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.

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
 Great Britain &  Ireland
Peter 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]

CountryPlayers
 AustraliaDavid Ecob, Bradley Hughes, Lester Peterson, Shane Robinson
 CanadaGraham Cooke, Peter Major, Doug Roxburgh, Warren Sye
 ChileMichi Geyger, Michael Grasty, Roy Mackenzie, Felipe Taverne
 DenmarkJan Anderson, Søren Bjørn, Christian Post, Henrik Simonsen
 FrancePatrice Barquez, Christian Cévaër, François Illouz, Thomas Levet
 Great Britain
&  Ireland		Peter McEvoy, Garth McGimpsey, Jim Milligan, Eoghan O'Connell
 JapanRyoken Kawagishi, Ken Kusumoto, Kiyotaka Oie, Kiyoshi Okura
 New ZealandPhil Aicken, Elliott Boult, Owen Kendall, Phil Tataurangi
 SpainJesús María Arruti, José Manuel Arruti, Yago Beamonte, Borja Queipo de Llano
 SwedenAnders Haglund, Christian Hardin, John Lindberg, Fredrik Lindgren
 United StatesKevin Johnson, Eric Meeks, Jay Sigel, Danny Yates

Scores
#CountryScoreTo par
1 Great Britain
&  Ireland		220-218-216-228=882+18
2 United States219-222-219-227=887+23
3 Australia226-231-216-222=895+31
4 Sweden214-229-226-228=897+33
5 France225-230-227-217=899+35
6 Denmark230-218-230-228=906+42
7 Spain226-231-229-228=914+50
T8 Canada229-224-225-237=915+51
 Japan225-229-229-232=915
10 New Zealand226-237-220-233=916+52
11 Chile232-226-233-229=920+56
12  Switzerland230-238-220-235=923+59
T13 Brazil227-234-229-235=925+61
 Finland230-234-233-228=925
15 Argentina234-240-227-225=926+62
16 Chinese Taipei227-238-230-238=933+69
17 West Germany228-237-226-245=936+72
18 Greece236-231-234-236=937+73
19 Bermuda231-238-226-244=939+75
20 India231-235-238-240=944+80
21 Netherlands238-239-229-242=948+84
22 Norway238-241-232-239=950+86
23 Italy234-234-238-245=951+87
24 Pakistan241-244-232-239=956+92
25 Belgium229-246-236-246=957+93
26 Austria234-245-233-247=959+95
27 Venezuela235-246-235-244=960+96
28 Colombia233-248-241-240=962+98
29 Hong Kong239-250-236-240=965+101
30 Philippines240-240-246-242=968+104
31 Portugal243-248-239-242=972+108
32 Mexico237-250-236-250=973+109
33 Singapore244-251-234-249=978+114
34 Ivory Coast253-242-252-247=994+130
35 Czechoslovakia254-259-240-253=1006+142
36 Zimbabwe254-252-250-258=1014+150
37 Costa Rica251-252-255-272=1030+166
38 El Salvador281-293-278-280=1132+268
DQ Iceland244-249-DQ[2]

Source:[1][3][4][5]

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Peter McEvoy Great Britain
&  Ireland		72-71-70-71=284−4
2David Ecob Australia70-71-75-74=290+2
3Danny Yates United States72-76-70-73=291+3
T4Jesús María Arruti Spain73-72-79-73=297+9
John Lindberg Sweden73-75-74-75=297
6Patrice Barquez France77-73-72-76=298+10
7Eric Meeks United States76-73-73-77=299+11
T8Ken Kusumoto Japan77-73-77-73=300+12
Fredrik Lindgren Sweden69-77-78-76=300
Garth McGimpsey Great Britain
&  Ireland		76-72-74-78=300
Eoghan O'Connell Great Britain
&  Ireland		73-75-72-80=300
Shane Robinson Australia76-80-72-72=300

Source:[4][5]

References
  1. "Record Book 1988 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
  2. "Golf: World Amateur Team Championship". The Hartford Courant. 18 September 1988. p. D24 – via newspapers.com.
  3. "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.
  4. Hennessy, John (19 September 1988). "McEvoy's proudest moment - Eisenhower Trophy". The Times.
  5. "Golf: World Amateur". San Francisco Examiner. 19 September 1988. p. D-13 – via newspapers.com.

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