The 1988 Dunhill Cup was the fourth

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. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 13–16 October at the

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. The sponsor was the

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company. The Irish team of

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, and

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beat the Australian team of

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, David Graham, and

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in the final. (As in the

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, Ireland was represented by a combined Ireland and Northern Ireland team.)

Format

The Cup was played as a

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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

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. Tied matches were extended to a sudden-death playoff only if they affected the outcome between the two teams.

Format

Bracket

Round by round scores

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Third place

Team results

Player results

References