2000 Alfred Dunhill Cup Explained

2000 Alfred Dunhill Cup
Dates:	12–15 October
Location:	St Andrews, Scotland
Course:	Old Course at St Andrews
Lang:	uk
Format:	Match play
Par:	72
Yardage:	7115yd
Field:	16 teams of 3 players
Purse:	£1,000,000
Winners Share:	£300,000
Champion:	(M. Á. Jiménez, M. Á. Martín, J. M. Olazábal)
Previous:	1999

The 2000 Alfred Dunhill Cup was the 16th and final Alfred Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 12–15 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The Spanish team of Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Miguel Ángel Martín, and José María Olazábal beat the South African team of Ernie Els, David Frost, and Retief Goosen in the final. It was the second win for Spain. The tournament was replaced by the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in 2001, an official European Tour event.

Format

The Cup was a match play event played over four days. The teams were divided into four four-team groups. The top eight teams were seeded with the remaining teams randomly placed in the bracket. 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, unless they could not affect the outcome of the tournament (semi-finals). The tie-breaker within a group was based on match record, then head-to-head.

Group play

Round one

Source:

Group 1

– 3		– 0
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Ian Woosnam	72		73
Phillip Price	70		73
David Park	67		73

– 1		– 2
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
	70	Bernhard Langer	66
Andrew Coltart	70		71
	70	Sven Strüver	66

Group 2

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
David Frost	68		74
	72	Raphaël Jacquelin	70
Ernie Els	68		74

– 1		– 2
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Greg Turner	69		69
	71	Pádraig Harrington	68
	69	Paul McGinley	67

Turner won on the first playoff hole.

Group 3

– 3		– 0
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Miguel Ángel Jiménez	66		79
Miguel Ángel Martín	70		71
José María Olazábal	66		71

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
	72	Mark McNulty	67
Per-Ulrik Johansson	69		75
Mathias Grönberg	69		73

Group 4

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Stephen Leaney	67		70
Nick O'Hern	65		71
	73	Tom Lehman	68

– 3		– 0
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Eduardo Romero	70		72
Ángel Cabrera	70		71
José Cóceres	65		71

Round two

Source:

Group 1

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Colin Montgomerie	69		70
Andrew Coltart	68		73
	69	Roger Chapman	69

Chapman won on the first playoff hole.

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Ian Woosnam	70		72
	71	Sven Strüver	71
Phillip Price	69		70

Strüver won on the first playoff hole.

Group 2

– 3		– 0
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Greg Turner	73		74
Grant Waite	70		72
Michael Campbell	69		70

– 3		– 0
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
David Frost	66		68
Retief Goosen	71		71
Ernie Els	67		69

Goosen won on the first playoff hole.

Group 3

– 3		– 0
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Patrik Sjöland	67		72
Per-Ulrik Johansson	72		80
Mathias Grönberg	71		72

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
	73	Tony Johnstone	72
Miguel Ángel Jiménez	67		68
José María Olazábal	67		71

Group 4

– 3		– 0
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Nick O'Hern	70		71
Stephen Leaney	73		74
Peter O'Malley	69		70

– 3		– 0
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Eduardo Romero	70		72
José Cóceres	73		75
Ángel Cabrera	68		71

Round three

Source:

Group 1

– 0		– 3
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
	73	Ian Woosnam	73
	72	David Park	70
	72	Phillip Price	69

Woosnam won on the second playoff hole.

– 0		– 3
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
	76	Bernhard Langer	71
	72	Thomas Gögele	69
	74	Sven Strüver	72

Group 2

– 3		– 0
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Paul McGinley	67		69
Des Smyth	70		76
Pádraig Harrington	69		74

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Retief Goosen	71		71
	75	Grant Waite	71
Ernie Els	68		69

Goosen won on the first playoff hole.

Group 3

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Tony Johnstone	69		76
Mark McNulty	71		74
	71	Zhang Lian-wei	68

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Miguel Ángel Martín	69		70
	72	Per-Ulrik Johansson	71
José María Olazábal	72		74

Group 4

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
	72	Nick O'Hern	69
Ángel Cabrera	70		75
José Cóceres	74		76

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
	73	Isao Aoki	73
Tom Lehman	74		75
Larry Mize	70		76

Aoki won on the third playoff hole.

Standings

Group 1
width=100	Country !	W	L	MW	ML
	3	0	8	1
	2	1	6	3
	1	2	3	6
	0	3	1	8

Group 2
width=100	Country !	W	L	MW	ML
	3	0	7	2
	2	1	5	4
	1	2	5	4
	0	3	1	8

Group 3
width=100	Country !	W	L	MW	ML
	3	0	7	2
	2	1	6	3
	1	2	4	5
	0	3	1	8

Group 4
width=100	Country !	W	L	MW	ML
	3	0	8	1
	2	1	6	3
	1	2	3	6
	0	3	1	8

Playoffs

Source:

Semi-finals

– 2.5		– 0.5
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
David Frost	70		78
Ernie Els	69		77
	68		68

– 1		– 2
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
	71	José María Olazábal	69
Eduardo Romero	69		71
	72	Miguel Ángel Martín	71

Final

– 2		– 1
width=155	Player !	Score	width=155	Player !	Score
Miguel Ángel Martín	74		74
Miguel Ángel Jiménez	70		72
	70	Ernie Els	68

Martín won on the first playoff hole.

Team results

Place	W	L	MW	ML	Seed
1	5	0	11	4	3
2	4	1	10.5	4.5	4
T3	3	1	9	3	2
T3	3	1	8.5	3.5	8
T5	2	1	6	3	7
T5	2	1	6	3
T5	2	1	6	3	6
T5	2	1	5	4
T9	1	2	5	4	5
T9	1	2	4	5
T9	1	2	3	6	1
T9	1	2	3	6
T13	0	3	1	8
T13	0	3	1	8
T13	0	3	1	8
T13	0	3	1	8

Player results

Country	Player	W	L
		4	1
		4	1
		3	2
		5	0
		3	2
		2.5	2.5
		3	1
		3	1
		3	1
		3.5	0.5
		3	1
		2	2
		3	0
		2	1
		1	2
		3	0
		2	1
		1	2
		3	0
		2	1
		1	2
		2	1
		2	1
		1	2
		2	1
		2	1
		1	2
		2	1
		2	1
		0	3
		2	1
		1	2
		0	3
		2	1
		1	2
		0	3
		1	2
		0	3
		0	3
		1	2
		0	3
		0	3
		1	2
		0	3
		0	3
		1	2
		0	3
		0	3

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Country	Player	W	L
		4	1
		4	1
		3	2
		5	0
		3	2
		2.5	2.5
		3	1
		3	1
		3	1
		3.5	0.5
		3	1
		2	2
		3	0
		2	1
		1	2
		3	0
		2	1
		1	2
		3	0
		2	1
		1	2
		2	1
		2	1
		1	2
		2	1
		2	1
		1	2
		2	1
		2	1
		0	3
		2	1
		1	2
		0	3
		2	1
		1	2
		0	3
		1	2
		0	3
		0	3
		1	2
		0	3
		0	3
		1	2
		0	3
		0	3
		1	2
		0	3
		0	3

Country	Player	W	L
		4	1
		4	1
		3	2
		5	0
		3	2
		2.5	2.5
		3	1
		3	1
		3	1
		3.5	0.5
		3	1
		2	2
		3	0
		2	1
		1	2
		3	0
		2	1
		1	2
		3	0
		2	1
		1	2
		2	1
		2	1
		1	2
		2	1
		2	1
		1	2
		2	1
		2	1
		0	3
		2	1
		1	2
		0	3
		2	1
		1	2
		0	3
		1	2
		0	3
		0	3
		1	2
		0	3
		0	3
		1	2
		0	3
		0	3
		1	2
		0	3
		0	3

Country	Player	W	L
		4	1
		4	1
		3	2
		5	0
		3	2
		2.5	2.5
		3	1
		3	1
		3	1
		3.5	0.5
		3	1
		2	2
		3	0
		2	1
		1	2
		3	0
		2	1
		1	2
		3	0
		2	1
		1	2
		2	1
		2	1
		1	2
		2	1
		2	1
		1	2
		2	1
		2	1
		0	3
		2	1
		1	2
		0	3
		2	1
		1	2
		0	3
		1	2
		0	3
		0	3
		1	2
		0	3
		0	3
		1	2
		0	3
		0	3
		1	2
		0	3
		0	3