1986 - Team Team Events
The winners in the category "1986 - Team Team Events" are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
Team Events
Dunhill
Played as the Dunhill Cup (three-man team event for a team prize of $300,000). Defending champions Australia beat Japan 3-0 in the final: Greg Norman 73 bt Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima 76; Rodger Davis 76 bt Tateo "Jet" Ozaki 81; David Graham 81 bt Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki 82. [The Old Course, St Andrews, Fife].
Team Events
Chrysler
Played as the inaugural Chrysler Cup (Sept 4-7; eight top senior professionals per team; stroke play format). Result: USA team 68 pts beat the International team 30 pts, and shared the $400,000 winning team prize. [TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm, Potomac, nr Washington DC; at the time called TPC Avenel].
SUNDAY FINAL ROUND SCORES: WINNING USA team: Arnold Palmer (capt) 69; Gene Littler 69; Chi Chi Rodriguez 70; Don January 72; Billy Casper 73; Dale Douglass 74; Lee Elder 74; Miller Barber 75. LOSING INTERNATIONAL team: Bob Charles (NZ) 70; Gary Player (RSA, capt) 72; Bruce Crampton (Aus) 72; Al Balding (Can) 73; Roberto De Vicenzo (Arg) 74; Harold Henning (RSA) 77; Christy O'Connor (Ire) 77; Peter Thomson (Aus) 81. Palmer and Littler both earned the use of a luxury new car for a year for shooting the final day's best score: 69 (-2).
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (24th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes and 2x six singles. Result: USA 13, GB&I 5. Captains: Diane Bailey (Eng/GB&I); Judy Bell (USA). [Prairie Dunes CC, Hutchinson, Kansas].
FRIDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Leslie Shannon lost to Trish Johnson (Eng) 1 hole; Kim Williams lost to Jill Thornhill (Eng) 4&3; Danielle Ammaccapane lost to Lillian Behan (Ire) 4&3; Kandi Kessler bt Vicki Thomas (Wales) 3&2; Dottie Pepper Mochrie halved with Karen Davies (Wales); Cindy Schreyer bt Claire Hourihane (Ire) 2&1.
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches): Shannon halved with Thornhill; Kathleen McCarthy Scrivner lost to Johnson 5&3; Kim Gardner bt Behan; Williams lost to Thomas 4&3; Kessler halved with Davies; Schreyer lost to Hourihane 5&4.
Belle McCorkindale Robertson (Scot) and Mary McKenna (Ire) did not play in the singles.
NOTE: The first GB&I win for 30 years! It was also Mary McKenna's ninth and last Curtis Cup playing appearance. In a total of 30 matches played, she won 10, lost 16 and halved four. She was also the GB&I's non-playing captain in 2008 and 2010.
This match was also Belle McCorkindale Robertson's seventh and last Curtis Cup playing appearance. In a total of 24 matches played, she won five, lost 12 and halved seven. She was also the GB&I's non-playing captain in 1974 and 1976.
Team Events
Nichirei Foods
Played as the Nichirei Ladies Cup (8th) (Oct 31-Nov 2). LPGA Tour (US) vs LPGA of Japan Tour. Result: LPGA beat JLPGA by 19 pts to 17. Best individual was Ayako Okamoto (140); runners-up Sandra Palmer and Juli Inkster. [Tsukuba CC, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan].
Team Events
Nissan
Played as the Nissan PGA Cup World Championship (Nov 6-9; six-man teams from the world's four leading men's tours). Japan (8 pts) beat Europe (4 pts) in the final (six singles matches); the final followed a group stage involving all four teams. [Yomiuri CC, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan].
Winning JAPAN team: Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima; Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki; Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki; Tateo "Jet" Ozaki; Koichi Suzuki; Nobumitsu Yuhara. Second was EUROPE: Bernhard Langer (capt); Gordon J. Brand; Howard Clark; Nick Faldo; Sandy Lyle; Ian Woosnam. Third was AUSTRALASIA: Ian Baker-Finch; Rodger Davis; David Graham; Brian Jones; Graham Marsh; Greg Norman. Fourth was USA: John Mahaffey; Calvin Peete; Dan Pohl; Payne Stewart; Hal Sutton; Bob Tway. Best individual score: "Tommy" Nakajima (270 over the four rounds played).
Team Events
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World Cup of Golf not played in 1986.
Sony Open in Hawaii: played at Waialae Country Club near Honolulu, the Sony Open takes over the spotlight from The Sentry as the PGA Tour’s calendar-year opening event (Jan 15-18). The Sentry (not being played in 2026) was formerly known as the Tournament of Champions, with a field typically restricted to golfers who won a PGA Tour event in the previous calendar year.
Dubai Desert Classic: the DP World Tour’s first Rolex Series event of 2026, is contested for the 37th time (Jan 22-25). First won by Englishman Mark James in 1989, it now boasts a four-time winner, Rory McIlroy. Played on the Emirates Golf Club’s Majlis course, this once desert-surrounded course is the long-time flagship for Golf in Dubai.
Our visit last month included two rounds at Golf de Chantilly, one of France’s most prestigious clubs.
It offers two superb layouts: Le Vineuil, a five-star championship course with a rich history, and Longères, an excellent four-star course that provides a strong and enjoyable test.
The wider Paris region offers plenty more. Courses such as Fontainebleau, Golf de Saint-Germain, and several other top-rated layouts make this area one of Europe’s most rewarding golf destinations, offering a mix of woodland, heathland, and parkland designs.
The Dutch: "It's no' just a game", as they say in Scotland, and that's certainly true at The Dutch. With 5-star services throughout, a lavishly comfortable Loch Lomond-inspired clubhouse, and a superbly designed and presented golf course, one could not ask for more from this top-end private club.
Join us at The Dutch from August 21–24 for the Festival of Golf, featuring the HotelPlanner Tour. Experience four days of top-tier sport, live music, incredible food, and unexpected surprises. Explore the grounds, connect with others, embrace new challenges, and dive into an unforgettable celebration. Click here to buy tickets.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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