
Raymond Floyd	72		81
Mark O'Meara	70		83
Lanny Wadkins	70		79

– 2		– 1
width=140	Player !	Score	width=140	Player !	Score
Dave Barr	69		74
	75	Ove Sellberg	72
Dan Halldorson	69		71

– 1		– 2
width=140	Player !	Score	width=140	Player !	Score
	70	Vicente Fernández	67
	70	Adan Sowa	69
Nick Faldo	69		72

– 3		– 0
width=140	Player !	Score	width=140	Player !	Score
Tsuneyuki Nakajima	68		78
Tateo Ozaki	71		79
Naomichi Ozaki	67		74

– 3		– 0
width=140	Player !	Score	width=140	Player !	Score
Rodger Davis	65		70
Greg Norman	67		77
David Graham	68		79

– 3		– 0
width=140	Player !	Score	width=140	Player !	Score
Mark Mouland	69		77
Ian Woosnam	66		71
Philip Parkin	69		73

– 3		– 0
width=140	Player !	Score	width=140	Player !	Score
Sam Torrance	68		76
Gordon Brand Jnr	71		83
Sandy Lyle	69		83

– 1		– 2
width=140	Player !	Score	width=140	Player !	Score
	74	Ronan Rafferty	67
José Rivero	71		73
	73	Des Smyth	71

Quarter-finals

Source:

– 2		– 1
width=140	Player !	Score	width=140	Player !	Score
Mark O'Meara	72		76
	68	Dave Barr	66
Raymond Floyd	69		70

– 2		– 1
width=140	Player !	Score	width=140	Player !	Score
Tsuneyuki Nakajima	67		68
Naomichi Ozaki	69		71
	72	Armando Saavedra	69

– 3		– 0
width=140	Player !	Score	width=140	Player !	Score
Rodger Davis	71		73
Greg Norman	67		71
David Graham	68		69

– 3		– 0
width=140	Player !	Score	width=140	Player !	Score
Gordon Brand Jnr	68		70
Sam Torrance	70		72
Sandy Lyle	70		72

Semi-finals

Source:

– 1		– 2
width=140	Player !	Score	width=140	Player !	Score
Mark O'Meara	70		77
	74	Naomichi Ozaki	69
	76	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	69

– 2		– 1
width=140	Player !	Score	width=140	Player !	Score
Rodger Davis	72		74
	70	Sandy Lyle	68
Greg Norman	70		72

Final

Source:

– 3		– 0
width=140	Player !	Score	width=140	Player !	Score
Rodger Davis	76		81
David Graham	81		82
Greg Norman	73		76

Third place

Source:

– 1		– 2
width=140	Player !	Score	width=140	Player !	Score
	78	Gordon Brand Jnr	75
Raymond Floyd	73		78
	78	Sandy Lyle	73

Team results

Country	Place	W	L	Seed
	1	11	1	2
	2	7	5	4
	3	9	3	3
	4	7	5	1
	T5	3	3
	T5	3	3	8
	T5	3	3	7
	T5	2	4
	T9	1	2	5
	T9	1	2	6
	T9	1	2
	T9	0	3
	T9	0	3
	T9	0	3
	T9	0	3
	T9	0	3

Player results

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Country	Player	W	L
		4	0
		4	0
		3	1
		3	1
		3	1
		1	3
		4	0
		3	1
		2	2
		3	1
		3	1
		1	3
		1	1
		1	1
		1	1
		2	0
		1	1
		0	2
		1	1
		1	1
		0	2
		1	1
		1	1
		1	1
		1	0
		0	1
		0	1
		1	0
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		1	0
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1
		0	1