THE Dunhill Cup is to have a completely revised format and a new name.
Instead of the straight knock-out tournament, decided by three-man sides
meeting over 18 holes of medal match-play, a round-robin system is to be
introduced and the world team championship rechristened the Alfred
Dunhill Cup to commemmorate the founder of the luxury goods company now
almost 100 years old.
When this year's event, the eighth in the series, is again played over
the Old course at St Andrews, from October 15 to 18, the 16 teams will
be divided into four groups of four. On the first three days the teams
in each group, two of them seeds and two others, will play one another.
The four leading teams will qualify for the semi-final and final rounds
on Sunday.
The change has been made, the sponsors of the #1m event say, '' to
ensure all the teams are given an equal opportunity in the tournament
and to guarantee every player in every team a minimum of three days'
competition.''
A win will be worth one point, all matches being played to a finish,
and the team in each group with most points will go forward to the
semi-finals. Each player on the side winning the final will earn
#100,000.
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