1990 Eisenhower Trophy

The 1990 Eisenhower Trophy took place 25 to 28 October at the Christchurch Golf Club near Christchurch, New Zealand. It was the 17th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 33 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.

1990 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates25–28 October
LocationChristchurch, New Zealand
Course(s)Christchurch Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72
Length7,002 yards (6,403 m)
Field33 teams
131 players
Champion
 Sweden
Klas Eriksson, Mathias Grönberg,
Gabriel Hjertstedt & Per Nyman
879 (+15)
Location map
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Christchurch Golf Club is located in Christchurch, New Zealand
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Sweden won the Eisenhower Trophy for the first time, finishing 13 strokes ahead of the joint silver medalists, New Zealand and United States with Canada, France and Japan tied for fourth place. Mathias Grönberg had the lowest individual score, 2-under-par 286, six strokes better than fellow-Swede Gabriel Hjertstedt.[1]

Teams

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33 teams contested the event. Each team had four players with the exception of team Brazil who only had three.[2]

Country Players
  Argentina Fernando Chiesa, Ronaldo Damm, Martin Lonardi, Diego Ventureira
  Australia Robert Allenby, Chris Gray, Lester Peterson, John Wade
  Austria Marcus Brier, Alexander Peterskovsky, Fritz Poppmeier, Rudi Sailer
  Belgium Christophe Bosmans, Emanuel Janssens, Amaury D'Ogimont, Dany Vanbegin
  Bermuda Scott Mayne, David Purcell, Jack Wahl, Robert Vallis
  Brazil Patrick Caussin, Rafael Gonzalez, Wagner Rocumback
  Canada Jeff Cannon, Craig Marseilles, Doug Roxburgh, Warren Sye
  Chinese Taipei Chang Tse-peng, Huang Tze-lang, Tsai Chi-huang, Yeh Wei-tze
  Denmark Jan Andersen, Jacob Greisen, Bjørn Norgaard, Henrik Simonsen
  Fiji Mahmood Buksh, Dharam Rrakash, Jalen Raman, Indra Warjan
  Finland Anssi Kankonen, Petri Pulkinen, Juha Selin, Erkki Välimaa
  France Christian Cévaër, Olivier Edmond, François Illouz, Christophe Pottier
  Germany Rainer Mund, Hans-Günter Raiter, Jan Schapmann, Ekkehart Schieffer,
  Great Britain
&   Ireland
Andrew Coltart, Gary Evans, Jim Milligan, Ricky Willison
  Guatemala Gerardo Berger, Oscar Castillo, Francisco Escobar, Rolando Vasquez
  Hong Kong Derek Fung, Ian Hindhaygh, Scott Rowe, David Tonroe
  Italy Massimo Florioli, Enrico Nistri, Marcello Santi, Massimo Scarpa
  Ivory Coast Bertin Djedji, Alain Danho, Siaka Kone, Marcel Suoumahoro
  Japan Noriaki Kimura, Yasunobu Kuramoto, Shigeki Maruyama, Kiyotaka Oie
  Malaysia John Eu, P. Gunasagaran, Wong Hung Nung, Saad Yusuf
  Mexico Roberto Lebrija, Alejandro Munoz, Federico Ortiz, Miguel Quijano
  Netherlands Stephane Lovey, Rolf Muntz, Rik Ruts, Michael Vogel
  New Zealand Steven Alker, Michael Long, Grant Moorhead, Brent Paterson
  Norway Knut Ekjord, Bjørn Hage, Thomas Nielsen, Øyvind Rojahn
  Philippines Danilo Cabajar, Felix Cassius Casas, Francis Gaston, Vince Lauron
  Puerto Rico Elvin Cordova, Elvin Gonzalez, Luis Juncos, Andres Subira
  Singapore Dino Kwek, Kevin Lee, Douglas Oui, John Pang
  South Korea Joo Hwan Ahn, Ik Je Chang, Jin Kun Oh, Hye Sik Min
  Spain Diego Borrego, Eduardo de la Riva, Snr, Tomás Jesus Muñoz, Alfonso Vidaer
  Sweden Klas Eriksson, Mathias Grönberg, Gabriel Hjertstedt, Per Nyman
  Switzerland Kouroche Achtari, Chritophe Bovet, Markus Frank, Thomas Gottstein
  United States Allen Doyle, David Duval, David Eger, Phil Mickelson
  Zimbabwe Michael Dardagan, Ross Dennett, Anderson Rusike, Craig Singleton

Scores

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Place Country Score To par
    Sweden 215-212-229-223=879 +15
    New Zealand 222-222-230-218=892 +28
  United States 227-222-223-220=892
T4   Canada 224-222-227-230=903 +39
  France 228-221-231-223=903
  Japan 228-224-232-219=903
7   Italy 227-231-230-218=906 +42
8   Australia 224-228-232-224=908 +44
9   Great Britain
&   Ireland
228-226-226-230=910 +46
10   Spain 234-228-230-219=911 +47
11   Argentina 222-219-233-241=915 +51
12   Netherlands 228-224-240-228=920 +56
T13   Denmark 240-231-232-221=924 +60
  Germany 241-219-237-227=924
  Norway 231-221-240-232=924
16   Finland 236-224-234-231=925 +61
17   South Korea 222-233-239-233=927 +63
18   Switzerland 227-236-239-226=928 +64
19   Mexico 236-232-237-231=936 +72
T20   Malaysia 234-232-241-232=939 +75
  Philippines 231-235-234-239=939
22   Austria 237-242-231-230=940 +76
23   Belgium 238-232-240-233=943 +79
24   Hong Kong 235-233-243-233=944 +80
25   Chinese Taipei 238-239-245-235=957 +93
26   Singapore 241-243-239-235=958 +94
27   Bermuda 242-247-236-235=960 +96
28   Ivory Coast 240-239-244-239=962 +98
29   Brazil 245-236-239-246=966 +102
30   Zimbabwe 239-248-241-241=969 +105
31   Fiji 246-251-259-243=999 +135
32   Puerto Rico 253-256-274-248=1031 +167
33   Guatemala 263-263-260-269=1055 +191

Source:[2]

Individual leaders

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There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Mathias Grönberg   Sweden 70-67-77-72=286 −2
2 Gabriel Hjertstedt   Sweden 73-71-74-74=292 +4
T3 Michael Long   New Zealand 71-71-79-73=294 +6
Shigeki Maruyama   Japan 72-75-75-72=294
5 Olivier Edmond   France 75-72-74-75=296 +8
T6 Roberto Lebrija   Mexico 72-73-78-75=298 +10
Massimo Scarpa   Italy 76-76-76-70=298
T8 David Duval   United States 77-69-77-76=299 +11
Massimo Florioli   Italy 74-78-76-71=299
Phil Mickelson   United States 78-78-72-71=299

Source:[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Tävling, Den cigarren smakade gott, VM 1990" [Competition, That cigar tasted fine, World Amateur Golf Team Championships 1990]. Svensk Golf. No. 11. November 1990. pp. 67–75. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Record Book 1990 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
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