1998 Eisenhower Trophy


The 1998 Eisenhower Trophy took place 19 to 22 November at Club de Golf Los Leones and Club de Golf La Dehesa in Santiago, Chile. It was the 21st World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 52 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total. Each team played two rounds on the two courses. The leading teams played at Club de Golf La Dehesa on the third day and at Club de Golf Los Leones on the final day.
Great Britain and Ireland won the Eisenhower Trophy for the fourth time, finishing four strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Australia. Chinese Taipei took the bronze medal with Japan in fourth place. Finland led after three rounds but a poor last round dropped then into fifth place. Kim Felton, representing Australia, had the lowest individual score, 11-under-par 275, two strokes better than Mikko Ilonen.

Teams

52 four-man teams contested the event.
The following table lists the players on the leading teams.
CountryPlayers
Aaron Baddeley, Kim Felton, Brendan Jones, Brett Rumford
Steven Davies, Stephen Dixon, Jon Drewery, Robert Kerr
Chan Yih-shin, Hong Chia-yuh, Lee Cho-chuan, Su Chin-jung
Mikko Ilonen, Panu Kylliäinen, Ari Pasanen, Henri Salonen
Philipp Neels, Benjamin Schlichting, Marcel Siem, Michael Thannhauser

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Luke Donald, Paddy Gribben, Lorne Kelly, Gary Wolstenholme
Hidemasa Hoshino, Tomohiro Kondo, Yūsaku Miyazato, Masahide Wada
Henk Alberts, Jean Hugo, Trevor Immelman, Dean Lambert
Sergio García, Alejandro Larrazábal, Álvaro Mata, Raúl Quirós
Peter Hanson, Anders Hultman, Christian Nilsson, Henrik Stenson
Joel Kribel, Matt Kuchar, Hank Kuehne, Tom McKnight

Scores

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Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Kim Felton70-67-69-69=275−11
2Mikko Ilonen67-70-71-69=277−9
T3Luke Donald
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70-70-69-71=280−6
T3Chan Yih-shin71-69-72-68=280−6
5Wilfredo Morales67-68-75-71=281−5
6Gary Wolstenholme
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70-71-74-67=282−4
T7Sergio García72-71-69-73=285−1
T7Tomohiro Kondo75-72-67-71=285−1
T9Christian Aronsen74-70-76-66=286E
T9Kim Hyung-tae72-72-70-72=286E

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