Eisenhower Trophy

The Eisenhower Trophy is the biennial World Amateur Team Championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. Since the tournament was first played in 1958, it is named after Dwight D. Eisenhower, the President of the United States at the time, who was a keen amateur golfer. The equivalent competition for women is the Espirito Santo Trophy.

Results[]

Year	Location	Venue(s)	Winners	Silver medalists	Bronze medalists	Teams
	Dubai, UAE	Jumeirah Golf Estates
	Paris, France	Le Golf National
2020	Singapore originally Hong Kong	Tanah Merah Country Club Sentosa Golf Club originally Hong Kong Golf Club[1]	Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic[2]
2018	Kildare, Ireland	Carton House Golf Club Montgomerie and O'Meara courses	Denmark (541) John Axelsen Nicolai Højgaard Rasmus Højgaard	United States (542) Cole Hammer Collin Morikawa	Spain (544)	72
2016	Riviera Maya, Mexico	Mayakoba El Camaleón Golf Club Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club	Australia (534) Cameron Davis Curtis Luck	England (553) Scott Gregory Alfie Plant	Austria (554) Matthias Schwab  Ireland (554)	71
2014	Karuizawa, Japan	Karuizawa 72 Golf East Iriyama and Oshitate courses	United States (534) Bryson DeChambeau Beau Hossler Denny McCarthy	Canada (536) Corey Conners Taylor Pendrith Adam Svensson	Spain (537) Jon Rahm	67
2012	Antalya, Turkey	Antalya Golf Club (PGA Sultan course) Cornelia Golf Club (Faldo course)	United States (404) Steven Fox Justin Thomas	Mexico (409) Rodolfo Cazaubón Carlos Ortiz Sebastián Vázquez	France (413) Paul Barjon Julien Brun  Germany (413) Moritz Lampert Marcel Schneider  South Korea (413) Kim Si-woo Lee Soo-min	72
2010	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Buenos Aires Golf Club Olivos Golf Club	France (423) Alexander Lévy Romain Wattel	Denmark (427) Lucas Bjerregaard Joachim B. Hansen Morten Ørum Madsen	United States (428) David Chung Scott Langley Peter Uihlein	69
2008	Adelaide, Australia	Royal Adelaide Golf Club The Grange Golf Club (West course)	Scotland (560)	United States (569) Rickie Fowler Billy Horschel Jamie Lovemark	Sweden (574) Jesper Kennegård Henrik Norlander Pontus Widegren	65
2006	Stellenbosch, South Africa	De Zalze Golf Club Stellenbosch Golf Club	Netherlands (554) Wil Besseling Joost Luiten Tim Sluiter	Canada (556) Richard Scott	United States (557) Chris Kirk Jonathan Moore Trip Kuehne	70
2004	Río Grande, Puerto Rico	Rio Mar Country Club River and Ocean courses	United States (407) Spencer Levin Ryan Moore Lee Williams	Spain (416) Rafa Cabrera-Bello Álvaro Quirós	Sweden (417) Oscar Florén Alex Norén	66
2002	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Saujana Golf and Country Club Palm and Bunga Raya courses	United States (568) Ricky Barnes Hunter Mahan D. J. Trahan	France (571) Grégory Bourdy	Australia (574) Andrew Buckle Marcus Fraser  Philippines (574) Juvic Pagunsan Angelo Que	63
2000	Bad Saarow, Germany	Sporting Club Berlin Faldo and Palmer courses	United States (841) Ben Curtis David Eger Bryce Molder Jeff Quinney	Great Britain &  Ireland (857) Paul Casey Luke Donald Jamie Donaldson Steven O'Hara	Australia (858) Aaron Baddeley Scott Gardiner	59
1998	Santiago, Chile	Club de Golf Los Leones Club de Golf La Dehesa	Great Britain &  Ireland (852) Luke Donald Gary Wolstenholme	Australia (856) Aaron Baddeley Kim Felton Brendan Jones Brett Rumford	Chinese Taipei (858) Chan Yih-shin	52
1996	Manila, Philippines	Manila Southwoods Golf & Country Club Masters and Legends courses	Australia (838) David Gleeson Jarrod Moseley	Sweden (849) Martin Erlandsson Chris Hanell Daniel Olsson Leif Westerberg	Spain (851) Sergio García Ivó Giner José Manuel Lara Álvaro Salto	47
1994	Versailles, France	Le Golf National (Albatros course) La Boulie (La Vallée course)	United States (838) Todd Demsey Allen Doyle John Harris Tiger Woods	Great Britain &  Ireland (849) Warren Bennett Stephen Gallacher Lee S. James Gordon Sherry	Sweden (855) Kalle Brink Eric Carlberg Freddie Jacobson Mikael Lundberg	44
1992	Vancouver, Canada	Capilano Golf & Country Club Marine Drive Golf Club	New Zealand (823) Michael Campbell Phil Tataurangi	United States (830) Allen Doyle David Duval Justin Leonard Jay Sigel	Australia (842) Stephen Leaney Lucas Parsons  France (842) Christian Cévaër Sébastien Delagrange	49
1990	Christchurch, New Zealand	Christchurch Golf Club	Sweden (879) Klas Eriksson Mathias Grönberg Gabriel Hjertstedt Per Nyman	New Zealand (892) Steven Alker Michael Long  United States (892) Allen Doyle David Duval David Eger Phil Mickelson	(No Bronze medals awarded)	33
1988	Stockholm, Sweden	Ullna Golf Club	Great Britain &  Ireland (882) Peter McEvoy Garth McGimpsey	United States (887) Kevin Johnson Eric Meeks Jay Sigel	Australia (895) Bradley Hughes	39
1986	Caracas, Venezuela	Lagunita Country Club	Canada (838) Brent Franklin Jack Kay Jr. Warren Sye	United States (841) Buddy Alexander Billy Andrade Bob Lewis Jay Sigel	Chinese Taipei (849) Hsieh Chin-sheng	39
1984	Fanling, Hong Kong	Royal Hong Kong Golf Club	Japan (870)	United States (877) John Inman Jay Sigel Scott Verplank	Philippines (879)	38
1982	Lausanne, Switzerland	Golf Club de Lausanne	United States (859) Nathaniel Crosby Jim Holtgrieve Bob Lewis Jay Sigel	Japan (866)  Sweden (866) Krister Kinell Magnus Persson Ove Sellberg	(No Bronze medals awarded)	30
1980	Pinehurst, North Carolina	Pinehurst Country Club	United States (848) Jim Holtgrieve Jay Sigel Hal Sutton Bob Tway	South Africa (875)	Chinese Taipei (884) Chen Tze-chung	39
1978	Navua, Viti Levu, Fiji	Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club	United States (873) Bobby Clampett John Cook Scott Hoch Jay Sigel	Canada (886) Gary Cowan Doug Roxburgh	Australia (891) Chris Bonython Tony Gresham	24
1976	Portimão, Algarve, Portugal	Penina Golf Club	Great Britain &  Ireland (892) Ian Hutcheon	Japan (894) Masahiro Kuramoto	Australia (897) Chris Bonython Tony Gresham	38
1974	La Romana, Dominican Republic	Casa de Campo	United States (888) George Burns Gary Koch Jerry Pate Curtis Strange	Japan (898) Tsutomu Irie	Brazil (901) Priscillo Diniz Jaime Gonzalez	35
1972	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Olivos Golf Club	United States (865) Ben Crenshaw Vinny Giles Mark Hayes	Australia (870) Terry Gale Tony Gresham Noel Ratcliffe	South Africa (878)	32
1970	Madrid, Spain	Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro	United States (857) Vinny Giles Tom Kite Allen Miller Lanny Wadkins	New Zealand (869) Stuart Jones Ross Murray	South Africa (870) Hugh Baiocchi John Fourie Dale Hayes	36
1968	Black Rock, Victoria, Australia	Royal Melbourne Golf Club	United States (868) Bruce Fleisher Vinny Giles Dick Siderowf	Great Britain &  Ireland (869) Michael Bonallack Peter Oosterhuis Ronnie Shade	Canada (885) Gary Cowan	26
1966	Mexico City, Mexico	Club de Golf Mexico	Australia (877) Harry Berwick Phil Billings Kevin Hartley	United States (879) Deane Beman Ron Cerrudo Downing Gray Bob Murphy	Great Britain &  Ireland (883) Michael Bonallack Ronnie Shade Peter Townsend	32
1964	Rome, Italy	Olgiata Golf Club	Great Britain &  Ireland (895) Michael Bonallack Rodney Foster Michael Lunt Ronnie Shade	Canada (897) Gary Cowan	New Zealand (900) Stuart Jones Ross Murray	33
1962	Itō, Shizuoka, Japan	Kawana Hotel	United States (854) Deane Beman Labron Harris Jr. Billy Joe Patton R. H. Sikes	Canada (862) Gary Cowan	Great Britain &  Ireland (874) Michael Bonallack Sandy Saddler Ronnie Shade	23
1960	Ardmore, Pennsylvania	Merion Golf Club	United States (834) Deane Beman Bill Hyndman Jack Nicklaus	Australia (876) Ted Ball Bruce Devlin	Great Britain &  Ireland (881) Michael Bonallack Joe Carr Doug Sewell Guy Wolstenholme	32
1958	St Andrews, Fife, Scotland	Old Course at St Andrews	Australia (918) Bruce Devlin Bob Stevens Peter Toogood	United States (918) Charles Coe Bill Hyndman Billy Joe Patton Bud Taylor	Great Britain &  Ireland (919) Joe Carr Reid Jack Arthur Perowne Guy Wolstenholme	29

The 1958 championship resulted in a tie. There was an 18-hole playoff which Australia won with a score of 222 to the United States 224.

From 1958 to 2000 the teams had four players with the best three scores counting for each round. From 2002 the teams have been three players with two counting. The 2004, 2010 and 2012 championships were reduced to 54 holes because of bad weather.

Players who have featured in a winning Eisenhower Trophy team and later become leading professional golfers include: Jack Nicklaus, Rory McIlroy, Bruce Fleisher, Tom Kite, Lanny Wadkins, Ben Crenshaw, Curtis Strange, Scott Hoch, Hal Sutton, Michael Campbell, Tiger Woods, Ben Curtis and Luke Donald.

Results summary[]

Country	Win	2nd	3rd	Total	Competed
United States	15	9	2	26	31
Australia	4	3	6	13	30
Great Britain &  Ireland	4	3	4	11	22
Canada	1	5	1	7	30
Japan	1	3		4	31
Sweden	1	2	3	6	30
New Zealand	1	2	1	4	31
France	1	1	2	4	30
Denmark	1	1		2	25
Netherlands	1			1	28
Scotland	1			1	9
Spain		1	3	4	30
South Africa		1	2	3	25
England		1		1	9
Mexico		1		1	29
Chinese Taipei			3	3	29
Philippines			2	2	23
Austria			1	1	26
Brazil			1	1	31
Germany			1	1	30
Ireland			1	1	9
South Korea			1	1	25
Totals	31	33	34	98	31

There were joint silver medalists (and no bronze medalists) in 1982 and 1990. There were joint bronze medalists in 1992, 2002, 2012 (3) and 2016.

The "Great Britain and Ireland" team represented the two separate independent countries of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland from 1958 to 2000. From 2002, England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland (a combined Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland team) have competed as separate teams.

Of the teams that have competed in all 31 championships, only Italy and Bermuda have never won a medal; Italy's best finishes were ties for 4th place in 2004 and 2008 and Bermuda's was 16th in 1958.

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Individual leader[]

Year	Individual leader	Country	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
2018		Spain	70-64-68-65=267	−23	1 stroke	Takumi Kanaya
2016	Cameron Davis	Australia	67-66-68-68=269	−17	2 strokes	Curtis Luck
2014	Jon Rahm	Spain	70-64-62-67=263	−23	3 strokes	Lucas Herbert Victor Perez
2012	Sebastián Vázquez	Mexico	66-67-66=199	−15	1 stroke
2010	Joachim B. Hansen	Denmark	67-69-73=209	−6	3 strokes	Alexander Lévy
2008	Rickie Fowler	United States	68-67-70-75=280	−10	2 strokes	Nick Taylor
2006	Wil Besseling	Netherlands	69-70-66-70=275	−13	1 stroke	Chris Kirk Richard Scott
2004	Ryan Moore	United States	65-67-72=204	−12	2 strokes	Spencer Levin
2002	Marcus Fraser	Australia	74-70-67-70=281	−7	1 stroke	Grégory Bourdy
2000	Bryce Molder	United States	69-71-65-68=273	−15	4 strokes	& Paul Casey
1998	Kim Felton	Australia	70-67-69-69=275	−11	2 strokes	Mikko Ilonen
1996		Finland	67-68-72-69=276	−12	2 strokes
1994	Allen Doyle	United States	68-70-69-70=277	−10	4 strokes	& Warren Bennett
1992	Phil Tataurangi	New Zealand	67-67-68-69=271	−9	1 stroke	Michael Campbell
1990	Mathias Grönberg	Sweden	70-67-77-72=286	−2	6 strokes	Gabriel Hjertstedt
1988	Peter McEvoy	Great Britain &  Ireland	72-71-70-71=284	−4	6 strokes
1986	Eduardo Herrera	Colombia	75-67-68-65=275	−5	2 strokes	Jay Sigel
1984	Luis Carbonetti	Argentina  Japan	68-74-70-74=286 68-72-74-72=286	−2	Tie
1982	Luis Carbonetti	Argentina	69-69-74-72=284	−4	1 stroke	Jay Sigel
1980	Hal Sutton	United States	68-69-71-68=276	−12	6 strokes	Chen Tze-chung
1978	Bobby Clampett	United States	69-71-71-76=287	−1	2 strokes	Doug Roxburgh
1976	Chen Tze-ming Ian Hutcheon	Chinese Taipei  Great Britain &  Ireland	75-69-73-76=293 73-73-76-71=293	+1	Tie
1974	Jaime Gonzalez Jerry Pate	Brazil  United States	73-74-74-73=294 73-77-73-71=294	+6	Tie
1972	Tony Gresham	Australia	70-69-73-73=285	+1	2 strokes	Ben Crenshaw Vinny Giles
1970	Victor Regalado	Mexico	72-67-71-70=280	−8	3 strokes	Dale Hayes
1968	Michael Bonallack Vinny Giles	Great Britain &  Ireland  United States	72-72-66-76=286 74-68-71-73=286	−6	Tie
1966	Ronnie Shade	Great Britain &  Ireland	74-69-72-68=283	−5	7 strokes
1964	Hsieh Min-Nan	Chinese Taipei	72-77-72-73=294	+6	1 stroke
1962	Gary Cowan	Canada	68-71-72-69=280	E	3 strokes	R. H. Sikes
1960	Jack Nicklaus	United States	66-67-68-68=269	−11	13 strokes	Deane Beman
1958	Bruce Devlin Bill Hyndman Reid Jack	Australia  United States  Great Britain &  Ireland	81-73-74-73=301 79-77-73-72=301 72-77-74-78=301	+13	Tie

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