1988 Eisenhower Trophy
The 1988 Eisenhower Trophy took place 15 to 18 September at the Ullna Golf Club near Stockholm, Sweden. It was the 16th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 39 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 15–18 September |
| Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Course(s) | Ullna Golf Club |
| Format | 72 holes stroke play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Field | 39 teams 156 players |
| Champion | |
 Great Britain &  IrelandPeter McEvoy, Garth McGimpsey, Jim Milligan & Eoghan O'Connell | |
| 882 (+18) | |
Great Britain and Ireland won the Eisenhower Trophy for the third time, finishing five strokes ahead of the silver medalists, United States. Australia took the bronze medal, a further eight strokes behind with Sweden finishing fourth. Peter McEvoy, representing Great Britain and Ireland, had the lowest individual score, 4-under-par 284, six strokes better than Australian David Ecob.
Teams
39 four-man teams contested the event.
The following table lists the players on the leading teams.[1]
| Country | Players |
|---|---|
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | David Ecob, Bradley Hughes, Lester Peterson, Shane Robinson |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | Graham Cooke, Peter Major, Doug Roxburgh, Warren Sye |
 Chile | Michi Geyger, Michael Grasty, Roy Mackenzie, Felipe Taverne |
 Denmark | Jan Anderson, Søren Bjørn, Christian Post, Henrik Simonsen |
 France | Patrice Barquez, Christian Cévaër, François Illouz, Thomas Levet |
| Great Britain & Ireland | Peter McEvoy, Garth McGimpsey, Jim Milligan, Eoghan O'Connell |
 Japan | Ryoken Kawagishi, Ken Kusumoto, Kiyotaka Oie, Kiyoshi Okura |
 New Zealand | Phil Aicken, Elliott Boult, Owen Kendall, Phil Tataurangi |
 Spain | Jesús María Arruti, José Manuel Arruti, Yago Beamonte, Borja Queipo de Llano |
 Sweden | Anders Haglund, Christian Hardin, John Lindberg, Fredrik Lindgren |
 United States | Kevin Johnson, Eric Meeks, Jay Sigel, Danny Yates |
Scores
| # | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain & Ireland | 220-218-216-228=882 | +18 |
| 2 | United States | 219-222-219-227=887 | +23 |
| 3 | Australia | 226-231-216-222=895 | +31 |
| 4 | Sweden | 214-229-226-228=897 | +33 |
| 5 | France | 225-230-227-217=899 | +35 |
| 6 | Denmark | 230-218-230-228=906 | +42 |
| 7 | Spain | 226-231-229-228=914 | +50 |
| T8 | Canada | 229-224-225-237=915 | +51 |
| Japan | 225-229-229-232=915 | ||
| 10 | New Zealand | 226-237-220-233=916 | +52 |
| 11 | Chile | 232-226-233-229=920 | +56 |
| 12 |  Switzerland | 230-238-220-235=923 | +59 |
| T13 |  Brazil | 227-234-229-235=925 | +61 |
 Finland | 230-234-233-228=925 | ||
| 15 |  Argentina | 234-240-227-225=926 | +62 |
| 16 |  Chinese Taipei | 227-238-230-238=933 | +69 |
| 17 |  West Germany | 228-237-226-245=936 | +72 |
| 18 |  Greece | 236-231-234-236=937 | +73 |
| 19 |  Bermuda | 231-238-226-244=939 | +75 |
| 20 |  India | 231-235-238-240=944 | +80 |
| 21 |  Netherlands | 238-239-229-242=948 | +84 |
| 22 |  Norway | 238-241-232-239=950 | +86 |
| 23 |  Italy | 234-234-238-245=951 | +87 |
| 24 |  Pakistan | 241-244-232-239=956 | +92 |
| 25 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | 229-246-236-246=957 | +93 |
| 26 |  Austria | 234-245-233-247=959 | +95 |
| 27 |  Venezuela | 235-246-235-244=960 | +96 |
| 28 |  Colombia | 233-248-241-240=962 | +98 |
| 29 |  Hong Kong | 239-250-236-240=965 | +101 |
| 30 |  Philippines | 240-240-246-242=968 | +104 |
| 31 |  Portugal | 243-248-239-242=972 | +108 |
| 32 |  Mexico | 237-250-236-250=973 | +109 |
| 33 |  Singapore | 244-251-234-249=978 | +114 |
| 34 |  Ivory Coast | 253-242-252-247=994 | +130 |
| 35 |  Czechoslovakia | 254-259-240-253=1006 | +142 |
| 36 |  Zimbabwe | 254-252-250-258=1014 | +150 |
| 37 |  Costa Rica | 251-252-255-272=1030 | +166 |
| 38 |  El Salvador | 281-293-278-280=1132 | +268 |
| DQ |  Iceland | 244-249-DQ[2] |
Individual leaders
There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter McEvoy | Great Britain & Ireland | 72-71-70-71=284 | −4 |
| 2 | David Ecob | Australia | 70-71-75-74=290 | +2 |
| 3 | Danny Yates | United States | 72-76-70-73=291 | +3 |
| T4 | Jesús María Arruti | Spain | 73-72-79-73=297 | +9 |
| John Lindberg | Sweden | 73-75-74-75=297 | ||
| 6 | Patrice Barquez | France | 77-73-72-76=298 | +10 |
| 7 | Eric Meeks | United States | 76-73-73-77=299 | +11 |
| T8 | Ken Kusumoto | Japan | 77-73-77-73=300 | +12 |
| Fredrik Lindgren | Sweden | 69-77-78-76=300 | ||
| Garth McGimpsey | Great Britain & Ireland | 76-72-74-78=300 | ||
| Eoghan O'Connell | Great Britain & Ireland | 73-75-72-80=300 | ||
| Shane Robinson | Australia | 76-80-72-72=300 |
References
- "Record Book 1988 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- "Golf: World Amateur Team Championship". The Hartford Courant. 18 September 1988. p. D24 – via newspapers.com.
- "Golf". The Canberra Times. 63 (19, 342). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 20 September 1988. p. 21. Retrieved 30 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- Hennessy, John (19 September 1988). "McEvoy's proudest moment - Eisenhower Trophy". The Times.
- "Golf: World Amateur". San Francisco Examiner. 19 September 1988. p. D-13 – via newspapers.com.
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