1988 Eisenhower Trophy

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1988 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates15–18 September
Location Stockholm, Sweden
Course(s) Ullna Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72
Field39 teams
156 players
Champion
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Peter McEvoy, Garth McGimpsey,
Jim Milligan & Eoghan O'Connell
882 (+18)
Location map
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Icona golf.svg
Ullna Golf Club
Location in Sweden
Location map Sweden Stockholm County.png
Icona golf.svg
Ullna Golf Club
Location in Stockholm
  1986
1990  

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.

Contents

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

Thirty-nine four-man teams contested the event.

CountryPlayers
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Fernando Chiesa, Federico Macneil, Jaime Nougues, Julio Rivas
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia David Ecob, Bradley Hughes, Lester Peterson, Shane Robinson
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Max Baltl, Markus Brier, Alexander Mueller, Andreas Palkuf
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Christophe Bosmans, Christophe Descampe, Bruno Dupont, Alain Eaton
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda Scott Mayne, Anthony Mocklow, David Purcell, J.R. Robinson
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Erik Anderson, Antonio Cha. Barcellos, Roberto Gomez, Colin Woods
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Graham Cooke, Peter Major, Doug Roxburgh, Warren Sye
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Michi Geyger, Michael Grasty, Roy Mackenzie, Felipe Taverne
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Chen Jung-hsin, Huang Hudh-jen, Lin Ken-chi, Lui Wen-Teh
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Fabio Bernal, Alberto Evers, Gustavo Giraldo, Felipe Harker
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Tomas Duenas, Manuel Jimenez, Charlie Perez, Jan Ruge
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Jan Juhaniak, Petr Mruzek, Miroslav Nemec, Jiri Zavazal
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Jan Anderson, Søren Bjørn, Christian Post, Henrik Simonsen
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador Guillermo Aceto, Jorge Cassaus, Victor Henriquez, Carlos Iraheta
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Mikael Piltz, Vuha Selin, Riku Soravuo, Erkki Välimaa
Flag of France.svg  France Patrice Barquez, Christian Cévaër, François Illouz, Thomas Levet
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Peter McEvoy, Garth McGimpsey, Jim Milligan, Eoghan O'Connell
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Ryno Bougas, George Nikitaides, Deane Pappas, Sean Pappas
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Dominique Boulet, Ian Hindhaugh, Richard Kan, Tang Man Kee
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Hilmar Bjorgvinsson, Björn Knutsson, Sveinn Sigurbergsson, Sigurdur Sigurdsson
Flag of India.svg  India Arnandeep Johl, Rajeev Mohla, Lakshman Singh, Jeev Milkha Singh
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Mario Aragnetti, Enrico Nistri, Marco de Rossi, Marcello Santi
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Djoman Doudjon, Hyacinthe Gnabe, Siaka Kone, Marcel Soumahoro
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Ryoken Kawagishi, Ken Kusumoto, Kiyotaka Oie, Kiyoshi Okura
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Jorge Federico Ortiz Guadiano, Roberto Lebrija, Viviano Villarreal
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Eelco Bouma, Stephan Lovey, Constant Smits van Waesberghe, Joost Steenkamer
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Tom Fredriksen, Thomas Nielsen, Øyvind Rojahn, Tore Christian Sviland
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Phil Aicken, Elliott Boult, Owen Kendall, Phil Tataurangi
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Taimur Hassan, Faisal Qureshi, Waqar Saigol, Mohammed Sajid
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Cesar Ababa, Danilo Cabajar-Zarate, Nestor Plana, Carito Villaroman
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal José Olivier Granja, Carlos M.A. dos Santos, Daniel P. da Silva, Ricardo J.J. da Silva
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore M. Balraj, Samson Gimson, Kevin Lee, Douglas Oui
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Jesús María Arruti, José Manuel Arruti, Yago Beamonte, Borja Queipo de Llano
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Anders Haglund, Cristian Härdin, John Lindberg, Fredrik Lindgren
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland André Bossert, Markus Frank, Thomas Gottstein, Paolo Quirici
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Kevin Johnson, Eric Meeks, Jay Sigel, Danny Yates
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Henrique Lavie, Carlos Larrain, Emilio Miartus, Luis Soto
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Friedrich Kotter, Jan-Erik Schapmann, Sven Strüver, Ulrich Zig
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Terry Bowes, Ross Dennett, Gerald McLaughlin, Anderson Ruske

Scores

PlaceCountryScoreTo par
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
& Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
220-218-216-228=882+18
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States 219-222-219-227=887+23
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 226-231-216-222=895+31
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 214-229-226-228=897+33
5Flag of France.svg  France 225-230-227-217=899+35
6Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 230-218-230-228=906+42
7Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 226-231-229-228=914+50
T8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 229-224-225-237=915+51
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 225-229-229-232=915
10Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 226-237-220-233=916+52
11Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 232-226-233-229=920+56
12Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 230-238-220-235=923+59
T13Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 227-234-229-235=925+61
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 230-234-233-228=925
15Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 234-240-227-225=926+62
16Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 227-238-230-238=933+69
17Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 228-237-226-245=936+72
18Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 236-231-234-236=937+73
19Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 231-238-226-244=939+75
20Flag of India.svg  India 231-235-238-240=944+80
21Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 238-239-229-242=948+84
22Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 238-241-232-239=950+86
23Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 234-234-238-245=951+87
24Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 241-244-232-239=956+92
25Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 229-246-236-246=957+93
26Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 234-245-233-247=959+95
27Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 235-246-235-244=960+96
28Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 233-248-241-240=962+98
29Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 239-250-236-240=965+101
30Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 240-240-246-242=968+104
31Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 243-248-239-242=972+108
32Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 237-250-236-250=973+109
33Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 244-251-234-249=978+114
34Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 253-242-252-247=994+130
35Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 254-259-240-253=1006+142
36Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 254-252-250-258=1014+150
37Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 251-252-255-272=1030+166
38Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 281-293-278-280=1132+268
DQFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 244-249-DQ [3]

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

Individual leaders

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1 Peter McEvoy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
& Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
72-71-70-71=284−4
2 David Ecob Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 70-71-75-74=290+2
3 Danny Yates Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 72-76-70-73=291+3
T4 Jesús María Arruti Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 73-72-79-73=297+9
John Lindberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 73-75-74-75=297
6 Patrice Barquez Flag of France.svg  France 77-73-72-76=298+10
7 Eric Meeks Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 76-73-73-77=299+11
T8 Ken Kusumoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 77-73-77-73=300+12
Fredrik Lindgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 69-77-78-76=300
Garth McGimpsey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
& Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
76-72-74-78=300
Eoghan O'Connell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
& Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
73-75-72-80=300
Shane Robinson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 76-80-72-72=300

Source: [5] [6]

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