1988 Eisenhower Trophy

The 1988 Eisenhower Trophy took place from 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, and the best three scores from each round counted towards the team total.

1988 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates15–18 September
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Course(s)Ullna Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72
Field39 teams
156 players
Champion
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Peter McEvoy, Garth McGimpsey,
Jim Milligan & Eoghan O'Connell
882 (+18)
Location map
Ullna Golf Club is located in Sweden
Ullna Golf Club
Ullna Golf Club
Location in Sweden
Ullna Golf Club is located in Stockholm
Ullna Golf Club
Ullna Golf Club
Location in Stockholm
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The combined team of Great Britain and Ireland won the Eisenhower Trophy for the third time, finishing five strokes ahead of the silver medalists, the United States. Australia took the bronze medal, finishing eight strokes further back, with Sweden in fourth place. Peter McEvoy, representing Great Britain and Ireland, recorded the lowest individual score at 4-under-par 284, six strokes ahead of Australian David Ecob.[1][2]

Teams

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Thirty-nine four-man teams contested the event.

Country Players
  Argentina Fernando Chiesa, Federico Macneil, Jaime Nougues, Julio Rivas
  Australia David Ecob, Bradley Hughes, Lester Peterson, Shane Robinson
  Austria Max Baltl, Markus Brier, Alexander Mueller, Andreas Palkuf
  Belgium Christophe Bosmans, Christophe Descampe, Bruno Dupont, Alain Eaton
  Bermuda Scott Mayne, Anthony Mocklow, David Purcell, J.R. Robinson
  Brazil Erik Anderson, Antonio Cha. Barcellos, Roberto Gomez, Colin Woods
  Canada Graham Cooke, Peter Major, Doug Roxburgh, Warren Sye
  Chile Michi Geyger, Michael Grasty, Roy Mackenzie, Felipe Taverne
  Chinese Taipei Chen Jung-hsin, Huang Hudh-jen, Lin Ken-chi, Lui Wen-Teh
  Colombia Fabio Bernal, Alberto Evers, Gustavo Giraldo, Felipe Harker
  Costa Rica Tomas Duenas, Manuel Jimenez, Charlie Perez, Jan Ruge
  Czechoslovakia Jan Juhaniak, Petr Mruzek, Miroslav Nemec, Jiri Zavazal
  Denmark Jan Anderson, Søren Bjørn, Christian Post, Henrik Simonsen
  El Salvador Guillermo Aceto, Jorge Cassaus, Victor Henriquez, Carlos Iraheta
  Finland Mikael Piltz, Vuha Selin, Riku Soravuo, Erkki Välimaa
  France Patrice Barquez, Christian Cévaër, François Illouz, Thomas Levet
  Great Britain &   Ireland Peter McEvoy, Garth McGimpsey, Jim Milligan, Eoghan O'Connell
  Greece Ryno Bougas, George Nikitaides, Deane Pappas, Sean Pappas
  Hong Kong Dominique Boulet, Ian Hindhaugh, Richard Kan, Tang Man Kee
  Iceland Hilmar Bjorgvinsson, Björn Knutsson, Sveinn Sigurbergsson, Sigurdur Sigurdsson
  India Arnandeep Johl, Rajeev Mohla, Lakshman Singh, Jeev Milkha Singh
  Italy Mario Aragnetti, Enrico Nistri, Marco de Rossi, Marcello Santi
  Ivory Coast Djoman Doudjon, Hyacinthe Gnabe, Siaka Kone, Marcel Soumahoro
  Japan Ryoken Kawagishi, Ken Kusumoto, Kiyotaka Oie, Kiyoshi Okura
  Mexico Jorge Federico Ortiz Guadiano, Roberto Lebrija, Viviano Villarreal
  Netherlands Eelco Bouma, Stephan Lovey, Constant Smits van Waesberghe, Joost Steenkamer
  Norway Tom Fredriksen, Thomas Nielsen, Øyvind Rojahn, Tore Christian Sviland
  New Zealand Phil Aicken, Elliott Boult, Owen Kendall, Phil Tataurangi
  Pakistan Taimur Hassan, Faisal Qureshi, Waqar Saigol, Mohammed Sajid
  Philippines Cesar Ababa, Danilo Cabajar-Zarate, Nestor Plana, Carito Villaroman
  Portugal José Olivier Granja, Carlos M.A. dos Santos, Daniel P. da Silva, Ricardo J.J. da Silva
  Singapore M. Balraj, Samson Gimson, Kevin Lee, Douglas Oui
  Spain Jesús María Arruti, José Manuel Arruti, Yago Beamonte, Borja Queipo de Llano
  Sweden Anders Haglund, Cristian Härdin, John Lindberg, Fredrik Lindgren
  Switzerland André Bossert, Markus Frank, Thomas Gottstein, Paolo Quirici
  United States Kevin Johnson, Eric Meeks, Jay Sigel, Danny Yates
  Venezuela Henrique Lavie, Carlos Larrain, Emilio Miartus, Luis Soto
  West Germany Friedrich Kotter, Jan-Erik Schapmann, Sven Strüver, Ulrich Zig
  Zimbabwe Terry Bowes, Ross Dennett, Gerald McLaughlin, Anderson Ruske

Scores

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Place Country Score To par
    Great Britain
&   Ireland
220-218-216-228=882 +18
    United States 219-222-219-227=887 +23
    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   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[3]

Source:[2][4][5][6]

Individual leaders

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Place 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

Source:[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "World Amateur Golf Team Championships Stockholm Sweden 1988". Svensk Golf. No. 10. October 1988. pp. 3–17. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Record Book 1988 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Golf: World Amateur Team Championship". The Hartford Courant. 18 September 1988. p. D24 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Golf". The Canberra Times. Vol. 63, no. 19, 342. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 20 September 1988. p. 21. Retrieved 30 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ a b Hennessy, John (19 September 1988). "McEvoy's proudest moment - Eisenhower Trophy". The Times.
  6. ^ a b "Golf: World Amateur". San Francisco Examiner. 19 September 1988. p. D-13 – via newspapers.com.
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