# 1989 Dunhill Cup

The 1989 Dunhill Cup was the fifth Dunhill Cup. It was a team golf tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 28 September – 1 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The American team of Mark Calcavecchia, Tom Kite, and Curtis Strange beat the Japanese team of Hajime Meshiai, Naomichi Ozaki, and Koichi Suzuki in the final. It was the first time the number one seeded team won the Cup.

## Format

The Cup was played as a single-elimination, match play event played over four days. The top eight teams were seeded with the remaining teams randomly placed in the bracket. In each 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. In the first format change of the Cup, the final was played as two sets of three 18-hole matches, instead of one set.

## Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | United States | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | South Korea | 1 | 1 | United States | 3 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Wales | 0.5 | | Argentina | 0 | | | | | | |
| | Argentina | 2.5 | | | | 1 | United States | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Ireland | 2 | | | | 5 | Ireland | 1 | | | |
| | Taiwan | 1 | 5 | Ireland | 3 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Spain | 1 | | Sweden | 0 | | | | | | |
| | Sweden | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | United States | 3.5 |
| 2 | Australia | 1 | | | | | | | 7 | Japan | 2.5 |
| | France | 2 | | France | 0 | | | |
| 7 | Japan | 2 | 7 | Japan | 3 | | | |
| | Italy | 1 | | | | 7 | Japan | 2 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| 6 | England | 2 | | | | 6 | England | 1 |
| | Canada | 1 | 6 | England | 2 | | | | 5 | Ireland | 1 |
| 3 | Scotland | 2 | 3 | Scotland | 1 | | | | 6 | England | 2 |
| | New Zealand | 1 | | | | | | | | | |

## Round by round scores
### First round

Source:
| Wales – 0.5 | Wales – 0.5 | Argentina – 2.5 | Argentina – 2.5 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Philip Parkin | 75 | Eduardo Romero | 68 |
| Mark Mouland | 70 | Vicente Fernández | 70 |
| Ian Woosnam | 72 | Miguel Fernández | 69 |
| United States – 2 | United States – 2 | South Korea – 1 | South Korea – 1 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 74 | Park Nam-Sin | 70 |
| Tom Kite | 72 | Choi Yoon-Soo | 75 |
| Curtis Strange | 67 | Choi Sang-Ho | 79 |
| Spain – 1 | Spain – 1 | Sweden – 2 | Sweden – 2 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| José María Olazábal | 67 | Mats Lanner | 70 |
| José María Cañizares | 72 | Ove Sellberg | 74 |
| José Rivero | 72 | Magnus Persson | 74 |
| Ireland – 2 | Ireland – 2 | Taiwan – 1 | Taiwan – 1 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Philip Walton | 69 | Lu Chien-soon | 76 |
| Ronan Rafferty | 73 | Yu Chin-Han | 74 |
| Christy O'Connor Jnr | 73 | Hsieh Chin-sheng | 73 |
| Scotland – 2 | Scotland – 2 | New Zealand – 1 | New Zealand – 1 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Gordon Brand Jnr | 76 | Simon Owen | 72 |
| Sam Torrance | 67 | Grant Waite | 70 |
| Sandy Lyle | 66 | Frank Nobilo | 70 |
| Japan – 2 | Japan – 2 | Italy – 1 | Italy – 1 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Koichi Suzuki | 74 | Massimo Mannelli | 76 |
| Naomichi Ozaki | 68 | Costantino Rocca | 73 |
| Hajime Meshiai | 73 | Alberto Binaghi | 72 |
| Australia – 1 | Australia – 1 | France – 2 | France – 2 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Ian Baker-Finch | 73 | Emmanuel Dussart | 72 |
| Greg Norman | 73 | Marc Pendariès | 74 |
| Wayne Grady | 67 | Géry Watine | 70 |
| England – 2 | England – 2 | Canada – 1 | Canada – 1 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Mark James | 73 | Dave Barr | 74 |
| Howard Clark | 74 | Dan Halldorson | 72 |
| Denis Durnian | 72 | Richard Zokol | 72 |

### Quarter-finals

Source:
| United States – 3 | United States – 3 | Argentina – 0 | Argentina – 0 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Tom Kite | 70 | Vicente Fernández | 72 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 72 | Miguel Fernández | 77 |
| Mark O'Meara | 70 | Nobuo Serizawa | 70 |
| Japan – 3 | Japan – 3 | France – 0 | France – 0 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Naomichi Ozaki | 74 | Emmanuel Dussart | 73 |
| Koichi Suzuki | 73 | Marc Pendariès | 75 |
| Hajime Meshiai | 72 | Géry Watine | 74 |
| Ireland – 3 | Ireland – 3 | Sweden – 0 | Sweden – 0 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Philip Walton | 72 | Mats Lanner | 74 |
| Peter Senior | 73 | Dave Barr | 73 |
| Greg Norman | 74 | Richard Zokol | 74 |
| Scotland – 1 | Scotland – 1 | England – 2 | England – 2 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Sam Torrance | 69 | Howard Clark | 67 |
| Gordon Brand Jnr | 74 | Denis Durnian | 78 |
| Sandy Lyle | 70 | Mark James | 70 |

### Semi-finals

Source:
| United States – 2 | United States – 2 | Ireland – 1 | Ireland – 1 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 69 | Philip Walton | 74 |
| Tom Kite | 72 | Ronan Rafferty | 74 |
| Curtis Strange | 74 | Christy O'Connor Jnr | 74 |
| England – 1 | England – 1 | Japan – 2 | Japan – 2 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Denis Durnian | 72 | Naomichi Ozaki | 70 |
| Howard Clark | 70 | Koichi Suzuki | 66 |
| Mark James | 74 | Hajime Meshiai | 73 |

### Final

Source:
| United States – 3.5 | United States – 3.5 | Japan – 2.5 | Japan – 2.5 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 67 | Hajime Meshiai | 68 |
| Tom Kite | 68 | Naomichi Ozaki | 68 |
| Curtis Strange | 72 | Koichi Suzuki | 75 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 66 | Hajime Meshiai | 73 |
| Tom Kite | 74 | Koichi Suzuki | 74 |
| Curtis Strange | 74 | Naomichi Ozaki | 69 |

### Third place

Source:
| Ireland – 1 | Ireland – 1 | England – 2 | England – 2 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Philip Walton | 71 | Denis Durnian | 72 |
| Ronan Rafferty | 75 | Howard Clark | 72 |
| Christy O'Connor Jnr | 76 | Mark James | 69 |

## Team results

| Country | Place | W | L | Seed |
| United States | 1 | 10.5 | 4.5 | 1 |
| Japan | 2 | 9.5 | 5.5 | 7 |
| Ireland | 3 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| England | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Scotland | T5 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Argentina | T5 | 2.5 | 3.5 | |
| France | T5 | 2 | 4 | |
| Sweden | T5 | 2 | 4 | |
| Australia | T9 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Canada | T9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Italy | T9 | 1 | 2 | |
| New Zealand | T9 | 1 | 2 | |
| South Korea | T9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Spain | T9 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Taiwan | T9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wales | T9 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 8 |

## Player results

| Country | Player | W | L |
| United States | Mark Calcavecchia | 4 | 1 |
| United States | Curtis Strange | 4 | 1 |
| United States | Tom Kite | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Japan | Naomichi Ozaki | 4.5 | 0.5 |
| Japan | Koichi Suzuki | 4 | 1 |
| Japan | Hajime Meshiai | 1 | 4 |
| Ireland | Philip Walton | 3 | 1 |
| Ireland | Christy O'Connor Jnr | 2 | 2 |
| Ireland | Ronan Rafferty | 2 | 2 |
| England | Howard Clark | 3 | 1 |
| England | Mark James | 3 | 1 |
| England | Denis Durnian | 1 | 3 |
| Scotland | Gordon Brand Jnr | 1 | 1 |
| Scotland | Sandy Lyle | 1 | 1 |
| Scotland | Sam Torrance | 1 | 1 |
| Argentina | Miguel Fernández | 1 | 1 |
| Argentina | Eduardo Romero | 1 | 1 |
| Argentina | Vicente Fernández | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| France | Emmanuel Dussart | 1 | 1 |
| France | Marc Pendariès | 1 | 1 |
| France | Géry Watine | 0 | 2 |
| Sweden | Magnus Persson | 1 | 1 |
| Sweden | Ove Sellberg | 1 | 1 |
| Sweden | Mats Lanner | 0 | 2 |
| Australia | Greg Norman | 0 | 1 |
| Australia | Ian Baker-Finch | 0 | 1 |
| Australia | Wayne Grady | 1 | 0 |
| Canada | Dave Barr | 1 | 0 |
| Canada | Dan Halldorson | 0 | 1 |
| Canada | Richard Zokol | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | Alberto Binaghi | 1 | 0 |
| Italy | Costantino Rocca | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | Massimo Mannelli | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand | Simon Owen | 1 | 0 |
| New Zealand | Frank Nobilo | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand | Grant Waite | 0 | 1 |
| South Korea | Park Nam-Sin | 1 | 0 |
| South Korea | Choi Sang-Ho | 0 | 1 |
| South Korea | Choi Yoon-Soo | 0 | 1 |
| Spain | José María Olazábal | 1 | 0 |
| Spain | José María Cañizares | 0 | 1 |
| Spain | José Rivero | 0 | 1 |
| Taiwan | Yu Chin-Han | 1 | 0 |
| Taiwan | Hsieh Chin-sheng | 0 | 1 |
| Taiwan | Lu Chien-soon | 0 | 1 |
| Wales | Mark Mouland | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Wales | Philip Parkin | 0 | 1 |
| Wales | Ian Woosnam | 0 | 1 |