The 2018 Eisenhower Trophy took place 5–8 September at the Carton House Golf Club in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. It was the 31st World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 72 three-man teams. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total. Each team played two rounds on the Montgomerie and O'Meara courses. The leading teams played the Montgomerie course on the third day and the O'Meara course on the final day.
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 5–8 September |
Location | Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland 53°23′24″N 6°33′58″W / 53.390°N 6.566°W |
Course(s) | Carton House Golf Club Montgomerie and O'Meara courses |
Format | 72 holes stroke play |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 (Montgomerie) 73 (O'Meara) |
Field | 72 teams 215 players |
Champion | |
![]() John Axelsen, Nicolai Højgaard & Rasmus Højgaard | |
541 (−39) | |
Location map | |
Location in the Republic of Ireland | |
Denmark won their first Eisenhower Trophy, a stroke ahead of the United States, who took the silver medal. Spain took the bronze medal while New Zealand, who led after 54 holes, finished fourth.
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The 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy was played on the same courses one week prior.
Teams
edit72 teams contested the event. Each team had three players with the exception of Gabon who were represented by only two players.
The following table lists the players on the leading teams.[1]
Results
editPlace | Country | Score | To par |
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Denmark | 132-139-137-133=541 | −39 | |
United States | 140-133-134-135=542 | −38 | |
Spain | 140-133-134-137=544 | −36 | |
4 | New Zealand | 139-131-134-141=545 | −35 |
T5 | Norway | 141-138-133-136=548 | −32 |
Italy | 141-133-134-140=548 | ||
Thailand | 140-131-136-141=548 | ||
8 | England | 140-138-137-134=549 | −31 |
9 | Canada | 139-133-142-136=550 | −30 |
T10 | Ireland | 134-137-145-137=553 | −27 |
Germany | 143-134-135-141=553 | ||
T12 | Australia | 141-138-137-138=554 | −26 |
Scotland | 144-136-136-138=554 | ||
14 | Austria | 139-136-138-142=555 | −25 |
T15 | Japan | 137-144-139-136=556 | −24 |
Switzerland | 137-143-138-138=556 | ||
17 | Sweden | 141-133-143-141=558 | −22 |
T18 | Colombia | 143-141-139-137=560 | −20 |
Chile | 140-140-141-139=560 | ||
Wales | 141-138-142-139=560 | ||
Argentina | 141-137-139-143=560 | ||
22 | Czech Republic | 142-142-139-139=562 | −18 |
23 | South Korea | 138-141-139-145=563 | −17 |
24 | Poland | 142-142-138-142=564 | −16 |
T25 | Belgium | 144-141-141-141=567 | −13 |
Singapore | 146-142-139-140=567 | ||
Serbia | 147-135-143-142=567 | ||
T28 | China | 143-143-143-139=568 | −12 |
Netherlands | 144-142-138-144=568 | ||
30 | South Africa | 143-151-137-138=569 | −11 |
31 | India | 137-144-145-144=570 | −10 |
T32 | Mexico | 145-146-144-137=572 | −8 |
Hong Kong | 146-146-142-138=572 | ||
Costa Rica | 149-135-144-144=572 | ||
T35 | Iceland | 147-144-143-139=573 | −7 |
Portugal | 138-148-143-144=573 | ||
37 | Finland | 147-148-139-142=576 | −4 |
38 | France | 140-144-147-146=577 | −3 |
T39 | Puerto Rico | 145-145-146-142=578 | −2 |
Estonia | 146-139-147-146=578 | ||
T41 | Chinese Taipei | 152-145-136-146=579 | −1 |
Guatemala | 146-143-140-150=579 | ||
T43 | Zimbabwe | 141-148-150-142=581 | +1 |
Peru | 144-144-143-150=581 | ||
T45 | Brazil | 148-151-144-139=582 | +2 |
Slovakia | 148-148-144-142=582 | ||
Venezuela | 145-142-148-147=582 | ||
48 | Dominican Republic | 141-146-148-148=583 | +3 |
49 | Morocco | 148-144-150-144=586 | +6 |
50 | Bermuda | 144-155-143-146=588 | +8 |
51 | Turkey | 149-150-147-150=596 | +16 |
52 | Slovenia | 152-151-149-147=599 | +19 |
T53 | Qatar | 148-156-149-148=601 | +21 |
Uruguay | 148-151-151-151=601 | ||
T55 | Croatia | 146-154-153-151=604 | +24 |
Luxembourg | 150-152-149-153=604 | ||
57 | Saudi Arabia | 150-144-155-158=607 | +27 |
T58 | Cayman Islands | 157-150-154-147=608 | +28 |
Panama | 156-152-151-149=608 | ||
60 | Malta | 151-153-156-149=609 | +29 |
61 | United Arab Emirates | 156-152-157-145=610 | +30 |
62 | Liechtenstein | 153-157-150-155=615 | +35 |
63 | Moldova | 154-156-156-151=617 | +37 |
64 | Bulgaria | 158-157-152-153=620 | +40 |
65 | Guam | 155-152-158-162=627 | +47 |
66 | Lithuania | 161-166-154-158=639 | +59 |
67 | Ghana | 164-165-164-158=651 | +71 |
68 | Nigeria | 161-168-168-167=664 | +84 |
69 | Haiti | 167-170-172-169=678 | +98 |
70 | Iraq | 175-172-173-179=699 | +119 |
71 | Gabon | 193-178-180-176=727 | +147 |
72 | Armenia | 175-202-187-193=757 | +177 |
Source:[1]
Individual leaders
editThere was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Alejandro del Rey | Spain | 70-64-68-65=267 | −23 |
2 | Takumi Kanaya | Japan | 66-68-67-67=268 | −22 |
T3 | Perry Cohen | Switzerland | 65-72-68-68=273 | −17 |
Daniel Hillier | New Zealand | 69-65-69-70=273 | ||
Justin Suh | United States | 69-67-68-69=273 | ||
T6 | Nicolai Højgaard | Denmark | 71-70-67-66=274 | −16 |
Min Woo Lee | Australia | 72-68-66-68=274 | ||
T8 | Rasmus Højgaard | Denmark | 68-70-70-67=275 | −15 |
Viktor Hovland | Norway | 70-73-65-67=275 | ||
Collin Morikawa | United States | 72-66-66-71=275 | ||
Lorenzo Filippo Scalise | Italy | 68-69-68-70=275 | ||
Rayhan John Thomas | India | 64-72-69-70=275 |
Source:[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Denmark Edges Out USA To Win First Eisenhower Trophy" (PDF). IGF. 8 September 2018.
External links
edit- Official website
- Coverage on International Golf Federation website Archived 26 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine