1998 Eisenhower Trophy

The 1998 Eisenhower Trophy took place 19 to 22 November at Club de Golf Los Leones and Club de Golf La Dehesa in Santiago, Chile. It was the 21st World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 52 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total. Each team played two rounds on the two courses. The leading teams played at Club de Golf La Dehesa on the third day and at Club de Golf Los Leones on the final day.

1998 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates19–22 November
LocationSantiago, Chile
Course(s)Club de Golf Los Leones
Club de Golf La Dehesa
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par71 (Los Leones)
72 (La Dehesa)
Field52 teams
208 players
Champion
 Great Britain &  Ireland
Luke Donald, Paddy Gribben,
Lorne Kelly & Gary Wolstenholme
852 (−6)

Great Britain and Ireland won the Eisenhower Trophy for the fourth time, finishing four strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Australia. Chinese Taipei took the bronze medal with Japan in fourth place. Finland led after three rounds but a poor last round dropped then into fifth place. Kim Felton, representing Australia, had the lowest individual score, 11-under-par 275, two strokes better than Mikko Ilonen.

Teams

52 four-man teams contested the event.

The following table lists the players on the leading teams.[1]

CountryPlayers
 AustraliaAaron Baddeley, Kim Felton, Brendan Jones, Brett Rumford
 CanadaSteven Davies, Stephen Dixon, Jon Drewery, Robert Kerr
 Chinese TaipeiChan Yih-shin, Hong Chia-yuh, Lee Cho-chuan, Su Chin-jung
 FinlandMikko Ilonen, Panu Kylliäinen, Ari Pasanen, Henri Salonen
 GermanyPhilipp Neels, Benjamin Schlichting, Marcel Siem, Michael Thannhauser
 Great Britain
&  Ireland		Luke Donald, Paddy Gribben, Lorne Kelly, Gary Wolstenholme
 JapanHidemasa Hoshino, Tomohiro Kondo, Yūsaku Miyazato, Masahide Wada
 South AfricaHenk Alberts, Jean Hugo, Trevor Immelman, Dean Lambert
 SpainSergio García, Alejandro Larrazábal, Álvaro Mata, Raúl Quirós
 SwedenPeter Hanson, Anders Hultman, Christian Nilsson, Henrik Stenson
 United StatesJoel Kribel, Matt Kuchar, Hank Kuehne, Tom McKnight

Scores
#CountryScoreTo par
1 Great Britain
&  Ireland		211-218-215-208=852−6
2 Australia217-214-213-212=856−2
3 Chinese Taipei217-218-212-211=858E
4 Japan217-218-213-211=859+1
5 Finland210-214-217-219=860+2
6 Sweden214-227-213-207=861+3
7 United States209-218-217-221=865+7
T8 Germany216-216-221-215=868+10
 Spain219-217-214-218=868
10 South Africa218-217-222-213=870+12
11 South Korea218-215-220-219=872+14
12 Denmark220-221-220-212=873+15
13 France222-220-218-215=875+17
14 Netherlands227-216-223-212=878+20
T15 Colombia218-223-219-219=879+21
 India219-224-222-214=879
17 Norway223-217-223-217=880+22
T18 Argentina217-228-224-213=882+24
 Brazil220-215-232-215=882
 Puerto Rico216-212-232-222=882
T21 Italy223-226-216-218=883+25
 New Zealand226-214-225-218=883
23 Chile220-221-217-226=884+26
24 Canada225-225-221-214=885+27
25 Austria224-223-219-220=886+28
26 Uruguay226-221-218-225=890+32
T27 Belgium217-225-235-216=893+35
 Mexico229-225-216-223=893
T29 Malaysia225-226-224-221=896+38
 Philippines230-222-217-227=896
31 Zimbabwe222-229-221-225=897+39
32 Portugal227-223-224-231=905+47
33 Venezuela227-232-232-217=908+50
34 Ecuador224-227-227-233=911+53
35 Dominican Republic229-231-222-234=916+58
36  Switzerland222-234-234-231=921+63
37 Peru232-227-232-232=923+65
38 Guatemala235-231-226-235=927+69
39 Hong Kong225-234-244-231=934+76
40 Morocco235-233-226-241=935+77
41 Paraguay234-234-241-229=938+80
T42 Bermuda235-235-237-238=945+87
 Costa Rica240-236-234-235=945
44 Bolivia247-236-237-232=952+94
45 Greece232-247-240-238=957+99
46 Bahamas243-241-247-240=971+113
47 Egypt248-254-242-244=988+130
48 El Salvador248-245-244-252=989+131
49 Estonia252-255-242-249=998+140
50 Croatia258-260-267-271=1056+198
51 Slovakia268-274-264-273=1079+221
52 Latvia302-293-286-286=1167+309

Source:[1]

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Kim Felton Australia70-67-69-69=275−11
2Mikko Ilonen Finland67-70-71-69=277−9
T3Luke Donald Great Britain
&  Ireland		70-70-69-71=280−6
Chan Yih-shin Chinese Taipei71-69-72-68=280
5Wilfredo Morales Puerto Rico67-68-75-71=281−5
6Gary Wolstenholme Great Britain
&  Ireland		70-71-74-67=282−4
T7Sergio García Spain72-71-69-73=285−1
Tomohiro Kondo Japan75-72-67-71=285
T9Christian Aronsen Norway74-70-76-66=286E
Kim Hyung-tae South Korea72-72-70-72=286

Source:[1]

References
  1. "1998 World Amateur Golf Team Championship Record Book" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
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