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1996 Eisenhower Trophy

The 1996 Eisenhower Trophy took place 14 to 17 November on the Masters and Legends courses at Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club near Manila, Philippines. It was the 20th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 47 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.

Australia won the Eisenhower Trophy for the third time, finishing 11 strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Sweden. Spain took the bronze medal with Canada in fourth place. Kalle Aitala, representing Finland, had the lowest individual score, 12-under-par 276.

Teams

47 four-man teams contested the event.

The following table lists the players on the leading teams.

Country Players
 Australia Jamie Crow, David Gleeson, Jarrod Moseley, Brett Partridge
 Canada Robert Kerr, Craig Matthew, Brian McCann, Rob McMillan
 Finland Kalle Aitala, Mika Lehtinen, Mikael Mustonen, Pasi Purhonen
 Great Britain
&  Ireland
Michael Brooks, Barclay Howard, Keith Nolan, Gary Wolstenholme
 Japan Hidemasa Hoshino, Tatsuhiko Ichihara, Hirokazu Kuniyoshi, Takahiro Nakagawa
 New Zealand Richard Best, Simon Bittle, Richard Hislop, David Somervaille
 Philippines Gerard Cantada, Antonio Lascuña, Reynaldo Pagunsan Richard Sinfuego
 South Korea Jang Ik-jae, Kim Joo-hyung, Kim Jong-myung, Seo Jong-hyun
 Spain Sergio García, Ivó Giner, José Manuel Lara, Álvaro Salto
 Sweden Martin Erlandsson, Chris Hanell, Daniel Olsson, Leif Westerberg
 United States Jerry Courville, Jason Enloe, Joel Kribel, Steve Scott

Scores

Place Country Score To par
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia 203-206-210-219=838 −26
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden 205-215-207-222=849 −15
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Spain 209-214-207-221=851 −13
4  Canada 211-207-221-216=855 −9
T5  Finland 204-214-220-221=859 −5
 Great Britain
&  Ireland
203-218-220-218=859
 New Zealand 210-213-217-219=859
 Philippines 204-216-214-225=859
9  United States 212-210-215-224=861 −3
T10  Japan 214-223-212-217=866 +2
 South Korea 212-220-216-218=866
12  India 212-212-218-227=869 +5
13  South Africa 209-226-220-216=871 +7
14  Chinese Taipei 215-223-218-216=872 +8
T15  Colombia 217-226-221-213=877 +13
 Netherlands 212-222-219-224=877
17  Germany 229-215-218-217=879 +15
18  Austria 216-227-217-220=880 +16
19  Norway 210-224-222-226=882 +18
20  Zimbabwe 214-222-217-235=888 +24
21  Venezuela 221-227-224-218=890 +26
T22  Brazil 220-224-219-229=892 +28
 Italy 212-217-231-232=892
24  France 220-228-230-216=894 +30
25  Belgium 219-228-235-213=895 +31
T26  Hong Kong 225-219-221-234=899 +35
 Mexico 214-226-230-229=899
28  Argentina 221-230-235-218=904 +40
29  Malaysia 224-222-237-222=905 +41
30  Denmark 217-228-235-229=909 +45
31  Switzerland 222-228-237-223=910 +46
32  Portugal 219-230-236-227=912 +48
33  Paraguay 222-239-235-217=913 +49
34  Dominican Republic 231-240-238-222=931 +67
35  Chile 229-237-238-229=933 +69
36  Costa Rica 222-238-240-235=935 +71
37  Bermuda 223-231-249-233=936 +72
38  Puerto Rico 225-240-250-223=938 +74
T39  Bahamas 225-234-246-236=941 +77
 Morocco 228-233-251-229=941
41  Singapore 231-239-250-228=948 +84
42  Czech Republic 232-246-253-230=961 +97
43  Papua New Guinea 240-248-256-231=975 +111
44  Guatemala 241-250-258-252=1001 +137
45  Russia 250-255-277-238=1020 +156
46  Estonia 246-260-277-255=1038 +174
47  Qatar 266-283-311-275=1135 +271

Source:

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Kalle Aitala  Finland 67-68-72-69=276 −12
T2 Takahiro Nakagawa  Japan 67-73-70-68=278 −10
Brett Partridge  Australia 65-67-70-76=278
Seo Jong-hyun  South Korea 70-69-69-70=278
5 Scott Rowe  Hong Kong 72-67-67-73=279 −9
T6 David Gleeson  Australia 68-69-69-74=280 −8
David Somervaille  New Zealand 70-67-73-70=280
8 Uli Weinhandl  Austria 68-76-68-69=281 −7
9 Chris Hanell  Sweden 68-73-66-75=282 −6
10 Andrew McLardy  South Africa 67-73-72-71=283 −5

Source:

References

  1. ^ "1996 World Amateur Golf Team Championship Record Book" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.

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