1992 Dunhill Cup

The 1992 Dunhill Cup was the eighth Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 15–18 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The English team of David Gilford, Steven Richardson, and Jamie Spence beat the Scottish team of Gordon Brand Jnr, Sandy Lyle, and Colin Montgomerie in the final. It was the second win for England.

1992 Dunhill Cup

Tournament information
Dates	15–18 October
Location	St Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)	Old Course at St Andrews
Format	Match play
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,933 yards (6,340 m)
Field	16 teams of 3 players
Prize fund	US$1,700,000[1]
Winner's share	US$510,000[2]
Champion
England (David Gilford, Steven Richardson, Jamie Spence)

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. Tied matches were extended to a sudden-death playoff only if they affected the outcome between the two teams. The tie-breaker for ties within a group was based on the total team score.

Group play

Round one

Source:[1]

Group 1

United States – 3  New Zealand – 0 Player Score Player Score Fred Couples 70 Frank Nobilo 75 Davis Love III 70 Grant Waite 76 Tom Kite 71 Greg Turner 73

Ireland – 2  South Korea – 1 Player Score Player Score Philip Walton 77 Cho Chui-Sang 80 Christy O'Connor Jnr 77 Park Nam-Sin 77 Ronan Rafferty 74 Choi Sang-Ho 72 Park was disqualified.

Group 2

Spain – 2  Italy – 1 Player Score Player Score Miguel Ángel Jiménez 69 Giuseppe Calì 77 José Rivero 77 Costantino Rocca 74 José María Olazábal 76 Silvio Grappasonni 76 Olazábal won on the 1st playoff hole.

England – 2  Japan – 1 Player Score Player Score Steven Richardson 70 Masahiro Kuramoto 72 David Gilford 76 Nobumitsu Yuhara 76 Jamie Spence 77 Hiroshi Makino 70 Gilford won on the first playoff hole.

Group 3

Scotland – 3  Canada – 0 Player Score Player Score Gordon Brand Jnr 75 Danny Mijovic 81 Colin Montgomerie 71 Brent Franklin 72 Sandy Lyle 71 Richard Zokol 74

Sweden – 2  France – 1 Player Score Player Score Robert Karlsson 77 Jean van de Velde 73 Per-Ulrik Johansson 75 Thomas Levet 77 Anders Forsbrand 74 Marc Farry 75

Group 4

Australia – 2.5  Germany – 0.5 Player Score Player Score Greg Norman 72 Bernhard Langer 72 Rodger Davis 78 Heinz-Peter Thül 81 Ian Baker-Finch 75 Torsten Giedeon 81

South Africa – 3  Thailand – 0 Player Score Player Score John Bland 78 Sanil Sophon 80 Ernie Els 77 Boonchu Ruangkit 82 David Frost 78 Thaworn Wiratchant 85

Round two

Source:[3]

Group 1

United States – 3  South Korea – 0 Player Score Player Score Fred Couples 70 Park Nam-Sin 78 Tom Kite 70 Choi Sang-Ho 74 Davis Love III 72 Cho Chui-Sang 79

Ireland – 1  New Zealand – 2 Player Score Player Score Ronan Rafferty 68 Frank Nobilo 67 Philip Walton 72 Grant Waite 70 Christy O'Connor Jnr 68 Greg Turner 74

Group 2

Japan – 3  Spain – 0 Player Score Player Score Nobumitsu Yuhara 72 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 77 Hiroshi Makino 71 José Rivero 76 Masahiro Kuramoto 71 José María Olazábal 72

England – 2  Italy – 1 Player Score Player Score Jamie Spence 71 Costantino Rocca 70 David Gilford 71 Giuseppe Calì 74 Steven Richardson 70 Silvio Grappasonni 78

Group 3

Scotland – 3  France – 0 Player Score Player Score Gordon Brand Jnr 75 Marc Farry 78 Colin Montgomerie 71 Thomas Levet 78 Sandy Lyle 70 Jean van de Velde 71

Sweden – 0  Canada – 3 Player Score Player Score Robert Karlsson 75 Brent Franklin 71 Anders Forsbrand 74 Richard Zokol 72 Per-Ulrik Johansson 75 Danny Mijovic 74

Group 4

Australia – 3  Thailand – 0 Player Score Player Score Greg Norman 69 Boonchu Ruangkit 76 Ian Baker-Finch 74 Sanil Sophon 78 Rodger Davis 73 Thaworn Wiratchant 78

South Africa – 1  Germany – 2 Player Score Player Score John Bland 77 Bernhard Langer 72 David Frost 69 Torsten Giedeon 72 Ernie Els 75 Heinz-Peter Thül 75 Thül won on the first playoff hole.

Round three

Source:[4]

Group 1

United States – 1  Ireland – 2 Player Score Player Score Fred Couples 73 Christy O'Connor Jnr 69 Davis Love III 74 Philip Walton 72 Tom Kite 70 Ronan Rafferty 71

South Korea – 1  New Zealand – 2 Player Score Player Score Choi Sang-Ho 73 Frank Nobilo 75 Park Nam-Sin 76 Greg Turner 70 Cho Chui-Sang 72 Grant Waite 72 Waite won on the second playoff hole.

Group 2

Japan – 0.5  Italy – 2.5 Player Score Player Score Hiroshi Makino 74 Costantino Rocca 70 Masahiro Kuramoto 71 Giuseppe Calì 71 Nobumitsu Yuhara 75 Silvio Grappasonni 75 Grappasonni won on the first playoff hole.

England – 1  Spain – 2 Player Score Player Score Jamie Spence 72 José María Olazábal 70 Steven Richardson 77 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 73 David Gilford 69 José Rivero 73

Group 3

Scotland – 1  Sweden – 2 Player Score Player Score Gordon Brand Jnr 75 Robert Karlsson 71 Colin Montgomerie 70 Per-Ulrik Johansson 74 Sandy Lyle 74 Anders Forsbrand 70

France – 1  Canada – 2 Player Score Player Score Jean van de Velde 75 Danny Mijovic 73 Marc Farry 76 Brent Franklin 73 Thomas Levet 73 Richard Zokol 75

Group 4

Australia – 2.5  South Africa – 0.5 Player Score Player Score Ian Baker-Finch 74 David Frost 75 Rodger Davis 75 John Bland 75 Greg Norman 67 Ernie Els 70

Thailand – 1  Germany – 2 Player Score Player Score Thaworn Wiratchant 77 Torsten Giedeon 79 Boonchu Ruangkit 77 Bernhard Langer 72 Sanil Sophon 76 Heinz-Peter Thül 76 Thül won on the first playoff hole.

Standings

Group 1

Country	W	L	Score	MW	ML
United States	2	1	640	7	2
Ireland	2	1	648	5	4
New Zealand	2	1	652	4	5
South Korea	0	3	681	2	7

Group 2

Country	W	L	Score	MW	ML
England	2	1	653	5	4
Spain	2	1	663	4	5
Japan	1	2	652	4.5	4.5
Italy	1	2	665	4.5	4.5

Group 3

Country	W	L	Score	MW	ML
Scotland	2	1	652	7	2
Canada	2	1	665	5	4
Sweden	2	1	665	4	5
France	0	3	676	2	7

Group 4

Country	W	L	Score	MW	ML
Australia	3	0	657	8	1
Germany	2	1	680	4.5	4.5
South Africa	1	2	674	4.5	4.5
Thailand	0	3	709	1	8

Playoffs

Source:[2][5]

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	United States	1
	5	England	2
						5	England	2.5
						3	Scotland	0.5
	2	Australia	1
	3	Scotland	2

Semi-finals

United States – 1  England – 2 Player Score Player Score Fred Couples 70 David Gilford 69 Davis Love III 71 Steven Richardson 68 Tom Kite 71 Jamie Spence 72

Australia – 1  Scotland – 2 Player Score Player Score Ian Baker-Finch 72 Colin Montgomerie 68 Rodger Davis 73 Sandy Lyle 69 Greg Norman 68 Gordon Brand Jnr 73

Final

England – 2.5		Scotland – 0.5
Player	Score	Player	Score
Steven Richardson	71	Gordon Brand Jnr	73
Jamie Spence	69	Colin Montgomerie	69
David Gilford	71	Sandy Lyle	74

Team results

Country	Place	W	L	MW	ML	Seed
England	1	4	1	9.5	5.5	5
Scotland	2	3	2	9.5	5.5	3
Australia	T3	3	1	9	3	2
United States	T3	2	2	8	4	1
Canada	T5	2	1	5	4
Germany	T5	2	1	4.5	4.5
Ireland	T5	2	1	5	4	8
New Zealand	T5	2	1	4	5
Spain	T5	2	1	4	5	4
Sweden	T5	2	1	4	5	6
Italy	T11	1	2	4.5	4.5
Japan	T11	1	2	4.5	4.5
South Africa	T11	1	2	4.5	4.5	7
France	T14	0	3	2	7
South Korea	T14	0	3	2	7
Thailand	T14	0	3	1	8

Player results

Country	Player	W	L
England	David Gilford	5	0
England	Steven Richardson	4	1
England	Jamie Spence	0.5	4.5
Scotland	Colin Montgomerie	4.5	0.5
Scotland	Sandy Lyle	3	2
Scotland	Gordon Brand Jnr	2	3
Australia	Greg Norman	3.5	0.5
Australia	Ian Baker-Finch	3	1
Australia	Rodger Davis	2.5	1.5
United States	Tom Kite	4	0
United States	Fred Couples	2	2
United States	Davis Love III	2	2
Canada	Brent Franklin	2	1
Canada	Danny Mijovic	2	1
Canada	Richard Zokol	1	2
Germany	Bernhard Langer	2.5	0.5
Germany	Heinz-Peter Thül	2	1
Germany	Torsten Giedeon	0	3
Ireland	Christy O'Connor Jnr	3	0
Ireland	Philip Walton	2	1
Ireland	Ronan Rafferty	0	3
New Zealand	Grant Waite	2	1
New Zealand	Frank Nobilo	1	2
New Zealand	Greg Turner	1	2
Spain	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	2	1
Spain	José María Olazábal	2	1
Spain	José Rivero	0	3
Sweden	Anders Forsbrand	2	1
Sweden	Per-Ulrik Johansson	1	2
Sweden	Robert Karlsson	1	2
Italy	Costantino Rocca	3	0
Italy	Silvio Grappasonni	1	2
Italy	Giuseppe Calì	0.5	2.5
Japan	Hiroshi Makino	2	1
Japan	Masahiro Kuramoto	1.5	1.5
Japan	Nobumitsu Yuhara	1	2
South Africa	David Frost	2	1
South Africa	John Bland	1.5	1.5
South Africa	Ernie Els	1	2
France	Thomas Levet	1	2
France	Jean van de Velde	1	2
France	Marc Farry	0	3
South Korea	Choi Sang-Ho	2	1
South Korea	Cho Chui-Sang	0	3
South Korea	Park Nam-Sin	0	3
Thailand	Boonchu Ruangkit	0	3
Thailand	Thaworn Wiratchant	1	2
Thailand	Sanil Sophon	0	3

References

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