Alfred Dunhill Cup

The Alfred Dunhill Cup was a team golf tournament which ran from 1985 to 2000, sponsored by Alfred Dunhill Ltd. It was for three-man teams of professional golfers, one team representing each country, and was promoted as the "World Team Championship". It was a "special approved event" on the European Tour, which means that it was supported by the Tour, but the prize money did not count towards the Tour's Order of Merit. The host course was the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland.

Alfred Dunhill Cup
Tournament information
LocationSt Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Established1985
Course(s)Old Course at St Andrews
Par72
Tour(s)European Tour
FormatTeam
Month playedSeptember/October
Final year2000
Final champion
Spain (Jiménez, Martín, Olazábal)

The stature of the members of the American team was variable as the Dunhill Cup clashed with a PGA Tour event, though the fact that it was played at "The Home of Golf" helped to attract some star names. The other countries were generally represented by their best three golfers, or nearly so.

The Dunhill Cup was in competition with the World Cup, a similar event for two-man teams.[1] In 2000, the World Cup's status was enhanced by its inclusion in the World Golf Championships series, and in 2001 the promoters of the Alfred Dunhill Cup replaced it with the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, which is a celebrity pro-am tournament and an official European Tour event.

Format

The field was always 16 teams of three players each. From 1985 to 1991, they compete in a single-elimination tournament that included a third place match. Beginning in 1992, the format switched to group play followed by a single-elimination tournament. The first three days were round-robin play amongst four groups of four teams to determine the semi-finalists. The semi-finals and the final were both played on the Sunday and the third place match was eliminated. The tournament was always played using medal match play.

Winners

YearCountryTeam
Dunhill Cup
1985 AustraliaDavid Graham, Graham Marsh, Greg Norman
1986 AustraliaRodger Davis, David Graham, Greg Norman
1987 EnglandGordon J. Brand, Howard Clark, Nick Faldo
1988 IrelandEamonn Darcy, Ronan Rafferty, Des Smyth
1989 United StatesMark Calcavecchia, Tom Kite, Curtis Strange
1990 IrelandDavid Feherty, Ronan Rafferty, Philip Walton
1991 SwedenAnders Forsbrand, Per-Ulrik Johansson, Mats Lanner
1992 EnglandDavid Gilford, Steven Richardson, Jamie Spence
1993 United StatesFred Couples, John Daly, Payne Stewart
1994 CanadaDave Barr, Rick Gibson, Ray Stewart
1995 ScotlandAndrew Coltart, Colin Montgomerie, Sam Torrance
1996 United StatesPhil Mickelson, Mark O'Meara, Steve Stricker
1997 South AfricaErnie Els, David Frost, Retief Goosen
Alfred Dunhill Cup
1998 South AfricaErnie Els, David Frost, Retief Goosen
1999 SpainSergio García, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, José María Olazábal
2000 SpainMiguel Ángel Jiménez, Miguel Ángel Martín, José María Olazábal

Results table

CountryTimes
played
Best
finish
Players'85'86'87'88'89'90'91'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00
 United States16Win (x3)24243T51T9T5T312T81T3T3T9T9
 Australia16Win (x2)161142T9T9T9T3T14T5T5T5T9T32T5
 England16Win (x2)21T5T91442T512T3T8T8T9T9T5T13
 Ireland16Win (x2)9T9T5T5131T5T5T3T5T3T5T9T9T5T5
 South Africa10Win (x2)72T11T5T3T5T311T32
 Spain16Win (x2)11T5T9T53T9T5T9T5T5T15T3T8T9211
 Canada11Win10T9T5T5T9T9T5T5T51T8T15
 Scotland16Win9332T5T5T532T10T51T15T5T5T9T9
 Sweden15Win13T9T9T9T5T91T5T3T9T8T32T5T3T5
 Japan152nd (x2)25T52T5T524T11T10T9T15T8T13T15T5T13
 New Zealand132nd10T5T9T9T93T5T9T82T3T5T5T9
 Zimbabwe102nd7T9T9T5T52T5T5T9T9T9
 Argentina8T38T5T5T9T14T8T5T9T3
 Wales10T384T5T5T9T54T14T5T8T3
 France11T5 (x3)15T9T9T9T5T5T14T9T5T9T15T13
 Germany7T5 (x3)6T5T9T8T8T13T5T5
 Paraguay4T54T9T5T15T9
 India2T85T8T9
 Italy7T88T9T9T9T9T11T8T9
 South Korea7T9 (x5)10T9T9T9T9T14T13T9
 Taiwan8T9 (x5)15T9T9T9T9T10T9T15T13
 Philippines3T9 (x3)6T9T9T9
 Thailand4T9 (x3)6T9T9T9T14
 Brazil2T9 (x2)5T9T9
 Mexico3T9 (x2)6T9T9T10
 Denmark1T93T9
 Hong Kong1T93T9
 Indonesia1T93T9
 Malaysia1T93T9
 Nigeria1T93T9
  Switzerland1T93T9
 Zambia1T93T9
 China3T134T15T15T13

References

  1. Platts, Mitchell; Ballantine, John (22 January 1985). "St Andrews to be host of first £1 million event". The Times. London, England. p. 25. Retrieved 8 June 2020 via The Times Digital Archive.
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