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

Round by round scores First round Source:

– 2.5 – 0.5Player Score Player Score Dave Barr 71 Bruce Soulsby 75 Dan Halldorson 74 Greg Turner 74 Richard Zokol 72 Frank Nobilo 74

– 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Koichi Suzuki 75 Marimuthu Ramayah 71 Nobuo Serizawa 70 Sahabuddin Yusof 76 Nobumitsu Yuhara 75 Zainal Abidin Yusof 80

– 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Curtis Strange 71 Costantino Rocca 72 D. A. Weibring 69 Silvio Grappasonni 77 Mark O'Meara 70 Giuseppe Calì 75

– 3 – 0Player Score Player Score José Rivero 68 Frankie Miñoza 75 José María Olazábal 71 Rudy Lavares 80 José María Cañizares 72 Eddie Bagtas 77

– 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Ronan Rafferty 71 Michel Tapia 76 Eamonn Darcy 72 Géry Watine 76 Des Smyth 74 Emmanuel Dussart 76

– 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Sandy Lyle 71 Tim Price 73 Gordon Brand Jnr 70 Anthony Edwards 72 Sam Torrance 72 William Koan 73

– 2.5 – 0.5Player Score Player Score Howard Clark 71 Ernesto Perez Acosta 71 Nick Faldo 70 Carlos Espinoza 75 Gordon J. Brand 74 Feliciano Esparza 81

– 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Rodger Davis 75 Ove Sellberg 69 Greg Norman 70 Mats Lanner 71 Peter Senior 67 Anders Forsbrand 70

Quarter-finals Source:

– 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Curtis Strange 68 Koichi Suzuki 70 D. A. Weibring 75 Nobumitsu Yuhara 69 Mark O'Meara 70 Nobuo Serizawa 70 O'Meara won on third playoff hole. – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Sam Torrance 69 Ronan Rafferty 74 Sandy Lyle 67 Eamonn Darcy 72 Gordon Brand Jnr 73 Des Smyth 67 – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Rodger Davis 63 Dan Halldorson 73 Peter Senior 73 Dave Barr 73 Greg Norman 71 Richard Zokol 71 Barr won on first playoff hole. Norman won on fifth playoff hole. – 2 – 1Player 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:

– 0 – 3Player Score Player Score Curtis Strange 73 Sam Torrance 69 Mark O'Meara 71 Sandy Lyle 70 D. A. Weibring 74 Gordon Brand Jnr 73

– 1 – 2Player Score Player Score Peter Senior 74 Howard Clark 73 Greg Norman 68 Gordon J. Brand 69 Rodger Davis 72 Nick Faldo 71

Final Source:

– 1 – 2Player 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:

– 1 – 2Player 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 1 8.5 3.5 4 2 9 3 3 3 7 5 2 4 6 6 1 T5 4 2 6 T5 4 2 5 T5 3.5 2.5 8 T5 3 3 7 T9 1 2 T9 1 2 T9 0.5 2.5 T9 0.5 2.5 T9 0 3 T9 0 3 T9 0 3 T9 0 3

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

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