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1996 Dunhill Cup
The 1996 Dunhill Cup was the 12th Dunhill Cup. It was a team tournament featuring 16 countries, each represented by three players. The Cup was played 10–13 October at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. The sponsor was the Alfred Dunhill company. The American team of Phil Mickelson, Mark O'Meara, and Steve Stricker beat the team from New Zealand of Frank Nobilo, Greg Turner, and Grant Waite in the final. It was the third win for the United States. Format The Cup was a match play 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. Matches tied at the end of 18 holes were extended to a sudden-death playoff. The tie-breaker for ties within a gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Andrews
St Andrews (; ; , pronounced [kʰʲɪʎˈrˠiː.ɪɲ]) 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 List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, 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 Andrew the Apostle, Saint Andrew the Twelve apostles, Apostle. The settlement grew to the west of St Andrew's Cathedral, St Andrews, St Andrews Cathedral, with the southern side of the Scores to the north and the Kinness Burn to the south. The b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvio Grappasonni
Silvio Grappasonni (born 9 August 1962) is an Italian professional golfer. As an amateur Grappasoni represented Italy at the European Youths' Team Championship, the European Amateur Team Championship and at the Eisenhower Trophy. He represented Italy six times in the World Cup between 1987 and 1997. He is the son of Ugo Grappasonni. He is a commentator on Italian Sky Sport. Amateur wins *1979 Italian Close Amateur Championship *1983 Italian Close Amateur Championship Professional wins (5) Challenge Tour wins (1) *1989 Martini Trophy Alps Tour wins (1) Other wins (3) *1987 Italian PGA Championship *1991 Italian National Open *1992 Italian National Open Team appearances Amateur * Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 1978 (winners), 1979 * European Youths' Team Championship (representing Italy): 1978, 1980, 1982 * European Boys' Team Championship (representing Italy): 1982 (winners) * European Amateur Team Championship (representing Italy): 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Coltart
Andrew John Coltart (born 12 May 1970) is a Scottish professional golfer and TV commentator. He had a successful amateur career and played in the 1991 Walker Cup. As a professional he won twice on the European Tour, the 1998 Qatar Masters and the 2001 Great North Open, and played in the 1999 Ryder Cup. Early life and amateur career Coltart was born in Dumfries. As an amateur, he won the 1987 Scottish Boys Championship. In 1989 he won the Standard Life Amateur Champion Gold Medal with a 4 under total of 280. He won the 1991 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship and participated in the 1991 Walker Cup. Professional career In 1991, Coltart turned professional. He has been a member of the European Tour since 1993. His first professional win came at the Scottish Professional Championship in 1994, which was a non sanctioned event. He has two wins on the main European Tour, the 1998 Qatar Masters and the 2001 Great North Open. In 1995 he was a member of the winning Scotti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeev Milkha Singh
Jeev Milkha Singh (born 15 December 1971) is an Indian professional golfer who became the first player from India to join the European Tour in 1998. He has won four events on the European Tour, becoming the most successful Indian on tour. He was the first Indian golfer to break into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking in October 2006. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2007. He is also the recipient of 1999 Arjuna Award. Early life Singh was born on 15 December 1971 to Indian Olympic athlete Milkha Singh and Nirmal Saini, former captain of the Indian women's volleyball team."Jeev Milkha Singh," ''the south-asian.com'' June 2002. Retrieved 15 March 2009. Singh attended [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Price
Nicholas Raymond Leige Price (born 28 January 1957) is a Zimbabwean former professional golfer who has won three major championships in his career: the PGA Championship twice (in 1992 and 1994) and The Open Championship in 1994. In the mid-1990s, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Ranking. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2003. Early life Price was born in Durban, South Africa. His parents were originally British. His father was English and his mother Welsh. His early life was spent in Rhodesia. For secondary school, he attended Prince Edward School in Salisbury where he captained the golf team. As a teenager, he participated in the 1975 Rhodesian Dunlop Masters and Holiday Inns Invitational, official events on the Southern African Tour. After his schooling he served in the Rhodesian Air Force during that country's Bush War. Professional career He began his professional golf career in 1977 on the South African Tour, before mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaurav Ghei
Gaurav Ghei (born 25 September 1968) is an Indian professional golfer who plays on the Asian Tour. He turned professional in 1991. His wins include three Asian Tour titles: the 1995 Gadgil Western Masters, the 2006 Taiwan Masters, and the 2007 Beijing Open. In 1997 he became the first Indian golfer to qualify for The Open Championship. Amateur wins *1991 East India Amateur, West India Amateur, North India Amateur Professional wins (5) Asian Tour wins (3) Other wins (2) *1994 Desaru Classic (Malaysia) *1999 Asian Nations Cup (Malaysia; individual) Results in major championships ''Note: Ghei only played in The Open Championship.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut Team appearances * Dunhill Cup (representing India): 1996 * World Cup (representing India): 1997, 2003, 2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark McNulty
Mark William McNulty (born 24 March 1953) is a Zimbabwean-Irish professional golfer. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, and featured in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for 83 weeks from 1987 to 1992. Early life McNulty was born in Bindura, Southern Rhodesia. He was raised on a farm in the Centenary area of Zimbabwe. When McNulty was one year old, his natural father was killed in a shooting accident. His step-father was an amateur pilot who had an airstrip on the farm. When his step-father was diagnosed with epilepsy, he was forced to give up flying. He converted the airstrip into a three-hole golf course, where Mark first learned to play golf. Amateur career McNulty represented Rhodesia at the 1974 Eisenhower Trophy in the Dominican Republic. Professional career In 1978, McNulty began his professional career on the Southern African Tour and also played on the European Tour. His first professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Sher (golfer)
Ali Sher may refer to: People * Ali Sher Khalji, 13th-century governor of Bengal * Ali Sher Khan Anchan, 17th-century king from Skardu, Baltistan * Mir Ali Sher Qaune Thattvi, 18th-century historian from Thatta, Sindh * Alisher Barotov, footballer from Tajikistan * Alisher Chingizov, 21st-century swimmer from Tajikistan * Alisher Dodov, 21st-century footballer from Tursunzoda, Tajikistan * Alisher Dzhalilov, 21st-century footballer from Latakhorak, Tajikistan * Alisher Gulov, 21st-century taekwondo practitioner from Tajikistan * Alisher Karamatov, 21st-century rural development activist * Alisher Mirzo, 20th-century painter from Tashkent, Uzbekistan * Alisher Mirzoev, 21st-century footballer from Tajikistan * Alisher Mukhtarov, 21st-century judoka from Uzbekistan * Alisher Qudratov, 21st-century alpine skier from Tajikistan * Alisher Rahimov, boxer from Uzbekistan * Alisher Saipov, Uzbek journalist from Kyrgyzstan * Alisher Seitov, 21st-century diver from Kazakhstan * Alisher Tukhta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Johnstone
Anthony Alastair Johnstone (born 2 May 1956) is a Zimbabwean professional golfer. Early life Johnstone was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia. He attended Christian Brothers College. Professional career In 1979, Johnstone turned professional and has spent his career playing mainly on the Southern African Tour and the European Tour. He won six times in Europe and finished a career best seventh on the European Tour Order of Merit in 1992. His most prestigious win came at the 1992 British PGA Championship. He won seventeen times on the Southern African Tour and topped the tour's Order of Merit in 1988–89 and 1993–94. He has represented Zimbabwe in international competition many times. In 2008, he won his first EST event, the Jersey Seniors Classic. He won his second event on the Senior tour in 2009 at the Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters. Johnstone is noted for his excellent short game and topped the European Tour's short game statistics in 1998, 1999 and 2000. Broadcasting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Lane
Barry Douglas Lane (21 June 1960 – 31 December 2022) was an English professional golfer. He won five official European Tour events between 1988 and 2004. He played in the 1993 Ryder Cup and won the inaugural Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf in late 1995. After reaching 50 he had considerable success on the European Senior Tour, winning eight times between 2010 and 2019. Early life Lane was born in Hayes, Middlesex but grew up in Bracknell. He only took up golf at the age of 14 but became an assistant professional at nearby Downshire Golf Club in 1976, at the age of 16. He was an assistant at Downshire for 8 years. Professional career Lane first played on the European Tour in 1982, after three failed attempts at Q-School. From 1982 to 1984 he had little success on the tour, playing only a small number of events, and failed to qualify for the tour in 1985. He did have some success in non-tour events, winning the 1983 PGA Assistants' Championship at Coomb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Borrego
Diego Borrego (born 29 January 1972) is a Spanish golfer. Early life Borrego started playing golf at the age of seven. Professional career In 1991, Borrego turned professional. He was a rookie on the European Tour in 1994, and two years later, he had his best season, winning the Turespana Masters and finishing thirtieth on the European Tour Order of Merit. He won his second European Tour title at the 2002 Madeira Island Open but he has sometimes struggled to hold on to his card and in 2006 dropped down to the second tier Challenge Tour. Amateur wins *1989 Sherry Cup *1990 Spanish Amateur Open Championship *1991 Italian Amateur Open Championship, Spanish Amateur Closed Championship Professional wins (7) European Tour wins (2) 1Dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour European Tour playoff record (1–0) Challenge Tour wins (3) 1Dual-ranking event with the European Tour Other wins (3) *1998 Azores Open (Portugal) *1999 Campeonato de Catalunya, Oki Telepizza - Sala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Lomas
Jonathan Lomas (born 7 May 1968) is an English professional golfer. Lomas was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. He turned professional in 1988. He won three times on the second tier Challenge Tour The Challenge Tour, currently titled as the HotelPlanner Tour for sponsorship reasons and also sometimes referred to as the European Challenge Tour, is the second-tier men's professional golf tour in Europe. It is operated by the PGA European To ... in 1992 and 1993 and was named as the European Tour's Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year in 1994. Lomas's best season on the European Tour was 1996, when he won the Czech Open and finished 20th on the Order of Merit. He also represented England in the Alfred Dunhill Cup that year. He held on to his tour card until 2007, and except for a few invitations to tour events, has mainly played tournaments and pro-ams on the Scottish professional circuit since then. Professional wins (6) European Tour wins (1) Challenge Tour wins (3) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
