The 2008 Eisenhower Trophy took place 16–19 October at Royal Adelaide Golf Club and on the West course at The Grange Golf Club in Adelaide, Australia. It was the 26th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy and the second to be held in Australia. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 65 three-man teams. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total. Each team played two rounds on the two courses. The leading teams played at The Grange Golf Club on the third day and at Royal Adelaide Golf Club on the final day.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16–19 October |
| Location | Adelaide, Australia 34°55′44″S 138°36′4″E / 34.92889°S 138.60111°E |
| Course(s) | Royal Adelaide Golf Club The Grange Golf Club (West course) |
| Format | 72 holes stroke play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 73 (Royal Adelaide) 72 (Grange) |
| Field | 65 teams 192 players |
| Champion | |
 ScotlandCallum Macaulay, Wallace Booth & Gavin Dear | |
| 560 (−20) | |
| Location map | |
  Royal Adelaide GC Location in Australia  Royal Adelaide GC Location in South Australia | |
Scotland won their first Eisenhower Trophy, nine strokes ahead of the United States, who took the silver medal. Sweden took the bronze medal while France and Italy tied for fourth place. Rickie Fowler had the best 72-hole aggregate of 280, 10 under par.[1]
The 2008 Espirito Santo Trophy was played at The Grange Golf Club one week prior.
Teams edit
65 teams contested the event. Each team had three played with the exception of Bolivia, Guatemala and Honduras who only has two.
The following table lists the players on the leading teams.[2][1]
Results edit
| Place | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Scotland |
136-137-140-147=560 | −20 |
 |
 United States |
136-137-144-152=569 | −11 |
 |
 Sweden |
142-140-139-153=574 | −6 |
| T4 |  France |
139-148-141-147=575 | −5 |
 Italy |
147-141-138-149=575 | ||
| 6 |  Australia |
147-137-141-153=578 | −2 |
| T7 |  Netherlands |
145-142-142-150=579 | −1 |
 Spain |
145-141-140-153=579 | ||
| T9 |  Argentina |
151-135-146-148=580 | E |
 Canada |
146-144-142-148=580 | ||
| T11 |  New Zealand |
143-138-142-158=581 | +1 |
 South Africa |
141-146-144-150=581 | ||
 Wales |
139-144-148-150=581 | ||
| 14 |  England |
145-141-146-150=582 | +2 |
| 15 |  South Korea |
145-146-146-147=584 | +4 |
| 16 |  Belgium |
149-146-142-149=586 | +6 |
| T17 |  India |
146-146-145-151=588 | +8 |
 Norway |
151-143-146-148=588 | ||
| T19 |  Denmark |
148-147-146-148=589 | +9 |
 Japan |
146-143-144-156=589 | ||
 Turkey |
147-148-145-149=589 | ||
| 22 |  Ireland |
147-142-147-155=591 | +11 |
| T23 |  Chile |
150-147-146-149=592 | +12 |
 Germany |
150-144-145-153=592 | ||
 Puerto Rico |
137-156-152-147=592 | ||
| 26 |  Singapore |
145-152-147-149=593 | +13 |
| T27 |  Austria |
148-151-150-146=595 | +15 |
 Iceland |
150-142-148-155=595 | ||
 Philippines |
150-152-144-149=595 | ||
| 30 |  Peru |
155-146-140-155=596 | +16 |
| T31 |  Chinese Taipei |
145-143-147-162=597 | +17 |
 Portugal |
150-150-145-152=597 | ||
| 33 |  Mexico |
156-145-148-149=598 | +18 |
| 34 |  Colombia |
144-160-149-149=602 | +22 |
| T35 |  Brazil |
148-151-153-151=603 | +23 |
 Finland |
153-144-154-152=603 | ||
| 37 |  Costa Rica |
144-155-151-155=605 | +25 |
| 38 |  China |
153-152-150-155=610 | +30 |
| 39 |  Czech Republic |
151-154-152-154=611 | +31 |
| 40 |  Estonia |
147-156-156-153=612 | +32 |
| 41 |  Uruguay |
147-160-154-152=613 | +33 |
| T42 |  Greece |
158-150-154-152=614 | +34 |
 Thailand |
161-152-153-148=614 | ||
| T44 |  Slovakia |
158-147-153-158=616 | +36 |
 Zimbabwe |
159-156-147-154=616 | ||
| 46 |  Guatemala |
156-154-151-156=617 | +37 |
| 47 |  Pakistan |
150-153-154-161=618 | +38 |
| T48 |  Fiji |
157-154-151-161=623 | +43 |
 Malaysia |
159-152-156-156=623 | ||
| 50 |  United Arab Emirates |
153-164-151-156=624 | +44 |
| T51 |  Bermuda |
160-155-151-160=626 | +46 |
 Bolivia |
161-154-157-154=626 | ||
| 53 |  Hong Kong |
160-154-150-163=627 | +47 |
| 54 |  Latvia |
156-157-153-162=628 | +48 |
| 55 |  Saudi Arabia |
161-159-155-170=645 | +65 |
| 56 |  Egypt |
170-155-154-168=647 | +67 |
| 57 |  Honduras |
158-156-162-173=649 | +69 |
| 58 |  Russia |
163-164-156-168=651 | +71 |
| 59 |  Eswatini |
161-157-166-175=659 | +79 |
| T60 |  Cook Islands |
167-166-164-166=663 | +83 |
 Croatia |
159-163-161-180=663 | ||
| 62 |  Mauritius |
168-172-170-166=676 | +96 |
| 63 |  Qatar |
175-175-172-165=687 | +107 |
| 64 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
196-185-183-194=758 | +178 |
| 65 |  Gabon |
200-186-203-195=784 | +204 |
Source:[2]
Individual leaders edit
There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rickie Fowler | United States |
68-67-70-75=280 | −10 |
| T2 | Callum Macaulay | Scotland |
67-70-73-72=282 | −8 |
| Nick Taylor | Canada |
73-71-68-70=282 | ||
| 4 | Wallace Booth | Scotland |
70-67-69-79=285 | −5 |
| 5 | Sam Hutsby | England |
70-72-75-70=287 | −3 |
| T6 | Nicolás Geyger | Chile |
73-70-71-74=288 | −2 |
| Pedro Oriol | Spain |
73-70-68-77=288 | ||
| T8 | Federico Colombo | Italy |
78-71-68-72=289 | −1 |
| Jesper Kennegård | Sweden |
70-72-68-79=289 | ||
| T10 | Julián Etulain | Argentina |
75-68-76-71=290 | E |
| Jorge Fernández-Valdés | Argentina |
76-67-70-77=290 | ||
| Dylan Frittelli | South Africa |
71-71-72-76=290 | ||
| Matthew Griffin | Australia |
72-71-70-77=290 |
Source:[2]
References edit
- ^ a b "2008 World Amateur Golf Team Championships Record Book" (PDF). IGF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "Team/Player Leaderboard". Golfstat. 2 November 2018.
External links edit
- Record Book on International Golf Federation website Archived 2019-04-21 at the Wayback Machine