# 1988 Dunhill Cup

The 1988 Dunhill Cup was the fourth Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 13–16 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The Irish team of Eamonn Darcy, Ronan Rafferty, and Des Smyth beat the Australian team of Rodger Davis, David Graham, and Greg Norman in the final. (As in the World Cup, Ireland was represented by a combined Ireland and Northern Ireland team.)

## 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.

## 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 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Philippines | 0 | 1 | United States | 0.5 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Ireland | 2 | 8 | Ireland | 2.5 | | | | | | |
| | Canada | 1 | | | | 8 | Ireland | 2 | | | |
| 5 | England | 3 | | | | 5 | England | 1 | | | |
| | France | 0 | 5 | England | 2 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Scotland | 3 | 4 | Scotland | 1 | | | | | | |
| | Thailand | 0 | | | | | | | 8 | Ireland | 2 |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | Australia | 1 |
| | Zimbabwe | 0 | 2 | Spain | 3 | | | |
| 7 | Japan | 3 | 7 | Japan | 0 | | | |
| | Denmark | 0 | | | | 2 | Spain | 1 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| 6 | Wales | 3 | | | | 3 | Australia | 2 |
| | Sweden | 0 | 6 | Wales | 1 | | | | 5 | England | 1 |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 3 | Australia | 2 | | | | 2 | Spain | 2 |
| | Brazil | 0 | | | | | | | | | |

## Round by round scores
### First round

Source:
| United States – 3 | United States – 3 | Philippines – 0 | Philippines – 0 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Curtis Strange | 70 | Eddie Bagtas | 75 |
| Chip Beck | 68 | Rudy Lavares | 81 |
| Mark McCumber | 72 | Frankie Miñoza | 75 |
| Ireland – 2 | Ireland – 2 | Canada – 1 | Canada – 1 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Ronan Rafferty | 69 | Dave Barr | 67 |
| Eamonn Darcy | 69 | Dan Halldorson | 72 |
| Des Smyth | 69 | Richard Zokol | 76 |
| Spain – 3 | Spain – 3 | Zimbabwe – 0 | Zimbabwe – 0 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Seve Ballesteros | 72 | Tim Price | 74 |
| José Rivero | 68 | Anthony Edwards | 72 |
| José María Olazábal | 74 | Morgan Shumba | 78 |
| Australia – 3 | Australia – 3 | Brazil – 0 | Brazil – 0 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Rodger Davis | 69 | Rafael Navarro | 74 |
| David Graham | 68 | Carlos Dluosh | 72 |
| Greg Norman | 74 | Priscillo Diniz | 78 |
| England – 3 | England – 3 | France – 0 | France – 0 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Mark James | 66 | Frédéric Regard | 75 |
| Barry Lane | 70 | Michel Tapia | 75 |
| Nick Faldo | 65 | Emmanuel Dussart | 70 |
| Scotland – 3 | Scotland – 3 | Thailand – 0 | Thailand – 0 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Gordon Brand Jnr | 74 | Boonchu Ruangkit | 76 |
| Colin Montgomerie | 72 | Suthep Meesawat | 80 |
| Sandy Lyle | 70 | Somsakdi Srisangar | 73 |
| Japan – 3 | Japan – 3 | Denmark – 0 | Denmark – 0 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Naomichi Ozaki | 69 | Jacob Rasmussen | 77 |
| Tateo Ozaki | 68 | Steen Tinning | 69 |
| Hajime Meshiai | 72 | Anders Sørensen | 75 |
| Wales – 3 | Wales – 3 | Sweden – 0 | Sweden – 0 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| David Llewellyn | 72 | Magnus Persson | 75 |
| Mark Mouland | 70 | Ove Sellberg | 71 |
| Ian Woosnam | 69 | Anders Forsbrand | 75 |

### Quarter-finals

Source:
| United States – 0.5 | United States – 0.5 | Ireland – 2.5 | Ireland – 2.5 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Mark McCumber | 72 | Ronan Rafferty | 71 |
| Chip Beck | 71 | Des Smyth | 71 |
| Curtis Strange | 68 | Eamonn Darcy | 66 |
| Australia – 2 | Australia – 2 | Wales – 1 | Wales – 1 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| David Graham | 67 | Mark Mouland | 76 |
| Rodger Davis | 69 | David Llewellyn | 70 |
| Greg Norman | 73 | Ian Woosnam | 71 |
| Spain – 2 | Spain – 2 | Japan – 1 | Japan – 1 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Seve Ballesteros | 72 | Naomichi Ozaki | 74 |
| José Rivero | 65 | Hajime Meshiai | 68 |
| José María Olazábal | 68 | Tateo Ozaki | 69 |
| Scotland – 1 | Scotland – 1 | England – 2 | England – 2 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Gordon Brand Jnr | 71 | Barry Lane | 73 |
| Colin Montgomerie | 72 | Mark James | 69 |
| Sandy Lyle | 68 | Nick Faldo | 67 |

### Semi-finals

Source:
| Spain – 1 | Spain – 1 | Australia – 2 | Australia – 2 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| José Rivero | 72 | Rodger Davis | 71 |
| José María Olazábal | 69 | David Graham | 73 |
| Seve Ballesteros | 69 | Greg Norman | 67 |
| England – 1 | England – 1 | Ireland – 2 | Ireland – 2 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Barry Lane | 65 | Ronan Rafferty | 68 |
| Nick Faldo | | Des Smyth | |
| Mark James | | Eamonn Darcy | |

### Final

Source:
| Australia – 1 | Australia – 1 | Ireland – 2 | Ireland – 2 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Rodger Davis | 73 | Des Smyth | 71 |
| David Graham | 74 | Ronan Rafferty | 69 |
| Greg Norman | 63 | Eamonn Darcy | 71 |

### Third place

Source:
| Spain – 2 | Spain – 2 | England – 1 | England – 1 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Seve Ballesteros | 71 | Barry Lane | 72 |
| José María Olazábal | 67 | Nick Faldo | 66 |
| José Rivero | 69 | Mark James | 70 |

## Team results

| Country | Place | W | L | Seed |
| Ireland | 1 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 8 |
| Australia | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| Spain | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| England | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Scotland | T5 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Wales | T5 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| United States | T5 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1 |
| Japan | T5 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Canada | T9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Brazil | T9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Denmark | T9 | 0 | 3 | |
| France | T9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Philippines | T9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Sweden | T9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Thailand | T9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Zimbabwe | T9 | 0 | 3 | |

## Player results

| Country | Player | W | L |
| Ireland | Des Smyth | 3.5 | 0.5 |
| Ireland | Eamonn Darcy | 3 | 1 |
| Ireland | Ronan Rafferty | 2 | 2 |
| Australia | Rodger Davis | 3 | 1 |
| Australia | Greg Norman | 3 | 1 |
| Australia | David Graham | 2 | 2 |
| Spain | Seve Ballesteros | 3 | 1 |
| Spain | José María Olazábal | 3 | 1 |
| Spain | José Rivero | 3 | 1 |
| England | Nick Faldo | 3 | 1 |
| England | Mark James | 2 | 2 |
| England | Barry Lane | 2 | 2 |
| Scotland | Gordon Brand Jnr | 2 | 0 |
| Scotland | Sandy Lyle | 1 | 1 |
| Scotland | Colin Montgomerie | 1 | 1 |
| Wales | Ian Woosnam | 2 | 0 |
| Wales | David Llewellyn | 1 | 1 |
| Wales | Mark Mouland | 1 | 1 |
| United States | Chip Beck | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| United States | Mark McCumber | 1 | 1 |
| United States | Curtis Strange | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | Hajime Meshiai | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | Naomichi Ozaki | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | Tateo Ozaki | 1 | 1 |
| Canada | Dave Barr | 1 | 0 |
| Canada | Dan Halldorson | 0 | 1 |
| Canada | Richard Zokol | 0 | 1 |
| Brazil | Priscillo Diniz | 0 | 1 |
| Brazil | Carlos Dluosh | 0 | 1 |
| Brazil | Rafael Navarro | 0 | 1 |
| Denmark | Jacob Rasmussen | 0 | 1 |
| Denmark | Anders Sørensen | 0 | 1 |
| Denmark | Steen Tinning | 0 | 1 |
| France | Emmanuel Dussart | 0 | 1 |
| France | Frédéric Regard | 0 | 1 |
| France | Michel Tapia | 0 | 1 |
| Philippines | Eddie Bagtas | 0 | 1 |
| Philippines | Rudy Lavares | 0 | 1 |
| Philippines | Frankie Miñoza | 0 | 1 |
| Sweden | Anders Forsbrand | 0 | 1 |
| Sweden | Magnus Persson | 0 | 1 |
| Sweden | Ove Sellberg | 0 | 1 |
| Thailand | Suthep Meesawat | 0 | 1 |
| Thailand | Boonchu Ruangkit | 0 | 1 |
| Thailand | Somsakdi Srisangar | 0 | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | Anthony Edwards | 0 | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | Tim Price | 0 | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | Morgan Shumba | 0 | 1 |