1996 Dunhill Cup

The 1996 Dunhill Cup was the 12th Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 10–13 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The American team of Phil Mickelson, Mark O'Meara, and Steve Stricker beat the team from New Zealand of Frank Nobilo, Greg Turner, and Grant Waite in the final. It was the third win for the United States.

1996 Dunhill Cup

Tournament information
Dates	10–13 October
Location	St Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)	Old Course at St Andrews
Format	Match play
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,933 yards (6,340 m)
Field	16 teams of 3 players
Prize fund	£1,000,000[1]
Winner's share	£300,000[1]
Champion
United States (Phil Mickelson, Mark O'Meara, Steve Stricker)
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Format

The Cup was a match play event played over four days. The teams were divided into four four-team groups. The top eight teams were seeded with the remaining teams randomly placed in the groups. After three rounds of round-robin play, the top team in each group advanced to a single elimination playoff.

In each team match, the three players were paired with their opponents and played 18 holes at medal match play. Matches tied at the end of 18 holes were extended to a sudden-death playoff. The tie-breaker for ties within a group was based on match record, then head-to-head.

Group play

Round one

Source:^[2]

Group 1

United States – 2  Italy – 1 Player Score Player Score Mark O'Meara 63 Costantino Rocca 70 Phil Mickelson 72 Emanuele Canonica 72 Steve Stricker 68 Silvio Grappasonni 75 Canonica won on the second playoff hole.

Spain – 0  England – 3 Player Score Player Score Ignacio Garrido 77 Lee Westwood 69 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 71 Jonathan Lomas 70 Diego Borrego 76 Barry Lane 69

Group 2

Zimbabwe – 2  India – 1 Player Score Player Score Tony Johnstone 73 Ali Sher 72 Mark McNulty 70 Gaurav Ghei 73 Nick Price 70 Jeev Milkha Singh 71

Scotland – 1  Sweden – 2 Player Score Player Score Andrew Coltart 67 Peter Hedblom 70 Raymond Russell 69 Patrik Sjöland 68 Colin Montgomerie 69 Jarmo Sandelin 68

Group 3

South Africa – 2  Canada – 1 Player Score Player Score Wayne Westner 68 Rick Todd 77 Ernie Els 65 Rick Gibson 73 Retief Goosen 76 Jim Rutledge 69

Ireland – 2  Wales – 1 Player Score Player Score Darren Clarke 71 Mark Mouland 70 Paul McGinley 68 Paul Affleck 70 Pádraig Harrington 70 Phillip Price 74

Group 4

New Zealand – 2  Germany – 1 Player Score Player Score Grant Waite 69 Heinz-Peter Thül 69 Greg Turner 74 Thomas Gögele 71 Frank Nobilo 66 Sven Strüver 71 Waite won on the fourth playoff hole.

Australia – 2  Japan – 1 Player Score Player Score Wayne Riley 71 Naomichi Ozaki 67 Steve Elkington 68 Kazuhiro Takami 74 Greg Norman 72 Hajime Meshiai 74

Round two

Source:^[3]

Group 1

United States – 2  England – 1 Player Score Player Score Mark O'Meara 75 Barry Lane 72 Steve Stricker 75 Jonathan Lomas 79 Phil Mickelson 72 Lee Westwood 73

Spain – 2  Italy – 1 Player Score Player Score Miguel Ángel Jiménez 69 Silvio Grappasonni 79 Ignacio Garrido 74 Emanuele Canonica 79 Diego Borrego 76 Costantino Rocca 73

Group 2

Zimbabwe – 0  Sweden – 3 Player Score Player Score Tony Johnstone 76 Patrik Sjöland 73 Nick Price 75 Jarmo Sandelin 75 Mark McNulty 73 Peter Hedblom 72 Sandelin won on the first playoff hole.

India – 2  Scotland – 1 Player Score Player Score Jeev Milkha Singh 74 Andrew Coltart 74 Gaurav Ghei 78 Colin Montgomerie 79 Ali Sher 84 Raymond Russell 71 Singh won on the first playoff hole.

Group 3

Ireland – 3  Canada – 0 Player Score Player Score Darren Clarke 76 Rick Gibson 80 Pádraig Harrington 73 Rick Todd 73 Paul McGinley 71 Jim Rutledge 77 Harrington won on the first playoff hole.

South Africa – 2  Wales – 1 Player Score Player Score Retief Goosen 78 Phillip Price 73 Ernie Els 70 Mark Mouland 80 Wayne Westner 72 Paul Affleck 76

Group 4

Japan – 2  New Zealand – 1 Player Score Player Score Naomichi Ozaki 69 Frank Nobilo 73 Hajime Meshiai 73 Grant Waite 72 Kazuhiro Takami 70 Greg Turner 73

Australia – 3  Germany – 0 Player Score Player Score Wayne Riley 74 Heinz-Peter Thül 76 Greg Norman 71 Sven Strüver 73 Steve Elkington 71 Thomas Gögele 80

Round three

Source:^[4]

Group 1

United States – 3  Spain – 0 Player Score Player Score Mark O'Meara 67 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 68 Steve Stricker 70 Diego Borrego 74 Phil Mickelson 66 Ignacio Garrido 77

Italy – 2  England – 1 Player Score Player Score Costantino Rocca 72 Lee Westwood 74 Silvio Grappasonni 68 Jonathan Lomas 69 Emanuele Canonica 76 Barry Lane 74

Group 2

Zimbabwe – 2  Scotland – 1 Player Score Player Score Tony Johnstone 70 Andrew Coltart 72 Mark McNulty 69 Colin Montgomerie 70 Nick Price 76 Raymond Russell 72

Sweden – 3  India – 0 Player Score Player Score Patrik Sjöland 68 Jeev Milkha Singh 74 Peter Hedblom 69 Gaurav Ghei 72 Jarmo Sandelin 72 Ali Sher 73

Group 3

Wales – 2  Canada – 1 Player Score Player Score Mark Mouland 75 Rick Gibson 71 Phillip Price 71 Jim Rutledge 72 Paul Affleck 70 Rick Todd 72

South Africa – 2  Ireland – 1 Player Score Player Score Retief Goosen 70 Darren Clarke 70 Ernie Els 71 Paul McGinley 69 Wayne Westner 69 Pádraig Harrington 70 Goosen won on the first playoff hole.

Group 4

Australia – 0  New Zealand – 3 Player Score Player Score Wayne Riley 76 Grant Waite 69 Steve Elkington 73 Greg Turner 69 Greg Norman 68 Frank Nobilo 66

Germany – 2  Japan – 1 Player Score Player Score Sven Strüver 70 Naomichi Ozaki 72 Thomas Gögele 71 Hajime Meshiai 77 Heinz-Peter Thül 74 Kazuhiro Takami 73

Standings

Group 1

Country	W	L	MW	ML
United States	3	0	7	2
England	1	2	5	4
Italy	1	2	4	5
Spain	1	2	2	7

Group 2

Country	W	L	MW	ML
Sweden	3	0	8	1
Zimbabwe	2	1	4	5
India	1	2	3	6
Scotland	0	3	3	6

Group 3

Country	W	L	MW	ML
South Africa	3	0	6	3
Ireland	2	1	6	3
Wales	1	2	4	5
Canada	0	3	2	7

Group 4

Country	W	L	MW	ML
New Zealand	2	1	6	3
Australia	2	1	5	4
Japan	1	2	4	5
Germany	1	2	3	6

Playoffs

Source:^[1]

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	United States	2
		Sweden	1
						1	United States	2
						7	New Zealand	1
	3	South Africa	1
	7	New Zealand	2

Semi-finals

United States – 2  Sweden – 1 Player Score Player Score Mark O'Meara 68 Peter Hedblom 74 Steve Stricker 70 Patrik Sjöland 73 Phil Mickelson 71 Jarmo Sandelin 68

South Africa – 1  New Zealand – 2 Player Score Player Score Wayne Westner 74 Grant Waite 74 Retief Goosen 72 Greg Turner 71 Ernie Els 69 Frank Nobilo 72 Waite won on the third playoff hole.

Final

United States – 2		New Zealand – 1
Player	Score	Player	Score
Mark O'Meara	72	Frank Nobilo	69
Phil Mickelson	69	Greg Turner	72
Steve Stricker	67	Grant Waite	73

Team results

Country	Place	W	L	MW	ML	Seed
United States	1	5	0	11	4	1
New Zealand	2	3	2	9	6	7
Sweden	T3	3	1	9	3
South Africa	T3	3	1	7	5	3
Ireland	T5	2	1	6	3	6
Australia	T5	2	1	5	4	2
Zimbabwe	T5	2	1	4	5	4
England	T8	1	2	5	4
Italy	T8	1	2	4	5
Japan	T8	1	2	4	5
Wales	T8	1	2	4	5
Germany	T8	1	2	3	6
India	T8	1	2	3	6
Spain	T8	1	2	2	7	8
Scotland	T15	0	3	3	6	5
Canada	T15	0	3	2	7

Player results

Country	Player	W	L
United States	Steve Stricker	5	0
United States	Phil Mickelson	3	2
United States	Mark O'Meara	3	2
New Zealand	Grant Waite	4	1
New Zealand	Frank Nobilo	3	2
New Zealand	Greg Turner	2	3
Sweden	Jarmo Sandelin	4	0
Sweden	Peter Hedblom	2	2
Sweden	Patrik Sjöland	2	2
South Africa	Ernie Els	3	1
South Africa	Wayne Westner	3	1
South Africa	Retief Goosen	1	3
Ireland	Paul McGinley	3	0
Ireland	Pádraig Harrington	2	1
Ireland	Darren Clarke	1	2
Australia	Steve Elkington	2	1
Australia	Greg Norman	2	1
Australia	Wayne Riley	1	2
Zimbabwe	Mark McNulty	2	1
Zimbabwe	Tony Johnstone	1	2
Zimbabwe	Nick Price	1	2
England	Barry Lane	3	0
England	Jonathan Lomas	1	2
England	Lee Westwood	1	2
Italy	Costantino Rocca	2	1
Italy	Emanuele Canonica	1	2
Italy	Silvio Grappasonni	1	2
Japan	Naomichi Ozaki	2	1
Japan	Kazuhiro Takami	2	1
Japan	Hajime Meshiai	0	3
Wales	Phillip Price	2	1
Wales	Paul Affleck	1	2
Wales	Mark Mouland	1	2
Germany	Thomas Gögele	2	1
Germany	Sven Strüver	1	2
Germany	Heinz-Peter Thül	0	3
India	Gaurav Ghei	1	2
India	Ali Sher	1	2
India	Jeev Milkha Singh	1	2
Spain	Ignacio Garrido	1	2
Spain	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	1	2
Spain	Diego Borrego	0	3
Scotland	Raymond Russell	3	0
Scotland	Andrew Coltart	1	2
Scotland	Colin Montgomerie	0	3
Canada	Rick Gibson	1	2
Canada	Jim Rutledge	1	2
Canada	Rick Todd	0	3