1996 Dunhill Cup

1996 Dunhill Cup
Dates	10–13 October
Location	St Andrews, Scotland
Course	Old Course at St Andrews
Lang	uk
Format	Match play
Par	72
Yardage	6,933 yards (6,340 m)
Field	16 teams of 3 players
Purse	£1,000,000^[1]
Winners share	£300,000^[1]
Champion	(Phil Mickelson, Mark O'Meara, Steve Stricker)
Previous	1995
Next	1997

The 1996 Dunhill Cup was the 12th Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 10–13 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The American team of Phil Mickelson, Mark O'Meara, and Steve Stricker beat the team from New Zealand of Frank Nobilo, Greg Turner, and Grant Waite in the final. It was the third win for the United States.

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 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:^[2]

Group 1

– 2		– 1
Player	Score	Player	Score
Mark O'Meara	63	Costantino Rocca	70
Phil Mickelson	72	Emanuele Canonica	72
Steve Stricker	68	Silvio Grappasonni	75

Canonica won on the second playoff hole.

– 0		– 3
Player	Score	Player	Score
Ignacio Garrido	77	Lee Westwood	69
Miguel Ángel Jiménez	71	Jonathan Lomas	70
Diego Borrego	76	Barry Lane	69

Group 2

– 2		– 1
Player	Score	Player	Score
Tony Johnstone	73	Ali Sher	72
Mark McNulty	70	Gaurav Ghei	73
Nick Price	70	Jeev Milkha Singh	71

– 1		– 2
Player	Score	Player	Score
Andrew Coltart	67	Peter Hedblom	70
Raymond Russell	69	Patrik Sjöland	68
Colin Montgomerie	69	Jarmo Sandelin	68

Group 3

– 2		– 1
Player	Score	Player	Score
Wayne Westner	68	Rick Todd	77
Ernie Els	65	Rick Gibson	73
Retief Goosen	76	Jim Rutledge	69

– 2		– 1
Player	Score	Player	Score
Darren Clarke	71	Mark Mouland	70
Paul McGinley	68	Paul Affleck	70
Pádraig Harrington	70	Phillip Price	74

Group 4

– 2		– 1
Player	Score	Player	Score
Grant Waite	69	Heinz-Peter Thül	69
Greg Turner	74	Thomas Gögele	71
Frank Nobilo	66	Sven Strüver	71

Waite won on the fourth playoff hole.

– 2		Japan – 1
Player	Score	Player	Score
Wayne Riley	71	Naomichi Ozaki	67
Steve Elkington	68	Kazuhiro Takami	74
Greg Norman	72	Hajime Meshiai	74

Round two

Source:^[3]

Group 1

– 2		– 1
Player	Score	Player	Score
Mark O'Meara	75	Barry Lane	72
Steve Stricker	75	Jonathan Lomas	79
Phil Mickelson	72	Lee Westwood	73

– 2		– 1
Player	Score	Player	Score
Miguel Ángel Jiménez	69	Silvio Grappasonni	79
Ignacio Garrido	74	Emanuele Canonica	79
Diego Borrego	76	Costantino Rocca	73

Group 2

– 0		– 3
Player	Score	Player	Score
Tony Johnstone	76	Patrik Sjöland	73
Nick Price	75	Jarmo Sandelin	75
Mark McNulty	73	Peter Hedblom	72

Sandelin won on the first playoff hole.

– 2		– 1
Player	Score	Player	Score
Jeev Milkha Singh	74	Andrew Coltart	74
Gaurav Ghei	78	Colin Montgomerie	79
Ali Sher	84	Raymond Russell	71

Singh won on the first playoff hole.

Group 3

– 3		– 0
Player	Score	Player	Score
Darren Clarke	76	Rick Gibson	80
Pádraig Harrington	73	Rick Todd	73
Paul McGinley	71	Jim Rutledge	77

Harrington won on the first playoff hole.

– 2		– 1
Player	Score	Player	Score
Retief Goosen	78	Phillip Price	73
Ernie Els	70	Mark Mouland	80
Wayne Westner	72	Paul Affleck	76

Group 4

Japan – 2		– 1
Player	Score	Player	Score
Naomichi Ozaki	69	Frank Nobilo	73
Hajime Meshiai	73	Grant Waite	72
Kazuhiro Takami	70	Greg Turner	73

– 3		– 0
Player	Score	Player	Score
Wayne Riley	74	Heinz-Peter Thül	76
Greg Norman	71	Sven Strüver	73
Steve Elkington	71	Thomas Gögele	80

Round three

Source:^[4]

Group 1

– 3		– 0
Player	Score	Player	Score
Mark O'Meara	67	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	68
Steve Stricker	70	Diego Borrego	74
Phil Mickelson	66	Ignacio Garrido	77

– 2		– 1
Player	Score	Player	Score
Costantino Rocca	72	Lee Westwood	74
Silvio Grappasonni	68	Jonathan Lomas	69
Emanuele Canonica	76	Barry Lane	74

Group 2

– 2		– 1
Player	Score	Player	Score
Tony Johnstone	70	Andrew Coltart	72
Mark McNulty	69	Colin Montgomerie	70
Nick Price	76	Raymond Russell	72

– 3		– 0
Player	Score	Player	Score
Patrik Sjöland	68	Jeev Milkha Singh	74
Peter Hedblom	69	Gaurav Ghei	72
Jarmo Sandelin	72	Ali Sher	73

Group 3

– 2		– 1
Player	Score	Player	Score
Mark Mouland	75	Rick Gibson	71
Phillip Price	71	Jim Rutledge	72
Paul Affleck	70	Rick Todd	72

– 2		– 1
Player	Score	Player	Score
Retief Goosen	70	Darren Clarke	70
Ernie Els	71	Paul McGinley	69
Wayne Westner	69	Pádraig Harrington	70

Goosen won on the first playoff hole.

Group 4

– 0		– 3
Player	Score	Player	Score
Wayne Riley	76	Grant Waite	69
Steve Elkington	73	Greg Turner	69
Greg Norman	68	Frank Nobilo	66

– 2		Japan – 1
Player	Score	Player	Score
Sven Strüver	70	Naomichi Ozaki	72
Thomas Gögele	71	Hajime Meshiai	77
Heinz-Peter Thül	74	Kazuhiro Takami	73

Standings

Group 1
Country	W	L	MW	ML
'	3	0	7	2
	1	2	5	4
	1	2	4	5
	1	2	2	7

Group 2
Country	W	L	MW	ML
'	3	0	8	1
	2	1	4	5
	1	2	3	6
	0	3	3	6

Group 3
Country	W	L	MW	ML
'	3	0	6	3
	2	1	6	3
	1	2	4	5
	0	3	2	7

Group 4
Country	W	L	MW	ML
'	2	1	6	3
	2	1	5	4
Japan	1	2	4	5
	1	2	3	6

Playoffs

Source:^[1]

Semi-finals

– 2		– 1
Player	Score	Player	Score
Mark O'Meara	68	Peter Hedblom	74
Steve Stricker	70	Patrik Sjöland	73
Phil Mickelson	71	Jarmo Sandelin	68

– 1		– 2
Player	Score	Player	Score
Wayne Westner	74	Grant Waite	74
Retief Goosen	72	Greg Turner	71
Ernie Els	69	Frank Nobilo	72

Waite won on the third playoff hole.

Final

– 2		– 1
Player	Score	Player	Score
Mark O'Meara	72	Frank Nobilo	69
Phil Mickelson	69	Greg Turner	72
Steve Stricker	67	Grant Waite	73

Team results

Country	Place	W	L	MW	ML	Seed
	1	5	0	11	4	1
	2	3	2	9	6	7
	T3	3	1	9	3
	T3	3	1	7	5	3
	T5	2	1	6	3	6
	T5	2	1	5	4	2
	T5	2	1	4	5	4
	T8	1	2	5	4
	T8	1	2	4	5
Japan	T8	1	2	4	5
	T8	1	2	4	5
	T8	1	2	3	6
	T8	1	2	3	6
	T8	1	2	2	7	8
	T15	0	3	3	6	5
	T15	0	3	2	7

Player results

Country	Player	W	L
	Steve Stricker	5	0
	Phil Mickelson	3	2
	Mark O'Meara	3	2
	Grant Waite	4	1
	Frank Nobilo	3	2
	Greg Turner	2	3
	Jarmo Sandelin	4	0
	Peter Hedblom	2	2
	Patrik Sjöland	2	2
	Ernie Els	3	1
	Wayne Westner	3	1
	Retief Goosen	1	3
	Paul McGinley	3	0
	Pádraig Harrington	2	1
	Darren Clarke	1	2
	Steve Elkington	2	1
	Greg Norman	2	1
	Wayne Riley	1	2
	Mark McNulty	2	1
	Tony Johnstone	1	2
	Nick Price	1	2
	Barry Lane	3	0
	Jonathan Lomas	1	2
	Lee Westwood	1	2
	Costantino Rocca	2	1
	Emanuele Canonica	1	2
	Silvio Grappasonni	1	2
Japan	Naomichi Ozaki	2	1
Japan	Kazuhiro Takami	2	1
Japan	Hajime Meshiai	0	3
	Phillip Price	2	1
	Paul Affleck	1	2
	Mark Mouland	1	2
	Thomas Gögele	2	1
	Sven Strüver	1	2
	Heinz-Peter Thül	0	3
	Gaurav Ghei	1	2
	Ali Sher	1	2
	Jeev Milkha Singh	1	2
	Ignacio Garrido	1	2
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	1	2
	Diego Borrego	0	3
	Raymond Russell	3	0
	Andrew Coltart	1	2
	Colin Montgomerie	0	3
	Rick Gibson	1	2
	Jim Rutledge	1	2
	Rick Todd	0	3

References

^ "United States tops New Zealand for third Dunhill Cup championship; Dunhill Cup". The Spokesman-Review. 14 October 1996. pp. C2, C3. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
^ "O'Meara narrowly misses St. Andrews course record; Dunhill Cup". Lewiston Morning Tribune. 11 October 1996. p. 2B. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
^ "India upsets Scotland in Dunhill Cup match". The Item. 12 October 1996. p. 4B. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
^ "U.S. crushes Spain at Dunhill Cup". The Item. AP. 13 October 1996. p. 6B. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

1996 Dunhill Cup

Format

Group play

Round one

Round two

Round three

Standings

Playoffs

Semi-finals

Final

Team results

Player results

References

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