1990 - Team Team Events
The winners in the category "1990 - 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). Second of two years where the final was played as two sets of 18-hole matches rather than one. Ireland beat England 3.5-2.5 in the final. Ist round of final: Ronan Rafferty 71 bt Richard Boxall 73; Philip Walton 72 halved with Mark James; David Feherty 74 lost to Howard Clark 73. 2nd round of final: Rafferty 71 bt Boxall 77; Walton 77 lost to James 76; Feherty 75 bt Clark 75 at the third playoff hole to win the very closely fought Cup. [The Old Course, St Andrews, Fife].
Team Events
Chrysler
Played as the Chrysler Cup (Feb 23-25; eight top senior professionals per team; stroke play format). Result: USA team 53.5 pts beat the International team 30.5 pts, and shared the $400,000 winning team prize. [TPC Prestancia, Sarasota, Florida].
SUNDAY SINGLES (eight 18-hole matches; USA player stated first): Don Bies bt Roberto De Vicenzo (Arg) 69-72; Dave Hill bt Bob Charles (NZ) 70-72; Miller Barber halved with Gary Player (RSA) 71-71; Al Geiberger halved with Bruce Crampton (Aus) 73-73; Arnold Palmer lost to Harold Henning (RSA) 74-70; Orville Moody halved with Bruce Devlin (Aus) 73-73; Chi Chi Rodriguez bt Bill Dunk (Aus) 73-77; Lee Trevino bt Peter Thomson (Aus) 69-83.
Team Events
LGU / USGA
The Curtis Cup (26th). USA vs Gt Britain & Ireland. Eight top women amateurs per team competing in 2x three foursomes and 2x six singles. Result: USA 14, GB&I 4. Non-playing captains: Leslie Shannon (USA); Jill Thornhill (Eng/GB&I). [Somerset Hills CC, Bernardsville, nr Newark, New Jersey].
SATURDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Vicki Goetz lost to Julie Hall (Eng, née Wade) 2&1; Katie Peterson bt Kathryn Imrie (Scot) 3&2; Brandie Burton bt Linzi Fletcher (Eng) 3&1; Robin Weiss bt Elaine Farquharson (Scot) 4&3; Karen Noble bt Catriona Lambert (Scot, later Matthew) 1 hole; Carol Semple Thompson lost to Vicki Thomas (Wales) 1 hole.
SUNDAY SINGLES (six 18-hole matches): Goetze bt Helen Dobson (Eng) 4&3; Burton bt Lambert 4&3; Peterson bt Imrie 1 hole; Noble bt Wade 2 holes; Weiss bt Farquharson 2&1; Thompson bt Thomas 3&1.
Anne Quast Sander (USA), Margaret Platt (USA) and Helen Wadsworth (Wales) did not play in the singles.
NOTE: This was the last of eight Curtis Cup playing appearances made by Anne Sander (née Quast, also Decker and Welts). In a total of 22 matches played, she won 11, lost seven and halved four.
Team Events
Nichirei Foods
Played as the Nichirei International (12th) (Oct 26-28). LPGA Tour (US) vs LPGA of Japan Tour; 16 top women professionals per team. Result: LPGA 22.5 pts, JLPGA 9.5 pts. [Tsukuba CC, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan].
SUNDAY SINGLES (sixteen 18-hole matches; LPGA player mentioned first): Dottie Mochrie bt Junko Yasui (68-72); Patty Sheehan bt Hisako Higuchi (68-71); Rosie Jones bt Fusako Nagala (68-74); Patti Rizzo bt Mitsuko Hamada (71-73); Cindy Rarick bt Hie-shyun Huang (71-73); Tammie Green bt Yueh-chun Huang (70-72); Danielle Ammaccapane bt Mayumi Hirase (70-76); Colleen Walker bt Ikuyo Shiotam (71-77); Deb Richard bt Hiromi Takamura (70-78); Dale Eggeling bt Aiko Takasu (73-75); Cathy Johnston bt Ai-yu Tu (75-78); Cathy Gerring lost to Fukumi Tani (79-75); Ayako Okamoto (Jpn, LPGA team) bt Chikayo Yamazaki (69-78); Barb Mucha lost to Norimi Terasawa (73-72); Jane Geddes lost to Nayoko Yoshikawa (74-73); Cindy Figg-Currier lost to Yuko Moriguchi (75-74).
Team Events
WPG Eur Tr/LPGA
The inaugural Solheim Cup (Nov 16-18). USA vs Europe. Eight top women professionals per team competing over three days in four foursome matches, four fourballs and eight singles. Non-playing captains: Kathy Whitworth (USA); Mickey Walker (Eng/Europe). [Lake Nona G&CC, Orlando, Florida].
Overall result: USA 11.5, Europe 4.5.
Sunday singles (eight 18-hole matches; home player stated first): Pat Bradley bt Trish Johnson (Eng) 8&7; Beth Daniel bt Liselotte Neumann (Swe) 7&6; Nancy Lopez bt Alison Nicholas (Eng) 6&4; Cathy Gerring bt Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 4&3; Dotti Mochrie (née Pepper) bt Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (Fra) 4&2; Rosie Jones lost to Laura Davies (Eng) 3&2; Patty Sheehan lost to Dale Reid (Scot) 2&1; Betsy King halved with Pam Wright (Scot).
Team Events
Asahi Glass
Played as the Asahi Glass Four Tours World Championship (Nov 5-8; six-man teams from the world's four leading men's tours). Australasia and USA (20 pts apiece) were joint winners of the group stage, which involved all four teams. They could not contest the final (six singles matches), which was cancelled due to rain. Australasia were declared winners, based on their lower aggregate score from the earlier group stage. [Yomiuri CC, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan].
Winning AUSTRALASIA team: Ian Baker-Finch; Rodger Davis; Wayne Grady; Brian Jones; Craig Parry; Peter Senior. Second was USA: Fred Couples; Mark Calcavecchia; Wayne Levi; Jodie Mudd; Tim Simpson; Payne Stewart. Third was EUROPE: Nick Faldo (capt); David Feherty; Ronan Rafferty; Mark James; Bernhard Langer; Ian Woosnam. Fourth was JAPAN: Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki; Saburo Fujiki; Hideki Kase; Noboru Sugai; Masahiro "Massy" Kuramato; Nobuo Serizawa.
Team Events
Kraft
Played as the World Cup of Golf by Kraft General Foods (Nov 21-24; 72-hole stroke play team event based on total scores of both players). Second-placed David Feherty & Ronan Rafferty (Ire) and Mark James & Richard Boxall (Eng) finished 3 shots behind Bernhard Langer & Torsten Giedeon (Ger), who shared the $240,000 first prize. Best individual score: Payne Stewart (USA, 271). [North/South course, Grand Cypress GC, Orlando, FL].
Chevron Championship: Carlton Woods near Houston in Texas provides the stage for the first women’s major championship of 2025, where Nelly Korda defends her title. (April 24-27).
Soudal Open: successor to the Belgian Open, the Soudal Open takes place on the quiet, wooded North course of Rinkven Golfclub. Belgian stars Thomas Pieters and Nicolas Colsaerts will be vying for top honours. (May 22-25).
Rory McIlroy: with his 2025 win in The Masters, Rory joined the pantheon of golfing greats who have achieved a career Grand Slam of men’s majors ... Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are the only others in this select band.
Bernhard Langer: he may have played in his last Masters Tournament, but the 67-year-old German will be trying to extend his own record, and win a 13th senior major title at the 36th Regions Tradition. (May 15-18).
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
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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