1999 Alfred Dunhill Cup Explained

The 1999 Alfred Dunhill Cup was the 15th Alfred Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 7–10 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The Spanish team of Sergio García, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, and José María Olazábal beat the Australian team of Stephen Leaney, Peter O'Malley, and Craig Parry 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, unless they could not affect the outcome of the tournament (third round). 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		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Mark O'Meara	73		74
	76	Michael Long	72
Tom Lehman	71		74

– 3		– 0
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Gabriel Hjertstedt	71		75
Jarmo Sandelin	72		79
Patrik Sjöland	68		74

Group 2

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Craig Parry	69		70
	74	Isao Aoki	72
Stephen Leaney	69		70

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Sam Torrance	75		77
	73	Carlos Franco	65
Paul Lawrie	71		73

Group 3

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Ernie Els	72		74
Retief Goosen	69		72
	73	Wu Xiang-bing	72

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
	73	Jeev Milkha Singh	70
Mark James	72		73
David Howell	71		72

Group 4

– 3		– 0
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Paul McGinley	70		75
Darren Clarke	69		74
Pádraig Harrington	71		72

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
José María Olazábal	74		74
Sergio García	67		70
	73	Marc Farry	68

Olazábal won on the first playoff hole.

Round two

Source:

Group 1

– 0		– 3
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
	72	Costantino Rocca	70
	74	Emanuele Canonica	72
	72	Massimo Scarpa	71

– 1		– 2
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
	72	Michael Campbell	71
	74	Michael Long	73
Jarmo Sandelin	69		70

Group 2

– 1		– 2
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Peter O'Malley	73		76
	74	Ángel Franco	73
	70	Carlos Franco	70

Franco won on the second playoff hole.

– 1		– 2
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
	76	Isao Aoki	71
Gary Orr	69		71
	71	Katsuyoshi Tomori	71

Tomori won on the first playoff hole.

Group 3

– 3		– 0
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Ernie Els	69		72
Retief Goosen	67		75
David Frost	68		74

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Lee Westwood	69		72
	75	Cheng Jun	70
Mark James	72		74

Group 4

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Sergio García	67		70
José María Olazábal	67		73
	73	Mark McNulty	68

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Darren Clarke	67		75
	74	Jean van de Velde	70
Pádraig Harrington	73		74

Round three

Source:

Group 1

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Greg Turner	70		72
	72	Massimo Scarpa	71
Michael Campbell	70		74

– 1		– 2
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Mark O'Meara	69		73
	74	Gabriel Hjertstedt	69
	74	Jarmo Sandelin	71

Group 2

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Katsuyoshi Tomori	68		72
Tsuyoshi Yoneyama	68		69
	77	Carlos Franco	65

– 1		– 2
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Paul Lawrie	71		73
	71	Craig Parry	70
	70	Stephen Leaney	67

Group 3

– 3		– 0
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Ernie Els	67		69
David Frost	71		72
Retief Goosen	66		70

– 3		– 0
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Jyoti Randhawa	73		74
Jeev Milkha Singh	72		74
Vijay Kumar	73		77

Group 4

– 2.5		– 0.5
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Mark McNulty	69		73
	68		68
Nick Price	68		68

Price won on the third playoff hole.

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Sergio García	67		68
	70	Paul McGinley	68
Miguel Ángel Jiménez	69		69

Jiménez won on the first playoff hole.

Standings

Group 1

width=100	Country !	W	L	MW	ML
	2	1	6	3
	2	1	5	4
	1	2	4	5
	1	2	3	6

Group 2

width=100	Country !	W	L	MW	ML
	2	1	5	4
	2	1	5	4
	1	2	4	5
	1	2	4	5

Group 3

width=100	Country !	W	L	MW	ML
	3	0	8	1
	2	1	4	5
	1	2	4	5
	0	3	2	7

Group 4

width=100	Country !	W	L	MW	ML
	3	0	6	3
	2	1	6	3
	1	2	3.5	5.5
	0	3	2.5	6.5

Playoffs

Source:

Semi-finals

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
	72	Ernie Els	70
Miguel Ángel Jiménez	73		77
José María Olazábal	75		76

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Craig Parry	69		69
	78	Patrik Sjöland	76
Stephen Leaney	80		80

Parry won on the first playoff hole.

Leaney won on the first playoff hole.

Final

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
	69	Craig Parry	69
José María Olazábal	72		78
Miguel Ángel Jiménez	73		75

Parry won on the first playoff hole.

Team results

Country	Place	W	L	MW	ML	Seed
	1	5	0	10	5	2
	2	3	2	8	7	5
	T3	3	1	9	3	3
	T3	2	2	7	5	8
	T5	2	1	6	3	7
	T5	2	1	5	4
	T5	2	1	5	4
	T5	2	1	4	5	6
	T9	1	2	4	5
	T9	1	2	4	5
	T9	1	2	4	5
	T9	1	2	4	5	4
	T9	1	2	3.5	5.5
	T9	1	2	3	6	1
	T15	0	3	2.5	6.5
	T15	0	3	2	7

Player results

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

External links

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site

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