1997 Dunhill Cup

The 1997 Dunhill Cup was the 13th Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 16–19 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The South African team of Ernie Els, David Frost, and Retief Goosen beat the Swedish team of Joakim Haeggman, Per-Ulrik Johansson, and Jesper Parnevik in the final.

1997 Dunhill Cup

Tournament information
Dates	16–19 October
Location	St Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)	Old Course at St Andrews
Format	Match play
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,094 yards (6,487 m)
Field	16 teams of 3 players
Prize fund	£1,000,000
Winner's share	£300,000
Champion
South Africa (Ernie Els, David Frost, Retief Goosen)
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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 bracket. 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:^[1]

Group 1

United States – 2  Argentina – 1 Player Score Player Score Mark O'Meara 67 Eduardo Romero 67 Brad Faxon 72 Ángel Cabrera 68 Justin Leonard 65 José Cóceres 72 O'Meara won on the first playoff hole.

England – 3  Japan – 0 Player Score Player Score Russell Claydon 70 Tsukasa Watanabe 71 Lee Westwood 70 Nobuhito Sato 73 Mark James 73 Shigemasa Higaki 74

Group 2

Sweden – 3  Taiwan – 0 Player Score Player Score Joakim Haeggman 72 Hseih Yu-Shu 72 Jesper Parnevik 65 Lu Hsi-chuen 75 Per-Ulrik Johansson 71 Chen Liang-hsi 75 Haeggman won on the first playoff hole.

Australia – 1  France – 2 Player Score Player Score Robert Allenby 71 Fabrice Tamaud 70 Steve Elkington 71 Jean van de Velde 71 Stuart Appleby 68 Marc Farry 71 van de Velde won on the first playoff hole.

Group 3

South Africa – 2  Ireland – 1 Player Score Player Score Retief Goosen 70 Paul McGinley 71 David Frost 69 Pádraig Harrington 67 Ernie Els 66 Darren Clarke 71

Scotland – 2  Germany – 1 Player Score Player Score Raymond Russell 68 Thomas Gögele 74 Gordon Brand Jnr 69 Alex Čejka 66 Colin Montgomerie 67 Sven Strüver 73

Group 4

Zimbabwe – 2  South Korea – 1 Player Score Player Score Nick Price 72 Kim Jong-duck 74 Mark McNulty 69 Mo Joong-kyung 76 Tony Johnstone 73 Kang Wook-soon 73 Kang won on the first playoff hole.

New Zealand – 2  Spain – 1 Player Score Player Score Steven Alker 70 Miguel Ángel Martín 73 Frank Nobilo 70 Ignacio Garrido 75 Michael Long 72 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 71

Round two

Source:^[2]

Group 1

United States – 3  Japan – 0 Player Score Player Score Mark O'Meara 70 Tsukasa Watanabe 72 Justin Leonard 74 Nobuhito Sato 82 Brad Faxon 73 Shigemasa Higaki 79

England – 1  Argentina – 2 Player Score Player Score Russell Claydon 74 José Cóceres 71 Mark James 71 Eduardo Romero 72 Lee Westwood 72 Ángel Cabrera 71

Group 2

Sweden – 3  France – 0 Player Score Player Score Joakim Haeggman 70 Fabrice Tamaud 78 Jesper Parnevik 73 Marc Farry 74 Per-Ulrik Johansson 72 Jean van de Velde 73

Australia – 2  Taiwan – 1 Player Score Player Score Robert Allenby 74 Hseih Yu-Shu 73 Steve Elkington 76 Chen Liang-hsi 76 Stuart Appleby 77 Lu Hsi-chuen 80 Elkington won on the second playoff hole.

Group 3

Ireland – 1  Scotland – 2 Player Score Player Score Paul McGinley 69 Raymond Russell 74 Darren Clarke 77 Gordon Brand Jnr 73 Pádraig Harrington 76 Colin Montgomerie 72

South Africa – 3  Germany – 0 Player Score Player Score Retief Goosen 73 Thomas Gögele 73 David Frost 74 Alex Čejka 79 Ernie Els 71 Sven Strüver 72 Goosen won on the second playoff hole.

Group 4

New Zealand – 3  South Korea – 0 Player Score Player Score Steven Alker 76 Mo Joong-kyung 83 Michael Long 75 Kim Jong-duck 76 Frank Nobilo 68 Kang Wook-soon 70

Spain – 1  Zimbabwe – 2 Player Score Player Score Miguel Ángel Martín 74 Tony Johnstone 70 Ignacio Garrido 74 Mark McNulty 70 Miguel Ángel Jiménez   Nick Price WD

Round three

Source:^[3]

Group 1

United States – 3  England – 0 Player Score Player Score Mark O'Meara 67 Lee Westwood 69 Brad Faxon 70 Russell Claydon 73 Justin Leonard 69 Mark James 72

Japan – 0.5  Argentina – 2.5 Player Score Player Score Shigemasa Higaki 73 Eduardo Romero 71 Tsukasa Watanabe 73 Ángel Cabrera 69 Nobuhito Sato 70 José Cóceres 70

Group 2

Australia – 1  Sweden – 2 Player Score Player Score Steve Elkington 72 Per-Ulrik Johansson 72 Stuart Appleby 69 Joakim Haeggman 66 Robert Allenby 68 Jesper Parnevik 70 Johannsson won on the second playoff hole.

France – 3  Taiwan – 0 Player Score Player Score Marc Farry 70 Chen Liang-hsi 73 Fabrice Tamaud 71 Lu Hsi-chuen 75 Jean van de Velde 67 Hseih Yu-Shu 76

Group 3

South Africa – 2.5  Scotland – 0.5 Player Score Player Score David Frost 68 Raymond Russell 71 Retief Goosen 67 Gordon Brand Jnr 67 Ernie Els 68 Colin Montgomerie 68 Goosen won on the first playoff hole.

Ireland – 2  Germany – 1 Player Score Player Score Darren Clarke 68 Alex Čejka 74 Pádraig Harrington 66 Sven Strüver 69 Paul McGinley 71 Thomas Gögele 67

Group 4

New Zealand – 3  Zimbabwe – 0 Player Score Player Score Frank Nobilo   Nick Price WD Steven Alker 70 Tony Johnstone 75 Michael Long 67 Mark McNulty 68

Spain – 2  South Korea – 1 Player Score Player Score Miguel Ángel Martín 78 Kim Jong-duck 70 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 74 Kang Wook-soon 74 Ignacio Garrido 70 Mo Joong-kyung 76 Jiménez won on the second playoff hole.

Standings

Group 1

Country	W	L	MW	ML
United States	3	0	8	1
Argentina	2	1	5.5	3.5
England	1	2	4	5
Japan	0	3	0.5	8.5

Group 2

Country	W	L	MW	ML
Sweden	3	0	8	1
France	2	1	5	4
Australia	1	2	4	5
Taiwan	0	3	1	8

Group 3

Country	W	L	MW	ML
South Africa	3	0	7.5	1.5
Scotland	2	1	4.5	4.5
Ireland	1	2	4	5
Germany	0	3	2	7

Group 4

Country	W	L	MW	ML
New Zealand	3	0	8	1
Zimbabwe	2	1	4	5
Spain	1	2	4	5
South Korea	0	3	2	7

Playoffs

Source:^[4]

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	United States	1
	6	Sweden	2
						6	Sweden	1
						2	South Africa	2
	2	South Africa	2
	4	New Zealand	1

Semi-finals

United States – 1  Sweden – 2 Player Score Player Score Mark O'Meara 68 Jesper Parnevik 69 Justin Leonard 72 Joakim Haeggman 68 Brad Faxon 74 Per-Ulrik Johansson 71

South Africa – 2  New Zealand – 1 Player Score Player Score Retief Goosen 67 Michael Long 72 David Frost 72 Steven Alker 76 Ernie Els 70 Frank Nobilo 66

Final

South Africa – 2		Sweden – 1
Player	Score	Player	Score
Retief Goosen	70	Jesper Parnevik	74
David Frost	74	Per-Ulrik Johansson	71
Ernie Els	69	Joakim Haeggman	72

Team results

Country	Place	W	L	MW	ML	Seed
South Africa	1	5	0	11.5	3.5	2
Sweden	2	4	1	11	4	6
New Zealand	T3	3	1	9	3	4
United States	T3	3	1	9	3	1
Argentina	T5	2	1	5.5	3.5
France	T5	2	1	5	4
Scotland	T5	2	1	4.5	4.5
Zimbabwe	T5	2	1	4	5
Australia	T9	1	2	4	5	3
England	T9	1	2	4	5	8
Ireland	T9	1	2	4	5	7
Spain	T9	1	2	4	5	5
Germany	T13	0	3	2	7
South Korea	T13	0	3	2	7
Taiwan	T13	0	3	1	8
Japan	T13	0	3	0.5	8.5

Player results

Country	Player	W	L
South Africa	Retief Goosen	5	0
South Africa	Ernie Els	3.5	1.5
South Africa	David Frost	3	2
Sweden	Per-Ulrik Johansson	5	0
Sweden	Joakim Haeggman	4	1
Sweden	Jesper Parnevik	2	3
New Zealand	Frank Nobilo	4	0
New Zealand	Steven Alker	3	1
New Zealand	Michael Long	2	2
United States	Mark O'Meara	4	0
United States	Justin Leonard	3	1
United States	Brad Faxon	2	2
Argentina	Ángel Cabrera	3	0
Argentina	José Cóceres	1.5	1.5
Argentina	Eduardo Romero	1	2
France	Fabrice Tamaud	2	1
France	Jean van de Velde	2	1
France	Marc Farry	1	2
Scotland	Colin Montgomerie	2.5	0.5
Scotland	Gordon Brand Jnr	1	2
Scotland	Raymond Russell	1	2
Zimbabwe	Mark McNulty	2	1
Zimbabwe	Tony Johnstone	1	2
Zimbabwe	Nick Price	1	2
Australia	Stuart Appleby	2	1
Australia	Robert Allenby	1	2
Australia	Steve Elkington	1	2
England	Mark James	2	1
England	Russell Claydon	1	2
England	Lee Westwood	1	2
Ireland	Pádraig Harrington	2	1
Ireland	Darren Clarke	1	2
Ireland	Paul McGinley	1	2
Spain	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	3	0
Spain	Ignacio Garrido	1	2
Spain	Miguel Ángel Martín	0	3
Germany	Alex Čejka	1	2
Germany	Thomas Gögele	1	2
Germany	Sven Strüver	0	3
South Korea	Kang Wook-soon	1	2
South Korea	Kim Jong-duck	1	2
South Korea	Mo Joong-kyung	0	3
Taiwan	Hseih Yu-Shu	1	2
Taiwan	Chen Liang-hsi	0	3
Taiwan	Lu Hsi-chuen	0	3
Japan	Nobuhito Sato	0.5	2.5
Japan	Shigemasa Higaki	0	3
Japan	Tsukasa Watanabe	0	3