The United States team had 12 players including a captain who participated in the event. The International team had 12 players plus a non-playing captain. On the first and second dayfour-ball was played in the morning andfoursomes were played in the afternoon. On the third day only singles were played.
Greg Norman, ranked second in the International team, withdrew a few days before the event, because of illness. He was replaced byBradley Hughes who was the highest ranked player available. A number of "international" players were unavailable because of other commitments.Ernie Els, ranked third, played in theDunhill British Masters, whileMasashi "Jumbo" Ozaki andTsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima, ranked fifth and ninth, played in theANA Open the same week.