2002 Eisenhower Trophy

The 2002 Eisenhower Trophy took place 24–27 October on the Palm and Bunga Raya courses at Saujana Golf and Country Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was the 23rd World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 63 three-man teams. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total. Each team was due to play two rounds on the two courses. The leading teams played on the Bunga Raya course on the third day and were due to play on the Palm course on the final day.

2002 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates24–27 October
LocationKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Course(s)Saujana Golf and Country Club
Palm and Bunga Raya courses
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72 (Palm)
72 (Bunga Raya)
Field63 teams
188 players
Champion
 United States
Ricky Barnes, Hunter Mahan &
D. J. Trahan
568 (−8)

After heavy rain and lightning on the final morning, a cut was introduced and only the leading 20 teams played the final round. Positions 21 to 63 were determined by scores after three rounds. The leading 33 teams had played their third round on the Bunga Raya course while the others played on the Palm course.[1]

The United States won their 12th Eisenhower Trophy, three strokes ahead of France, who took the silver medal. Australia and the Philippines tied for third place and took the bronze medals. Marcus Fraser had the best 72-hole aggregate of 281, 7 under par.[1]

This was the first World Amateur Team Championship with teams of three; previous championships had teams of four with the best three scores for each round counting. England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland (a combined Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland team) competed as separate teams for the first time, whereas in previous championships a combined Great Britain and Ireland team had competed.

The 2004 Espirito Santo Trophy was played on the same courses one week prior.

Teams

63 teams contested the event. Each team had three players with exception of Russia who only had two.

The following table lists the players on the leading teams.[2][1]

CountryPlayers
 ArgentinaMatias Anselmo, Fernando Chiesa, Carlos Pedrozo
 AustraliaAndrew Buckle, Marcus Fraser, Adam Groom
 AustriaThomas Kogler, Thomas Ortner, Martin Wiegele
 CanadaLee Curry, James Lepp, Dan Swanson
 Chinese TaipeiChang Hong-wei, Cheng Chen-liang, Sung Mao-chang
 ColombiaManuel José Merizalde, Andrés Mauricio Rodríguez, Camilo Villegas
 EnglandJamie Elson, Richard Walker, Gary Wolstenholme
 FinlandToni Karjalainen, Janne Mommo, Thomas Sundström
 FranceGrégory Bourdy, Eric Chaudouet, Raphaël Pellicioli
 GermanyMarkus Maichel, Christian Reimbold, Michael Thannhauser
 IrelandNoel Fox, Justin Kehoe, Colm Moriarty
 ItalyEdoardo Molinari, Francesco Molinari, Andrea Romano
 NetherlandsNiels Boysen, Edward de Jong, Inder van Weerelt
 New ZealandEddie Lee, Brad Shilton, Tim Wilkinson
 NorwayLars Brovold, Jan-Are Larsen, Torstein Nævestad
 PhilippinesJerome Delariarte, Juvic Pagunsan, Angelo Que
 ScotlandJack Doherty, Graham Gordon, Simon Mackenzie
 SpainGonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Alfredo García-Heredia, Pablo Martín
 SwedenNiklas Lemke, Pär Nilsson, Wilhelm Schauman
  SwitzerlandJulien Clément, Martin Rominger, Nicolas Sulzer
 ThailandWisut Artjanawat, Chaddanai Choksuwanlap, Prom Meesawat
 United StatesRicky Barnes, Hunter Mahan, D. J. Trahan
 WalesNigel Edwards, Lee Harpin, David Price

Results
#CountryScoreTo par
1 United States137-149-142-140=568−8
2 France142-144-139-146=571−5
T3 Australia152-143-137-142=574−2
 Philippines146-145-143-140=574
T5 Austria150-140-144-141=575−1
 New Zealand149-142-144-140=575
7 England143-147-145-143=578+2
8 Colombia143-153-143-141=580+4
9 Italy150-150-137-144=581+5
10 Spain148-147-140-147=582+6
T11 Chinese Taipei150-141-148-144=583+7
 Sweden144-154-141-144=583
13 Netherlands150-152-141-142=585+9
14 Wales151-143-144-148=586+10
T15 Argentina143-146-147-152=588+12
 Germany148-144-147-149=588
  Switzerland151-145-146-146=588
18 Finland143-148-148-152=591+15
19 Norway150-148-144-150=592+16
20 Thailand143-152-145-153=593+17

Because of bad weather there was a cut and only the leading 20 teams played the final round.

#CountryScoreTo par
T21 Brazil150-148-146=444+12
 Denmark146-150-148=444
 Japan155-143-146=444
 Scotland150-149-145=444
 South Africa155-147-142=444
 South Korea144-152-148=444
27 India155-146-144=445+13
T28 Ireland151-144-152=447+15
 Malaysia147-149-151=447
30 Venezuela150-153-145=448+16
T31 Canada157-147-146=450+18
 Chile160-145-145=450
33 Pakistan148-149-154=451+19
T34 Portugal144-158-152=454+22
 Puerto Rico150-151-153=454
T36 Czech Republic155-150-153=458+26
 Paraguay152-155-151=458
38 Ecuador153-155-152=460+28
39 Iceland150-155-156=461+29
40 Mexico161-152-149=462+30
T41 Guatemala152-160-151=463+31
 Slovenia158-149-156=463
43 El Salvador159-149-157=465+33
44 Bolivia167-146-154=467+35
45 Hong Kong156-154-158=468+36
46 Costa Rica167-145-157=469+37
47 Zimbabwe155-156-160=471+39
48 Bermuda159-156-157=472+40
49 Belgium161-159-155=475+43
50 Eswatini152-160-164=476+44
51 Singapore157-158-162=477+45
52 Turkey157-159-163=479+47
53 Egypt161-161-161=483+51
54 Greece167-160-165=492+60
55 Russia166-163-170=499+67
56 Lebanon164-167-171=502+70
57 Slovakia179-159-172=510+78
58 Panama166-171-174=511+79
59 Estonia173-171-175=519+87
60 Latvia175-177-172=524+92
61 Croatia186-176-178=540+108
T62 Iran186-180-180=546+114
 Saudi Arabia181-186-179=546

Source:[2][1]

The leading 33 teams played their third round on the Bunga Raya course with the remaining teams playing on the Palm course.

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Marcus Fraser Australia74-70-67-70=281−7
2Grégory Bourdy France70-69-71-72=282−6
3Angelo Que Philippines72-70-69-72=283−5
4Tim Wilkinson New Zealand77-69-69-69=284−4
5Camilo Villegas Colombia68-75-72-71=286−2
6Hunter Mahan United States68-72-71-77=288E
7Martin Wiegele Austria78-71-70-70=289+1
T8Jamie Elson England71-77-71-71=290+2
Edoardo Molinari Italy76-77-66-71=290
T10Michael Thannhauser Germany72-72-73-74=291+3
D. J. Trahan United States76-78-71-66=291
Gary Wolstenholme England74-71-74-72=291

Source:[2]

Only players in the leading 20 teams completed four rounds. Of the players from the remaining teams, who only completed three rounds, Benjamín Alvarado from Chile had the best score of 217, 1-over-par.[1]

References
  1. "2002 World Amateur Golf Team Championships Record Book" (PDF). IGF. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  2. "Team/Player Leaderboard". Golfstat. 2 November 2018.

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