1998 Alfred Dunhill Cup Explained

The 1998 Alfred Dunhill Cup was the 14th Alfred Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 8–11 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 Spanish team of Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Santiago Luna, and José María Olazábal in the final. It was the second win for South Africa, with the same team having won in 1997.

Format

The Cup was a match play event played over four days. The teams were divided into four four-team 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

– 3		– 0
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
Patrik Sjöland	69		77
Mathias Grönberg	78		79
Per-Ulrik Johansson	71		76

– 3		– 0
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
John Daly	70		73
Tiger Woods	66		74
Mark O'Meara	67		74

Group 2

– 2		– 1
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
Gary Orr	75		76
Andrew Coltart	73		78
	73	Zhang Lian-wei	72

– 1		– 2
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
Darren Clarke	71		71
	72	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	70
	75	José María Olazábal	73

Clarke won on the fourth playoff hole.

Group 3

– 3		– 0
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
Tony Johnstone	69		76
Nick Price	72		73
Mark McNulty	73		75

– 3		– 0
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
Retief Goosen	72		73
David Frost	70		75
Ernie Els	69		72

Group 4

– 3		– 0
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
Stuart Appleby	66		77
Craig Parry	70		75
Steve Elkington	70		70

Elkington won on the first playoff hole.

– 1		– 2
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
	76	Shin Yong-jin	75
	75	Kang Wook-soon	71
Greg Turner	70		73

Round two

Source:

Group 1

– 3		– 0
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
John Daly	77		80
Tiger Woods	70		77
Mark O'Meara	70		75

– 3		– 0
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
Mathias Grönberg	72		72
Per-Ulrik Johansson	70		73
Patrik Sjöland	70		73

Grönberg won on the first playoff hole.

Group 2

– 2		– 1
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
	75	Darren Clarke	73
Gary Orr	77		78
Colin Montgomerie	72		78

– 2		– 1
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
	78	Wu Xiang-bing	77
Miguel Ángel Jiménez	76		83
Santiago Luna	80		81

Group 3

– 1		– 2
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
	81	Jean van de Velde	71
	79	Thomas Levet	77
Nick Price	70		78

– 1		– 2
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
	78	Thomas Gögele	78
Retief Goosen	76		77
	76	Sven Strüver	76

Gögele won on the second playoff hole.

Strüver won on the second playoff hole.

Group 4

– 3		– 0
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
	75	Shin Yong-jin	75
Stuart Appleby	73		77
Steve Elkington	72		77

Shin won on the first playoff hole.

– 2		– 1
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
Greg Turner	75		DQ
Frank Nobilo	71		77
	81	José Cóceres	75

Round three

Source:

Group 1

– 2.5		– 0.5
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
John Daly	71		72
	68		68
Tiger Woods	66		73

– 3		– 0
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
Lee Westwood	70		71
Peter Baker	71		73
David Carter	69		75

Group 2

– 3		– 0
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
Darren Clarke	71		73
Paul McGinley	74		78
Pádraig Harrington	71		74

– 1		– 2
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
	71	José María Olazábal	68
	70	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	70
Andrew Coltart	73		74

Jiménez won on the first playoff hole.

Group 3

– 2		– 1
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
Ernie Els	71		77
	71	Nick Price	69
Retief Goosen	71		76

– 2		– 1
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
Thomas Gögele	69		72
	75	Jean van de Velde	72
Sven Strüver	68		70

Group 4

– 2		– 1
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
	72	Shin Yong-jin	72
Ángel Cabrera	72		73
José Cóceres	71		72

Shin won on the first playoff hole.

– 1		– 2
width=150	Player !	Score	width=150	Player !	Score
Craig Parry	70		71
	73	Greg Turner	72
	74	Frank Nobilo	72

Standings

Group 1

width=110	Country !	W	L	MW	ML
	3	0	8.5	0.5
	2	1	6.5	2.5
	1	2	3	6
	0	3	0	9

Group 2

width=110	Country !	W	L	MW	ML
	3	0	6	3
	2	1	5	4
	1	2	5	4
	0	3	2	7

Group 3

width=110	Country !	W	L	MW	ML
	2	1	6	3
	2	1	4	5
	1	2	5	4
	1	2	3	6

Group 4

width=110	Country !	W	L	MW	ML
	2	1	7	2
	2	1	5	4
	1	2	3	6
	1	2	3	6

Playoffs

Source:

Semi-finals

– 1		– 2
width=145	Player !	Score	width=145	Player !	Score
John Daly	73		75
	72	Santiago Luna	71
	76	José María Olazábal	72

– 2		– 1
width=145	Player !	Score	width=145	Player !	Score
David Frost	72		78
Retief Goosen	71		74
	73	Steve Elkington	72

Final

– 3		– 0
width=145	Player !	Score	width=145	Player !	Score
Retief Goosen	72		73
David Frost	76		78
Ernie Els	75		77

Team results

Country	Place	W	L	MW	ML	Seed-->
	1	4	1	11	4
	2	4	1	8	7
	T3	3	1	9.5	2.5
	T3	2	2	8	4
	T5	2	1	6.5	2.5
	T5	2	1	5	4
	T5	2	1	5	4
	T5	2	1	4	5
	T9	1	2	5	4
	T9	1	2	5	4
	T9	1	2	3	6
	T9	1	2	3	6
	T9	1	2	3	6
	T9	1	2	3	6
	T15	0	3	2	7
	T15	0	3	0	9

Player results

Country	Player	W	L
		5	0
		3	2
		3	2
		3	2
		3	2
		2	3
		4	0
		3	1
		2.5	1.5
		3	1
		3	1
		2	2
		2.5	0.5
		2	1
		2	1
		3	0
		2	1
		0	3
		2	1
		2	1
		1	2
		2	1
		2	1
		0	3
		3	0
		1	2
		1	2
		3	0
		1	2
		1	2
		2	1
		1	2
		0	3
		1	2
		1	2
		1	2
		2	1
		1	2
		0	3
		2	1
		1	2
		0	3
		1	2
		1	2
		0	3
		0	3
		0	3
		0	3

External links

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site