EISENHOWER TROPHY

The 'Eisenhower Trophy' is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. It is named for Dwight D. Eisenhower, the President of the United States when the tournament was first played, who was a keen amateur golfer. Recent tournaments have featured teams from more than sixty countries. The equivalent competition for women is the Espirito Santo Trophy.

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Results

Win summary

External link

Results

Year	Venue	Location	Winners	Runners-up
2008	Royal Adelaide Golf Club The Grange Golf Club	Adelaide, Australia
2006	De Zalze Golf Club Stellenbosch Golf Club	Cape Town, South Africa
2004	Rio Mar Country Club	Río Grande, Puerto Rico
2002	Saujana Golf & Country Club	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2000	Sporting Club Berlin	Bad Saarow, Germany		Great Britain & Ireland
1998	Club de Golf Los Leones Club de Golf La Dehesa	Santiago, Chile	Great Britain & Ireland
1996	Manila Southwoods Golf & Country Club	Manila, Philippines
1994	The National Golf Club La Boulie Golf Club	Versailles, France		Great Britain & Ireland
1992	Capilano Golf & Country Club Marine Drive Golf Club	Vancouver, British Columbia
1990	Christchurch Golf Club	Christchurch, New Zealand
1988	Ullna Golf Club	Stockholm, Sweden	Great Britain & Ireland
1986	Lagunita Country Club	Caracas, Venezuela
1984	Royal Hong Kong Golf Club	Fanling, Hong Kong
1982	Golf Club of Lausanne	Lausanne, Switzerland
1980	Pinehurst Resort	Pinehurst, North Carolina		South Africa
1978	Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club	Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji
1976	Penina Golf Club	Portimão, Algarve, Portugal	Great Britain & Ireland
1974	Casa de Campo	La Romana, Dominican Republic
1972	Olivos Gulf Club	Buenos Aires, Argentina
1970	Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro	Madrid, Spain
1968	Royal Melbourne Golf Club	Melbourne, Australia		Great Britain & Ireland
1966	Mexico Golf Club	Mexico City, Mexico
1964	Olgiata Golf Club	Rome, Italy	Great Britain & Ireland
1962	Kawana Resort	Itō, Shizuoka, Japan
1960	Merion Golf Club	Ardmore, Pennsylvania
1958	Old Course at St Andrews	St Andrews, Fife, Scotland

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

Win summary

Up to and including the 2006 event, the Eisenhower Trophy has been won by eight different teams.

★ 13 wins: United States

★ 4 wins: Great Britain & Ireland

★ 3 wins: Australia

★ 1 win: Japan, Canada, Sweden, New Zealand and the Netherlands
The "Great Britain & Ireland" team represents the two separate independent countries of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. This was the designation of the team which played the United States in the Ryder Cup in the 1973, 1975 and 1977 competitions until its expansion into a European team in 1979, and is also the team which plays the United States in the Walker Cup.

External link

★ More detailed results on the International Golf Federation's site