The 1985 Dunhill Cup was the first Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 17–20 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The Australian team of David Graham, Graham Marsh, and Greg Norman beat the American team of Raymond Floyd, Mark O'Meara, and Curtis Strange 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 – 1Player Score Player Score Bob Charles 70 Dave Barr 71 Frank Nobilo 70 Jerry Anderson 74 Stuart Reese 77 Dan Halldorson 72
– 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Curtis Strange 70 Géry Watine 73 Mark O'Meara 66 Bernard Pascassio 72 Raymond Floyd 70 Michel Tapia 73
– 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Isao Aoki 71 J. Rates 77 Kikuo Arai 73 M. Slodina 74 Masahiro Kuramoto 73 D. Bagtas 82
– 2 – 1Player Score Player Score David Graham 73 Ming Yau Sui 72 Graham Marsh 73 Lee Parker 83 Greg Norman 71 Alex Tang 84
– 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Gordon Brand Jnr 71 Jaime Gonzalez 73 Sam Torrance 71 Frederico German 76 Sandy Lyle 75 Rafael Navarro 73
– 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Howard Clark 67 Christy O'Connor Jnr 72 Nick Faldo 68 David Feherty 72 Paul Way 76 Des Smyth 70
– 2 – 1Player Score Player Score David Llewellyn 77 Lu Liang-Huan 74 Ian Woosnam 68 Chen Tze-chung 72 Philip Parkin 70 Chen Tze-ming 75
– 3 – 0Player Score Player Score José María Cañizares 73 T. Udumoh 75 Manuel Piñero 70 C. Okwu 78 Seve Ballesteros 67 Peter Akakasiaka 82
Quarter-finals Source:
– 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Mark O'Meara 69 Bob Charles 70 Curtis Strange 67 Frank Nobilo 75 Raymond Floyd 69 Stuart Reese 72
– 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Sandy Lyle 67 Masahiro Kuramoto 70 Sam Torrance 68 Isao Aoki 71 Gordon Brand Jnr 72 Kikuo Arai 73
– 2.5 – 0.5Player Score Player Score Ian Woosnam 69 Manuel Piñero 70 David Llewellyn 71 Seve Ballesteros 71 Philip Parkin 67 José María Cañizares 69
– 1 – 2Player Score Player Score Howard Clark 70 Greg Norman 69 Paul Way 72 David Graham 69 Nick Faldo 69 Graham Marsh 73
Semi-finals Source:
– 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Mark O'Meara 69 Sandy Lyle 72 Curtis Strange 72 Sam Torrance 73 Raymond Floyd 72 Gordon Brand Jnr 71
– 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Greg Norman 70 Ian Woosnam 73 David Graham 74 David Llewellyn 69 Graham Marsh 69 Philip Parkin 74
Final Source: – 3 – 0Player Score Player Score Greg Norman 65 Mark O'Meara 71 David Graham 69 Curtis Strange 72 Graham Marsh 71 Raymond Floyd 74
Third place Source: – 2 – 1Player Score Player Score Sandy Lyle 70 Ian Woosnam 71 Gordon Brand Jnr 70 David Llewellyn 76 Sam Torrance 74 Philip Parkin 71
Team results Country Place W L Seed 1 9 3 2 2 8 4 1 3 8 4 4 4 6.5 5.5 T5 3.5 2.5 3 T5 3 3 7 T5 3 3 5 T5 2 4 T9 1 2 T9 1 2 8 T9 1 2 T9 1 2 T9 1 2 6 T9 0 3 T9 0 3 T9 0 3
Player results Country Player W L Greg Norman 4 0 Graham Marsh 3 1 David Graham 2 2 Mark O'Meara 3 1 Curtis Strange 3 1 Raymond Floyd 2 2 Gordon Brand Jnr 4 0 Sandy Lyle 2 2 Sam Torrance 2 2 Philip Parkin 3 1 Ian Woosnam 2 2 David Llewellyn 1.5 2.5 Seve Ballesteros 1.5 0.5 José María Cañizares 1 1 Manuel Piñero 1 1 Nick Faldo 2 0 Howard Clark 1 1 Paul Way 0 2 Isao Aoki 1 1 Kikuo Arai 1 1 Masahiro Kuramoto 1 1 Bob Charles 1 1 Frank Nobilo 1 1 Stuart Reese 0 2 Rafael Navarro 1 0 Frederico German 0 1 Jaime Gonzalez 0 1 Dan Halldorson 1 0 Jerry Anderson 0 1 Dave Barr 0 1 Ming Yau Sui 1 0 Lee Parker 0 1 Alex Tang 0 1 Des Smyth 1 0 David Feherty 0 1 Christy O'Connor Jnr 0 1 Lu Liang-Huan 1 0 Chen Tze-chung 0 1 Chen Tze-ming 0 1 Bernard Pascassio 0 1 Michel Tapia 0 1 Géry Watine 0 1 Peter Akakasiaka 0 1 C. Okwu 0 1 T. Udumoh 0 1 D. Bagtas 0 1 J. Rates 0 1 M. Slodina 0 1
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