1987 Dunhill Cup
# 1987 Dunhill Cup

The 1987 Dunhill Cup was the third Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 1–4 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The English team of Gordon J. Brand, Howard Clark, and Nick Faldo beat the Scottish team of Gordon Brand Jnr, Sandy Lyle, and Sam Torrance in the final.

## Format

The Cup was played as a single-elimination, match play event played over four days. The top eight teams were seeded 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.

## Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Australia | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sweden | 1 | 1 | Australia | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Canada | 2.5 | 8 | Canada | 1 | | | | | | |
| | New Zealand | 0.5 | | | | 1 | Australia | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Spain | 3 | | | | 4 | England | 2 | | | |
| | Philippines | 0 | 5 | Spain | 1 | | | | | | |
| 4 | England | 2.5 | 4 | England | 2 | | | | | | |
| | Mexico | 0.5 | | | | | | | 4 | England | 2 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | Scotland | 1 |
| | Italy | 0 | 2 | United States | 2 | | | |
| 7 | Japan | 2 | 7 | Japan | 1 | | | |
| | Malaysia | 1 | | | | 2 | United States | 0 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| 6 | Ireland | 3 | | | | 3 | Scotland | 3 |
| | France | 0 | 6 | Ireland | 1 | | | | 1 | Australia | 1 |
| 3 | Scotland | 3 | 3 | Scotland | 2 | | | | 2 | United States | 2 |
| | Zimbabwe | 0 | | | | | | | | | |

## Round by round scores

### First round

Source:

| Canada – 2.5 | Canada – 2.5 | New Zealand – 0.5 | New Zealand – 0.5 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Dave Barr | 71 | Bruce Soulsby | 75 |
| Dan Halldorson | 74 | Greg Turner | 74 |
| Richard Zokol | 72 | Frank Nobilo | 74 |
| Japan – 2 | Japan – 2 | Malaysia – 1 | Malaysia – 1 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Koichi Suzuki | 75 | Marimuthu Ramayah | 71 |
| Nobuo Serizawa | 70 | Sahabuddin Yusof | 76 |
| Nobumitsu Yuhara | 75 | Zainal Abidin Yusof | 80 |
| United States – 3 | United States – 3 | Italy – 0 | Italy – 0 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Curtis Strange | 71 | Costantino Rocca | 72 |
| D. A. Weibring | 69 | Silvio Grappasonni | 77 |
| Mark O'Meara | 70 | Giuseppe Calì | 75 |
| Spain – 3 | Spain – 3 | Philippines – 0 | Philippines – 0 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| José Rivero | 68 | Frankie Miñoza | 75 |
| José María Olazábal | 71 | Rudy Lavares | 80 |
| José María Cañizares | 72 | Eddie Bagtas | 77 |
| Ireland – 3 | Ireland – 3 | France – 0 | France – 0 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Ronan Rafferty | 71 | Michel Tapia | 76 |
| Eamonn Darcy | 72 | Géry Watine | 76 |
| Des Smyth | 74 | Emmanuel Dussart | 76 |
| Scotland – 3 | Scotland – 3 | Zimbabwe – 0 | Zimbabwe – 0 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Sandy Lyle | 71 | Tim Price | 73 |
| Gordon Brand Jnr | 70 | Anthony Edwards | 72 |
| Sam Torrance | 72 | William Koan | 73 |
| England – 2.5 | England – 2.5 | Mexico – 0.5 | Mexico – 0.5 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Howard Clark | 71 | Ernesto Perez Acosta | 71 |
| Nick Faldo | 70 | Carlos Espinoza | 75 |
| Gordon J. Brand | 74 | Feliciano Esparza | 81 |
| Australia – 2 | Australia – 2 | Sweden – 1 | Sweden – 1 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Rodger Davis | 75 | Ove Sellberg | 69 |
| Greg Norman | 70 | Mats Lanner | 71 |
| Peter Senior | 67 | Anders Forsbrand | 70 |

### Quarter-finals

Source:

| United States – 2 | United States – 2 | Japan – 1 | Japan – 1 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Curtis Strange | 68 | Koichi Suzuki | 70 |
| D. A. Weibring | 75 | Nobumitsu Yuhara | 69 |
| Mark O'Meara | 70 | Nobuo Serizawa | 70 |
| Scotland – 2 | Scotland – 2 | Ireland – 1 | Ireland – 1 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Sam Torrance | 69 | Ronan Rafferty | 74 |
| Sandy Lyle | 67 | Eamonn Darcy | 72 |
| Gordon Brand Jnr | 73 | Des Smyth | 67 |
| Australia – 2 | Australia – 2 | Canada – 1 | Canada – 1 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Rodger Davis | 63 | Dan Halldorson | 73 |
| Peter Senior | 73 | Dave Barr | 73 |
| Greg Norman | 71 | Richard Zokol | 71 |
| England – 2 | England – 2 | Spain – 1 | Spain – 1 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Howard Clark | 77 | José Rivero | 72 |
| Nick Faldo | 71 | José María Olazábal | 77 |
| Gordon J. Brand | 71 | José María Cañizares | 74 |

### Semi-finals

Source:

| United States – 0 | United States – 0 | Scotland – 3 | Scotland – 3 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Curtis Strange | 73 | Sam Torrance | 69 |
| Mark O'Meara | 71 | Sandy Lyle | 70 |
| D. A. Weibring | 74 | Gordon Brand Jnr | 73 |
| Australia – 1 | Australia – 1 | England – 2 | England – 2 |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Peter Senior | 74 | Howard Clark | 73 |
| Greg Norman | 68 | Gordon J. Brand | 69 |
| Rodger Davis | 72 | Nick Faldo | 71 |

### Final

Source:

| Scotland – 1 | Scotland – 1 | England – 2 | England – 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Sandy Lyle | 69 | Nick Faldo | 66 |
| Sam Torrance | 69 | Gordon J. Brand | 64 |
| Gordon Brand Jnr | 68 | Howard Clark | 73 |

### Third place

Source:

| Australia – 1 | Australia – 1 | United States – 2 | United States – 2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Peter Senior | 72 | Mark O'Meara | 71 |
| Rodger Davis | 70 | D. A. Weibring | 71 |
| Greg Norman | 70 | Curtis Strange | 62 |

## Team results

| Country | Place | W | L | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| England | 1 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 4 |
| Scotland | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| United States | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Australia | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Ireland | T5 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Spain | T5 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Canada | T5 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 8 |
| Japan | T5 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Malaysia | T9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sweden | T9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mexico | T9 | 0.5 | 2.5 | |
| New Zealand | T9 | 0.5 | 2.5 | |
| France | T9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Italy | T9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Philippines | T9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Zimbabwe | T9 | 0 | 3 | |

## Player results

| Country | Player | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| England | Nick Faldo | 4 | 0 |
| England | Gordon J. Brand | 3 | 1 |
| England | Howard Clark | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| Scotland | Gordon Brand Jnr | 3 | 1 |
| Scotland | Sandy Lyle | 3 | 1 |
| Scotland | Sam Torrance | 3 | 1 |
| United States | Mark O'Meara | 3 | 1 |
| United States | Curtis Strange | 3 | 1 |
| United States | D. A. Weibring | 1 | 3 |
| Australia | Greg Norman | 3 | 1 |
| Australia | Rodger Davis | 2 | 2 |
| Australia | Peter Senior | 1 | 3 |
| Spain | José Rivero | 2 | 0 |
| Spain | José María Cañizares | 1 | 1 |
| Spain | José María Olazábal | 1 | 1 |
| Ireland | Des Smyth | 2 | 0 |
| Ireland | Eamonn Darcy | 1 | 1 |
| Ireland | Ronan Rafferty | 1 | 1 |
| Canada | Dave Barr | 2 | 0 |
| Canada | Richard Zokol | 1 | 1 |
| Canada | Dan Halldorson | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Japan | Nobumitsu Yuhara | 2 | 0 |
| Japan | Nobuo Serizawa | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | Koichi Suzuki | 0 | 2 |
| Malaysia | Marimuthu Ramayah | 1 | 0 |
| Malaysia | Sahabuddin Yusof | 0 | 1 |
| Malaysia | Zainal Abidin Yusof | 0 | 1 |
| Sweden | Ove Sellberg | 1 | 0 |
| Sweden | Anders Forsbrand | 0 | 1 |
| Sweden | Mats Lanner | 0 | 1 |
| Mexico | Ernesto Perez Acosta | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Mexico | Feliciano Esparza | 0 | 1 |
| Mexico | Carlos Espinoza | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand | Greg Turner | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| New Zealand | Frank Nobilo | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand | Bruce Soulsby | 0 | 1 |
| France | Emmanuel Dussart | 0 | 1 |
| France | Michel Tapia | 0 | 1 |
| France | Géry Watine | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | Giuseppe Calì | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | Silvio Grappasonni | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | Costantino Rocca | 0 | 1 |
| Philippines | Eddie Bagtas | 0 | 1 |
| Philippines | Rudy Lavares | 0 | 1 |
| Philippines | Frankie Miñoza | 0 | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | Anthony Edwards | 0 | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | William Koan | 0 | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | Tim Price | 0 | 1 |
