The 1986 Dunhill Cup was the second

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. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 25–28 September at the

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. The sponsor was the

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company. The Australian team of

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, David Graham, and

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beat the Japanese team of

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, and

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in the final. It was the second win for the Australian team.

Format

The Cup was played as a

single-elimination A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...

match play Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 h ...

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 Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 h ...

. 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

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

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Third place

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Team results

Player results

References

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