The 1998 Alfred Dunhill Cup was the 14th Alfred Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 8–11 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 Spanish team of Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Santiago Luna, and José María Olazábal in the final. It was the second win for South Africa, with the same team having won in 1997.
Format The Cup was a match play event played over four days. The teams were divided into four four-team 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:
Group 1
– 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Patrik Sjöland 69 Hiroyuki Fujita 77 Mathias Grönberg 78 Nobuo Serizawa 79 Per-Ulrik Johansson 71 Katsumasa Miyamoto 76
– 3 – 0Player Score Player Score John Daly 70 Lee Westwood 73 Tiger Woods 66 David Carter 74 Mark O'Meara 67 Peter Baker 74
Group 2
– 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Gary Orr 75 Wu Xiang-bing 76 Andrew Coltart 73 Cheng Jun 78 Colin Montgomerie 73 Zhang Lian-wei 72
– 1 – 2Player Score Player Score Darren Clarke 71 Santiago Luna 71 Paul McGinley 72 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 70 Pádraig Harrington 75 José María Olazábal 73 Clarke won on the fourth playoff hole.
Group 3
– 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Tony Johnstone 69 Sven Strüver 76 Nick Price 72 Thomas Gögele 73 Mark McNulty 73 Alex Čejka 75
– 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Retief Goosen 72 Olivier Edmond 73 David Frost 70 Thomas Levet 75 Ernie Els 69 Jean van de Velde 72
Group 4
– 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Stuart Appleby 66 José Cóceres 77 Craig Parry 70 Ángel Cabrera 75 Steve Elkington 70 Eduardo Romero 70 Elkington won on the first playoff hole.
– 1 – 2Player Score Player Score Michael Long 76 Shin Yong-jin 75 Frank Nobilo 75 Kang Wook-soon 71 Greg Turner 70 Kim Jong-duck 73
Round two Source:
Group 1
– 3 – 0Player Score Player Score John Daly 77 Nobuo Serizawa 80 Tiger Woods 70 Katsumasa Miyamoto 77 Mark O'Meara 70 Hiroyuki Fujita 75
– 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Mathias Grönberg 72 Lee Westwood 72 Per-Ulrik Johansson 70 David Carter 73 Patrik Sjöland 70 Peter Baker 73 Grönberg won on the first playoff hole.
Group 2
– 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Andrew Coltart 75 Darren Clarke 73 Gary Orr 77 Pádraig Harrington 78 Colin Montgomerie 72 Paul McGinley 78
– 2 – 1Player Score Player Score José María Olazábal 78 Wu Xiang-bing 77 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 76 Zhang Lian-wei 83 Santiago Luna 80 Cheng Jun 81
Group 3
– 1 – 2Player Score Player Score Mark McNulty 81 Jean van de Velde 71 Tony Johnstone 79 Thomas Levet 77 Nick Price 70 Olivier Edmond 78
– 1 – 2Player Score Player Score David Frost 78 Thomas Gögele 78 Retief Goosen 76 Alex Čejka 77 Ernie Els 76 Sven Strüver 76 Gögele won on the second playoff hole. Strüver won on the second playoff hole.
Group 4
– 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Craig Parry 75 Shin Yong-jin 75 Stuart Appleby 73 Kang Wook-soon 77 Steve Elkington 72 Kim Jong-duck 77 Shin won on the first playoff hole.
– 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Greg Turner 75 Eduardo Romero DQ Frank Nobilo 71 Ángel Cabrera 77 Michael Long 81 José Cóceres 75
Round three Source:
Group 1
– 2.5 – 0.5Player Score Player Score John Daly 71 Per-Ulrik Johansson 72 Mark O'Meara 68 Patrik Sjöland 68 Tiger Woods 66 Mathias Grönberg 73
– 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Lee Westwood 70 Katsumasa Miyamoto 71 Peter Baker 71 Hiroyuki Fujita 73 David Carter 69 Nobuo Serizawa 75
Group 2
– 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Darren Clarke 71 Zhang Lian-wei 73 Paul McGinley 74 Cheng Jun 78 Pádraig Harrington 71 Wu Xiang-bing 74
– 1 – 2Player Score Player Score Gary Orr 71 José María Olazábal 68 Colin Montgomerie 70 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 70 Andrew Coltart 73 Santiago Luna 74 Jiménez won on the first playoff hole.
Group 3
– 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Ernie Els 71 Tony Johnstone 77 David Frost 71 Nick Price 69 Retief Goosen 71 Mark McNulty 76
– 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Thomas Gögele 69 Thomas Levet 72 Alex Čejka 75 Jean van de Velde 72 Sven Strüver 68 Olivier Edmond 70
Group 4
– 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Eduardo Romero 72 Shin Yong-jin 72 Ángel Cabrera 72 Kim Jong-duck 73 José Cóceres 71 Kang Wook-soon 72 Shin won on the first playoff hole.
– 1 – 2Player Score Player Score Craig Parry 70 Michael Long 71 Stuart Appleby 73 Greg Turner 72 Steve Elkington 74 Frank Nobilo 72
Standings +Group 1Country W L MW ML 3 0 8.5 0.5 2 1 6.5 2.5 1 2 3 6 0 3 0 9
+Group 2Country W L MW ML 3 0 6 3 2 1 5 4 1 2 5 4 0 3 2 7
+Group 3Country W L MW ML 2 1 6 3 2 1 4 5 1 2 5 4 1 2 3 6
+Group 4Country W L MW ML 2 1 7 2 2 1 5 4 1 2 3 6 1 2 3 6
Playoffs Source:
Bracket
Semi-finals
– 1 – 2Player Score Player Score John Daly 73 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 75 Tiger Woods 72 Santiago Luna 71 Mark O'Meara 76 José María Olazábal 72
– 2 – 1Player Score Player Score David Frost 72 Craig Parry 78 Retief Goosen 71 Stuart Appleby 74 Ernie Els 73 Steve Elkington 72
Final – 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Retief Goosen 72 Santiago Luna 73 David Frost 76 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 78 Ernie Els 75 José María Olazábal 77
Team results Country Place W L MW ML 1 4 1 11 4 2 4 1 8 7 T3 3 1 9.5 2.5 T3 2 2 8 4 T5 2 1 6.5 2.5 T5 2 1 5 4 T5 2 1 5 4 T5 2 1 4 5 T9 1 2 5 4 T9 1 2 5 4 T9 1 2 3 6 T9 1 2 3 6 T9 1 2 3 6 T9 1 2 3 6 T15 0 3 2 7 T15 0 3 0 9
Player results Country Player W L Retief Goosen 5 0 Ernie Els 3 2 David Frost 3 2 José María Olazábal 3 2 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 3 2 Santiago Luna 2 3 John Daly 4 0 Tiger Woods 3 1 Mark O'Meara 2.5 1.5 Steve Elkington 3 1 Craig Parry 3 1 Stuart Appleby 2 2 Patrik Sjöland 2.5 0.5 Mathias Grönberg 2 1 Per-Ulrik Johansson 2 1 Greg Turner 3 0 Frank Nobilo 2 1 Michael Long 0 3 Andrew Coltart 2 1 Gary Orr 2 1 Colin Montgomerie 1 2 Thomas Gögele 2 1 Sven Strüver 2 1 Alex Čejka 0 3 Darren Clarke 3 0 Pádraig Harrington 1 2 Paul McGinley 1 2 Nick Price 3 0 Tony Johnstone 1 2 Mark McNulty 1 2 José Cóceres 2 1 Ángel Cabrera 1 2 Eduardo Romero 0 3 Peter Baker 1 2 David Carter 1 2 Lee Westwood 1 2 Jean van de Velde 2 1 Thomas Levet 1 2 Olivier Edmond 0 3 Shin Yong-jin 2 1 Kang Wook-soon 1 2 Kim Jong-duck 0 3 Wu Xiang-bing 1 2 Zhang Lian-wei 1 2 Cheng Jun 0 3 Hiroyuki Fujita 0 3 Katsumasa Miyamoto 0 3 Nobuo Serizawa 0 3
References
External links Coverage on the European Tour's official site