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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 Round by round scores First round Source: Quarter-finals Source: Semi-finals Source: Final Source: Third place Source: Team results Player r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Andrews
St Andrews ( la, S. Andrea(s); sco, Saunt Aundraes; gd, Cill Rìmhinn) is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh. St Andrews had a recorded population of 16,800 , making it Fife's fourth-largest settlement and 45th most populous settlement in Scotland. The town is home to the University of St Andrews, the third oldest university in the English-speaking world and the oldest in Scotland. It was ranked as the best university in the UK by the 2022 Good University Guide, which is published by ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times''. According to other rankings, it is ranked as one of the best universities in the United Kingdom. The town is named after Saint Andrew the Apostle. The settlement grew to the west of St Andrews Cathedral, with the southern side of the Scores to the north and the Kinness Burn to the south. The burgh soon became the ecclesiastical capital of Scotland, a position which was held until the Scottish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Barr (golfer)
David Allen Barr (born March 1, 1952) is a Canadian professional golfer who has played on the Canadian Tour, PGA Tour and Champions Tour. Barr was born in Kelowna, British Columbia. He attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma and was a member of the golf team. He finished as runner-up in the 1972 Canadian Amateur Championship. Barr turned professional in 1974. From 1974 to 1978, he played on the Canadian Professional Golf Tour, where he earned 12 victories. He played on the PGA Tour from 1978 to 2002. He continued to support the Canadian circuit by playing several events per year, even after he joined the PGA Tour, although the Canadian events had much lower prize money. Barr had two wins on the PGA Tour. His first, which he calls the biggest thrill of his golf career, was at the 1981 Quad Cities Open. In 1987, Barr won the Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf Classic. His best finish in a major was T2 at the 1985 U.S. Open. After turning 50 in 2002, Barr began play on th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costantino Rocca
Costantino Rocca (born 4 December 1956) is an Italian golfer. He was long known as the most successful male golfer that Italy has produced, until the 2018 success of Francesco Molinari, who credited Rocca as an inspiration to him following his Open victory. After a long career on the European Tour, Constantino is now playing on the European Seniors Tour. He has five European Tour wins and is best known for his second-place finish in the 1995 Open Championship, and his hole in one in 1995 Ryder Cup. Career outline Rocca was born in Almenno San Bartolomeo, Bergamo. He started out as a caddie, winning the Italian Caddie Championship in 1978, and turned professional in 1981 at the age of 24. In the 1980s, Rocca struggled to retain a European Tour card and made several trips to the Qualifying School. He began to make major strides in his career in 1990, which was the first season that he finished high enough on the Order of Merit to gain a tour card automatically. By 1993, he had risen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtis Strange
Curtis Northrup Strange (born January 30, 1955) is an American professional golfer and TV color commentator. He is the winner of consecutive U.S. Open titles and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He spent over 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking between their debut in 1986 and 1990. Amateur career Strange and his identical twin brother, Allan, were born in Norfolk, Virginia. His father, a local country club owner, started him in golf at age 7. Strange graduated from Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach, then enrolled at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He played golf for the Demon Deacons and was part of the NCAA Championship team with Jay Haas and Bob Byman that ''Golf World'' has labeled "the greatest of all time". In 1974 Strange was ranked the #2 amateur in the country by '' Golf Digest''. The following year he was ranked number #3. In the spring of 1976, Strange intended to tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zainal Abidin Yusof
Zainal is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: *Ahmad Azlan Zainal (born 1986), Malaysian footballer *Mizan Zainal Abidin, the 16th Sultan of the state of Terengganu and 13th King of Malaysia **Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium, new multi-use stadium in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia *Mohd Amirul Hadi Zainal (born 1986), Malaysian footballer *Mohd Zaiza Zainal Abidin (born 1986), Malaysian footballer *Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin, the Minister of Federal Territories in the Malaysian Cabinet *Zainal Abidin Ahmad (writer) (1895–1973), Malaysian writer in the 1940s *Zainal Abidin Ahmad (politician), Malaysian politician *Zainal Abidin Hassan (born 1963), former Malaysian footballer, currently a manager *Zainal Abidin III, KCMG, (1866–1918), Sultan of the state of Terengganu from 1881 to 1918 *Zainal Ichwan (born 1977), Indonesian footballer *Zainal Rabin (born 1975), Malaysian footballer (goalkeeper) *Zainal Rashid Muadzam III (1857–1881), the 27th Sultan o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobumitsu Yuhara
is a Japanese professional golfer. Yuhara played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning seven times. He also provided commentary and motion capture for the game Masters '98: Harukanaru Augusta. Professional wins (8) Japan Golf Tour wins (7) ''*Note: The 2002 Hisamitsu-KBC Augusta was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.'' Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–3) Japan Senior PGA Tour wins (1) *2010 Koujun Classic Senior Tournament Team appearances *Nissan Cup (representing Japan): 1986 (winners) *Dunhill Cup (representing Japan): 1987, 1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ... External links * * * Japanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers Sportspeople from Tokyo 1957 births Living people {{Japan-golf-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobuo Serizawa
is a Japanese professional golfer. Serizawa played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning five times. Professional wins (7) Japan Golf Tour wins (5) Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–4) Other wins (1) *1987 Acom Team Championship (with Tomohiro Maruyama) Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (1) *2010 Fuji Film Senior Championship Results in major championships CUT = missed the halfway cut ''Note: Serizawa only played in The Open Championship.'' Team appearances *World Cup (representing Japan): 1991 * Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Japan): 1987, 1994, 1995, 1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ... * Four Tours World Championship (representing Japan): 1988, 1990 See also *'' Serizawa Nobuo no Birdie Try'' (Super Famicom video game endorsed by Nobuo Serizawa) External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marimuthu Ramayah (1966–2023), Indian film director and actor
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Marimuthu is an Indian name. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Marimuthu Bharathan (born 1961), Indian human rights activist * Marimuthu Muniandy (born 1971), Malaysian cricketer * Marimuthu Palaniswami, Australian computer scientist *M. Yoganathan (Marimuthu Yoganathan, born 1969), Indian environmental activist Surname * A. Marimuthu, Indian politician * T. Marimuthu, Indian politician * A. R. Marimuthu, Indian politician * Gomathi Marimuthu (born 1989), Indian track and field sprinter * Moo. Marimuthu, Indian politician * M. Marimuthu, Indian politician * M. Marimuthu (Thanjavur MLA), Indian politician *G. Marimuthu G. Marimuthu is an Indian film director and actor, who has worked in the Tamil film industry. After making his debut as a director with '' Kannum Kannum'' (2008), he has gone on to make other ventures including '' Pulivaal'' (2014) and feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koichi Suzuki
Koichi Suzuki (born 7 January 1956) is a Japanese professional golfer. Suzuki played on the Japan Golf Tour, winning four times. Professional wins (4) PGA of Japan Tour wins (4) PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–1) Team appearances *World Cup (representing Japan): 1987 *Four Tours World Championship (representing Japan): 1986 (winners), 1989 *Dunhill Cup (representing Japan): 1987, 1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs ... External links * * Japanese male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers Sportspeople from Shizuoka Prefecture 1956 births Living people {{Japan-golf-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Nobilo
Frank Ivan Joseph Nobilo (born on 14 May 1960) is a professional golfer from New Zealand. Nobilo had a successful playing career, winning 14 pro tournaments around the world. He was at his peak during the mid-1990s when he also produced strong finishes in all four major championships. Since his 2003 retirement, Nobilo has worked as a television announcer for golf events. Personal life Nobilo was born in Auckland, of Italian and Croatian descent, and is the great grandson of an Italian pirate. At birth, his right leg was shorter than his left, causing him ongoing back problems. He was educated at St Peter's College in Auckland where he was persuaded to play golf by schoolmates (Chris Treen and Mark Lewis). Nobilo preferred to play Rugby league for Glenora over Rugby Union for St Peter's, which was "a bone of contention" with the school. "I got a bit of grief because I preferred league over rugby then and I was a bit more of a rebel. I used to catch the train to and from sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Zokol
Richard Francis "Dick" Zokol (born August 21, 1958) is a Canadian professional golfer who has played on the Canadian Tour, PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour, winning at least one event in each venue. Amateur career Zokol was born in Kitimat, British Columbia. He attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and was the captain of the 1981 NCAA championship golf team. He was also an All-American selection in 1981, on the Second Team. He was a teammate of future fellow PGA Tour players Rick Fehr, Keith Clearwater and Bobby Clampett; he was Clampett's roommate for three years. He won the 1981 Canadian Amateur Championship, in a one-hole sudden death playoff over Blaine McCallister. Professional career In 1981, he turned professional and joined the PGA Tour later in 1981. Zokol had 20 top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events during his career, including two wins in 1992 but only one that is considered official. His best finish in a major championship was T14 at the 1993 PGA Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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