Golf tournament
The 1986 Dunhill Cup was the second Dunhill Cup . It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 25–28 September at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland . The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The Australian team of Rodger Davis , David Graham , and Greg Norman beat the Japanese team of Tsuneyuki Nakajima , Naomichi Ozaki , and Tateo Ozaki in the final. It was the second win for the Australian team.
The Cup was played as a single-elimination , match play event played over four days. The top eight teams were seeded[ 3] 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.[ 3]
Bracket
Round by round scores
First round
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
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Third place
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Team results
Player results
References
^ a b "Japan ousts U.S. in Dunhill Cup" . Eugene Register-Guard . Eugene, Oregon . AP. 28 September 1986. p. 3C. Retrieved 7 December 2012 .
^ a b c "Australians sweep to victory in Dunhill Cup; Golf, Dunhill Cup" . Ottawa Citizen . Ottawa , Ontario, Canada. AP. 29 September 1986. pp. B2, B4. Retrieved 7 December 2012 .
^ a b Jacobs, Raymond (25 September 1986). "Close encounter of the giant kind, if they survive until semis" . The Glasgow Herald . Glasgow, Scotland . p. 26. Retrieved 7 December 2012 .
^ Jacobs, Raymond (26 September 1986). "England, Spain make a shock cup exit" . The Glasgow Herald . Glasgow, Scotland . p. 30. Retrieved 7 December 2012 .
^ Jacobs, Raymond (27 September 1986). "Scot's strong finish the key to victory" . The Glasgow Herald . Glasgow, Scotland . p. 18. Retrieved 7 December 2012 .
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