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Conference 7.286::golf

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1099.0. "DUNHILL Cup at St Andrews" by SIOG::OGRADY () Fri Oct 12 1990 05:30

    Some shocks were seen in the first round of the Dunhill Cup , a three
    man medal matchplay competition held in St Andrews every year.
    
    USA 1/2, FRANCE 2 1/2
    
    Big shock, as the holders are beaten. Calcavecchia was beaten by 3 by
    Marc Farry, Kite was beaten by Emmanual Dussart, and only Strange got a
    half in 69's with Jean Van de Velde.
    
    AUSTRALIA 1, NEW ZEALAND 2
    
    Norman plays rubbish and loses by about 5 shots to Frank Nobilo.
    Rodger Davis hammers his opponent with a 66, but Wayne Grady let the
    side down by taking 9 (!) at the par 5 14th, to go from 2 ahead to 2
    behind.
    
    There were no real other shocks.
    The line up for the Quarter Finals ( 1/8 finals ) , i think, is -
    
    England v Scotland
    Ireland v Spain
    Wales v New Zealand
    Japan v France
    
    martin o'g
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1099.1IRELAND win the c'shipSIOG::OGRADYMon Oct 15 1990 05:5415
    IRELAND win !!!
    
    Our three stalwarts do the biz, and win $100,000 each, by beating
    England in the final. It went to extra holes after the regular matches
    were tied 3-3. Our captain played the third playoff hole, the notorious
    17th at St Andrews, perfectly. He made four, whilst Englands Howard
    Clark made a five.
    
    Ireland beat Spain 2-1, then New Zealand 2.5-0.5 to reach the final.
    England beat Scotland ,then beat Japan in the other semi-final.
    
    Come on the boys in Green.
    
    martin o'g
    
1099.21-2 abracadabra.... 2-1SQGUK::NOCKfondue..cuddly toy..TV..wine rack..Mon Oct 15 1990 07:0321
    Divot of the Month to the organisers of this one!
    
    The England v Japan semi-final stood at 2-1 to Japan (one match won and
    two halved), and the Japanese celebrating victory.
    
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    The organisers invoked the little known law that a team of 'unknowns'
    are not allowed to play in the final, in case gate receipts go down.
    
    In their wisdom they deemed that the halved matches were in fact
    'undecided' and had to be played to sudden-death completion (to give
    England a chance to redeem themselves).
    
    Justice was not done and England won the playoffs, turning a defeat
    into a 2-1 victory!
    
    The bemused Japanese team declared that, although they would be happy
    to return next year, they suggest the organisers review the rules of
    the tournament. 
    
    Paul
1099.31-2 abracadabra... 0-1RUBIK::SELLPeter Sell UIA/ADG - 830 3966Tue Oct 16 1990 05:008
I made the same calculation and was equally astonished. But I was informed that
I - and the Japanese team - needed to review the rules: in the Dunhill Cup
you get *nothing* for a draw. So after the three matches Japan stood 1-0. That
is clearly 'undecided'.

Well, we live and learn,

Peter
1099.4Win one more for the (real) GipperDICKNS::F_MCGOWANMi ho sbellicato dalle risa.Sat Oct 20 1990 07:525
    #1: Go Irish indeed! Now, if (when) Notre Dame beats Miami U today,y�B�
    my week will be complete...
    
    	Frank (a "subway alumnus" of the Fightin' Irish)