The 1994 Dunhill Cup was the 10th

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. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 6–9 October 1994 at the

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. The sponsor was the

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company. The Canadian team of Dave Barr, Rick Gibson, Ray Stewart beat the American team of

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, and

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in the final. They were the first unseeded team to win the Dunhill Cup.

Format

The Cup was a

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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 groups. 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 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 ...

. Matches tied at the end of 18 holes were extended to a sudden-death playoff. The tie-breaker for ties within a group was based on match record, then head-to-head.

Group play

Round one

Source: Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 :Coltart won on the first playoff hole. Group 4 :Hjertstedt won on the second playoff hole.

Round two

Source: Group 1 Group 2 :Clark won on the second playoff hole. Group 3 :Franco won on the sixth playoff hole. Group 4 :Čejka won on the second playoff hole.

Round three

Source: Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 :Strüver won on the first playoff hole.

Format

Group play

Round one

Round two

Round three

Standings

Playoffs

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

Team results

Player results

References