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.
Tournament information | |
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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 & Ireland Peter McEvoy, Garth McGimpsey, Jim Milligan & Eoghan O'Connell | |
882 (+18) | |
Location map | |
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
editThirty-nine four-man teams contested the event.
Country | Players |
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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
editPlace | Country | Score | To par |
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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] |
Individual leaders
editPlace | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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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
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- ^ a b "Record Book 1988 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "Golf: World Amateur Team Championship". The Hartford Courant. 18 September 1988. p. D24 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Hennessy, John (19 September 1988). "McEvoy's proudest moment - Eisenhower Trophy". The Times.
- ^ a b "Golf: World Amateur". San Francisco Examiner. 19 September 1988. p. D-13 – via newspapers.com.