1999 Alfred Dunhill Cup

The 1999 Alfred Dunhill Cup was the 15th Alfred Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 7–10 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The Spanish team of Sergio García, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, and José María Olazábal beat the Australian team of Stephen Leaney, Peter O'Malley, and Craig Parry in the final.

1999 Alfred Dunhill Cup

Tournament information
Dates	7–10 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[1]
Winner's share	£300,000
Champion
Spain (S. García, M. Á. Jiménez, J. M. Olazábal)
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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.^[2] The top eight teams were seeded with the remaining teams randomly placed in the bracket.^[2] 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.^[2] Matches tied at the end of 18 holes were extended to a sudden-death playoff, unless they could not affect the outcome of the tournament (third round).^[2] The tie-breaker for ties within a group was based on match record, then head-to-head.^[2]

Group play

Round one

Source:^[3]

Group 1

United States – 2  New Zealand – 1 Player Score Player Score Mark O'Meara 73 Greg Turner 74 Payne Stewart 76 Michael Long 72 Tom Lehman 71 Michael Campbell 74

Sweden – 3  Italy – 0 Player Score Player Score Gabriel Hjertstedt 71 Costantino Rocca 75 Jarmo Sandelin 72 Massimo Scarpa 79 Patrik Sjöland 68 Emanuele Canonica 74

Group 2

Australia – 2  Japan – 1 Player Score Player Score Craig Parry 69 Tsuyoshi Yoneyama 70 Peter O'Malley 74 Isao Aoki 72 Stephen Leaney 69 Katsuyoshi Tomori 70

Scotland – 2  Paraguay – 1 Player Score Player Score Sam Torrance 75 Raúl Fretes 77 Gary Orr 73 Carlos Franco 65 Paul Lawrie 71 Ángel Franco 73

Group 3

South Africa – 2  China – 1 Player Score Player Score Ernie Els 72 Zhang Lian-wei 74 Retief Goosen 69 Cheng Jun 72 David Frost 73 Wu Xiang-bing 72

England – 2  India – 1 Player Score Player Score Lee Westwood 73 Jeev Milkha Singh 70 Mark James 72 Jyoti Randhawa 73 David Howell 71 Vijay Kumar 72

Group 4

Ireland – 3  Zimbabwe – 0 Player Score Player Score Paul McGinley 70 Tony Johnstone 75 Darren Clarke 69 Mark McNulty 74 Pádraig Harrington 71 Nick Price 72

Spain – 2  France – 1 Player Score Player Score José María Olazábal 74 Jean van de Velde 74 Sergio García 67 Jean-François Remésy 70 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 73 Marc Farry 68 Olazábal won on the first playoff hole.

Round two

Source:^[4]

Group 1

United States – 0  Italy – 3 Player Score Player Score Mark O'Meara 72 Costantino Rocca 70 Tom Lehman 74 Emanuele Canonica 72 Payne Stewart 72 Massimo Scarpa 71

Sweden – 1  New Zealand – 2 Player Score Player Score Gabriel Hjertstedt 72 Michael Campbell 71 Patrik Sjöland 74 Michael Long 73 Jarmo Sandelin 69 Greg Turner 70

Group 2

Australia – 1  Paraguay – 2 Player Score Player Score Peter O'Malley 73 Raúl Fretes 76 Stephen Leaney 74 Ángel Franco 73 Craig Parry 70 Carlos Franco 70 Franco won on the second playoff hole.

Scotland – 1  Japan – 2 Player Score Player Score Sam Torrance 76 Isao Aoki 71 Gary Orr 69 Tsuyoshi Yoneyama 71 Paul Lawrie 71 Katsuyoshi Tomori 71 Tomori won on the first playoff hole.

Group 3

South Africa – 3  India – 0 Player Score Player Score Ernie Els 69 Jeev Milkha Singh 72 Retief Goosen 67 Vijay Kumar 75 David Frost 68 Jyoti Randhawa 74

England – 2  China – 1 Player Score Player Score Lee Westwood 69 Zhang Lian-wei 72 David Howell 75 Cheng Jun 70 Mark James 72 Wu Xiang-bing 74

Group 4

Spain – 2  Zimbabwe – 1 Player Score Player Score Sergio García 67 Nick Price 70 José María Olazábal 67 Tony Johnstone 73 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 73 Mark McNulty 68

Ireland – 2  France – 1 Player Score Player Score Darren Clarke 67 Marc Farry 75 Paul McGinley 74 Jean van de Velde 70 Pádraig Harrington 73 Jean-François Remésy 74

Round three

Source:^[5]

Group 1

New Zealand – 2  Italy – 1 Player Score Player Score Greg Turner 70 Emanuele Canonica 72 Michael Long 72 Massimo Scarpa 71 Michael Campbell 70 Costantino Rocca 74

United States – 1  Sweden – 2 Player Score Player Score Mark O'Meara 69 Patrik Sjöland 73 Payne Stewart 74 Gabriel Hjertstedt 69 Tom Lehman 74 Jarmo Sandelin 71

Group 2

Japan – 2  Paraguay – 1 Player Score Player Score Katsuyoshi Tomori 68 Ángel Franco 72 Tsuyoshi Yoneyama 68 Raúl Fretes 69 Isao Aoki 77 Carlos Franco 65

Scotland – 1  Australia – 2 Player Score Player Score Paul Lawrie 71 Peter O'Malley 73 Sam Torrance 71 Craig Parry 70 Gary Orr 70 Stephen Leaney 67

Group 3

South Africa – 3  England – 0 Player Score Player Score Ernie Els 67 David Howell 69 David Frost 71 Mark James 72 Retief Goosen 66 Lee Westwood 70

India – 3  China – 0 Player Score Player Score Jyoti Randhawa 73 Zhang Lian-wei 74 Jeev Milkha Singh 72 Cheng Jun 74 Vijay Kumar 73 Wu Xiang-bing 77

Group 4

Zimbabwe – 2.5  France – 0.5 Player Score Player Score Mark McNulty 69 Marc Farry 73 Tony Johnstone 68 Jean-François Remésy 68 Nick Price 68 Jean van de Velde 68 Price won on the third playoff hole.

Spain – 2  Ireland – 1 Player Score Player Score Sergio García 67 Darren Clarke 68 José María Olazábal 70 Paul McGinley 68 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 69 Pádraig Harrington 69 Jiménez won on the first playoff hole.

Standings

Group 1

Country	W	L	MW	ML
Sweden	2	1	6	3
New Zealand	2	1	5	4
Italy	1	2	4	5
United States	1	2	3	6

Group 2

Country	W	L	MW	ML
Australia	2	1	5	4
Japan	2	1	5	4
Paraguay	1	2	4	5
Scotland	1	2	4	5

Group 3

Country	W	L	MW	ML
South Africa	3	0	8	1
England	2	1	4	5
India	1	2	4	5
China	0	3	2	7

Group 4

Country	W	L	MW	ML
Spain	3	0	6	3
Ireland	2	1	6	3
Zimbabwe	1	2	3.5	5.5
France	0	3	2.5	6.5

Playoffs

Source:^[6]

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	2	Spain	2
	3	South Africa	1
						2	Spain	2
						5	Australia	1
	5	Australia	2
	8	Sweden	1

Semi-finals

Spain – 2  South Africa – 1 Player Score Player Score Sergio García 72 Ernie Els 70 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 73 David Frost 77 José María Olazábal 75 Retief Goosen 76

Australia – 2  Sweden – 1 Player Score Player Score Craig Parry 69 Gabriel Hjertstedt 69 Peter O'Malley 78 Patrik Sjöland 76 Stephen Leaney 80 Jarmo Sandelin 80 Parry won on the first playoff hole. Leaney won on the first playoff hole.

Final

Spain – 2		Australia – 1
Player	Score	Player	Score
Sergio García	69	Craig Parry	69
José María Olazábal	72	Stephen Leaney	78
Miguel Ángel Jiménez	73	Peter O'Malley	75

Parry won on the first playoff hole.

Team results

Country	Place	W	L	MW	ML	Seed
Spain	1	5	0	10	5	2
Australia	2	3	2	8	7	5
South Africa	T3	3	1	9	3	3
Sweden	T3	2	2	7	5	8
Ireland	T5	2	1	6	3	7
Japan	T5	2	1	5	4
New Zealand	T5	2	1	5	4
England	T5	2	1	4	5	6
India	T9	1	2	4	5
Italy	T9	1	2	4	5
Paraguay	T9	1	2	4	5
Scotland	T9	1	2	4	5	4
Zimbabwe	T9	1	2	3.5	5.5
United States	T9	1	2	3	6	1
France	T15	0	3	2.5	6.5
China	T15	0	3	2	7

Player results

Country	Player	W	L
Spain	José María Olazábal	4	1
Spain	Sergio García	3	2
Spain	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	3	2
Australia	Craig Parry	4	1
Australia	Stephen Leaney	3	2
Australia	Peter O'Malley	1	4
South Africa	Ernie Els	4	0
South Africa	Retief Goosen	3	1
South Africa	David Frost	2	2
Sweden	Jarmo Sandelin	3	1
Sweden	Gabriel Hjertstedt	2	2
Sweden	Patrik Sjöland	2	2
Ireland	Darren Clarke	2	1
Ireland	Pádraig Harrington	2	1
Ireland	Paul McGinley	2	1
Japan	Isao Aoki	2	1
Japan	Katsuyoshi Tomori	2	1
Japan	Tsuyoshi Yoneyama	1	2
New Zealand	Michael Campbell	2	1
New Zealand	Michael Long	2	1
New Zealand	Greg Turner	1	2
England	Mark James	2	1
England	David Howell	1	2
England	Lee Westwood	1	2
India	Jeev Milkha Singh	2	1
India	Vijay Kumar	1	2
India	Jyoti Randhawa	1	2
Italy	Massimo Scarpa	2	1
Italy	Emanuele Canonica	1	2
Italy	Costantino Rocca	1	2
Paraguay	Carlos Franco	3	0
Paraguay	Ángel Franco	1	2
Paraguay	Raúl Fretes	0	3
Scotland	Paul Lawrie	2	1
Scotland	Gary Orr	1	2
Scotland	Sam Torrance	1	2
Zimbabwe	Mark McNulty	2	1
Zimbabwe	Nick Price	1	2
Zimbabwe	Tony Johnstone	0.5	2.5
United States	Mark O'Meara	2	1
United States	Tom Lehman	1	2
United States	Payne Stewart	0	3
France	Marc Farry	1	2
France	Jean van de Velde	1	2
France	Jean-François Remésy	0.5	2.5
China	Cheng Jun	1	2
China	Wu Xiang-bing	1	2
China	Zhang Lian-wei	0	3