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777.0. "Dunhill Cup !" by SHIRE::DAWKES () Mon Oct 02 1989 11:40
I have been asked to give some information about the Dunhil Cup
which was played over the Old Course, St Andrews. Teams of three
players (don't know how you get selected) play for a total prize
which, when it started 5 years ago, was $1,000,000. I do not know
if this has changed. With the exception of some seeded teams (USA,
England, Australia, Spain...) Go through regional qualifying
tournaments to play at St Andrews.
The format is Medal/Matchplay ! This means it's you against the
partner you have but every shot counts although scores are kept
against par. Makes for more pressure, especially when you hit a
bad one or your opponent hits a good one.
The winners to date have been Australia, Australia, England, Ireland.
until now USA have usually been top seed and got knocked out pretty
quickly. I don't know how they were seeded this year but they beat
Japan in the final to collect the cup and the $$$$$$. England beat
Ireland for 3rd place.
Will post more details as I get them, if anyone is interested. sorry
for the lack of information but we had trouble getting the Ryder
Cup here so the Dunhill didn't even get a mention !!
Mike Dawkes
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| 777.1 | A few more comments | SQGUK::NOCK | Life in the Bus lane | Mon Oct 02 1989 14:08 | 19 |
| Some interesting golf, but it suffered slightly by being the week
after the Ryder Cup. A couple of people didn't play - Faldo and
Ballesteros - I suspect because of this. The US were indeed the
no.1 seeds, probably the strongest team they've entered in this
event - Kite, Calcavecchia and Strange.
The final was over 36 holes, although the afternoon session was
a bit deflated as the US had a 2� - � lead at lunch. A note of
controversy was that Calcavecchia apparently used a sand iron on
some of the huge greens there, rather than putting.
I thought the competition had been going longer than 5 years, is
it just 5 years since Dunhill sponsored it and it moved permanently
to St Andrews?
Also - remember Curtis Strange's course record 62 there 1 or 2 years
back? I think that one may stand for some time yet.
Paul
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