2002 Eisenhower Trophy


The 2002 Eisenhower Trophy took place 24–27 October on the Palm and Bunga Raya courses at Saujana Golf and Country Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was the 23rd World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 63 three-man teams. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total. Each team was due to play two rounds on the two courses. The leading teams played on the Bunga Raya course on the third day and were due to play on the Palm course on the final day.
After heavy rain and lightning on the final morning, a cut was introduced and only the leading 20 teams played the final round. Positions 21 to 63 were determined by scores after three rounds. The leading 33 teams had played their third round on the Bunga Raya course while the others played on the Palm course.
The United States won their 12th Eisenhower Trophy, three strokes ahead of France, who took the silver medal. Australia and the Philippines tied for third place and took the bronze medals. Marcus Fraser had the best 72-hole aggregate of 281, 7 under par.
This was the first World Amateur Team Championship with teams of three; previous championships had teams of four with the best three scores for each round counting. England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland competed as separate teams for the first time, whereas in previous championships a combined Great Britain and Ireland team had competed.
The 2004 Espirito Santo Trophy was played on the same courses one week prior.

Teams

63 teams contested the event. Each team had three players with exception of Russia who only had two.
The following table lists the players on the leading teams.
CountryPlayers
Matias Anselmo, Fernando Chiesa, Carlos Pedrozo
Andrew Buckle, Marcus Fraser, Adam Groom
Thomas Kogler, Thomas Ortner, Martin Wiegele
Lee Curry, James Lepp, Dan Swanson
Chang Hong-wei, Cheng Chen-liang, Sung Mao-chang
Manuel José Merizalde, Andrés Mauricio Rodríguez, Camilo Villegas
Jamie Elson, Richard Walker, Gary Wolstenholme
Toni Karjalainen, Janne Mommo, Thomas Sundström
Grégory Bourdy, Eric Chaudouet, Raphaël Pellicioli
Markus Maichel, Christian Reimbold, Michael Thannhauser
Noel Fox, Justin Kehoe, Colm Moriarty
Edoardo Molinari, Francesco Molinari, Andrea Romano
Niels Boysen, Edward de Jong, Inder van Weerelt
Eddie Lee, Brad Shilton, Tim Wilkinson
Lars Brovold, Jan-Are Larsen, Torstein Nævestad
Jerome Delariarte, Juvic Pagunsan, Angelo Que
Jack Doherty, Graham Gordon, Simon Mackenzie
Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Alfredo García-Heredia, Pablo Martín
Niklas Lemke, Pär Nilsson, Wilhelm Schauman
Julien Clément, Martin Rominger, Nicolas Sulzer
Wisut Artjanawat, Chaddanai Choksuwanlap, Prom Meesawat
Ricky Barnes, Hunter Mahan, D. J. Trahan
Nigel Edwards, Lee Harpin, David Price

Results

Because of bad weather there was a cut and only the leading 20 teams played the final round.
#CountryScoreTo par
T21150-148-146=444+12
T21146-150-148=444+12
T21155-143-146=444+12
T21150-149-145=444+12
T21155-147-142=444+12
T21144-152-148=444+12
27155-146-144=445+13
T28151-144-152=447+15
T28147-149-151=447+15
30150-153-145=448+16
T31157-147-146=450+18
T31160-145-145=450+18
33148-149-154=451+19
T34144-158-152=454+22
T34150-151-153=454+22
T36155-150-153=458+26
T36152-155-151=458+26
38153-155-152=460+28
39150-155-156=461+29
40161-152-149=462+30
T41152-160-151=463+31
T41158-149-156=463+31
43159-149-157=465+33
44167-146-154=467+35
45156-154-158=468+36
46167-145-157=469+37
47155-156-160=471+39
48159-156-157=472+40
49161-159-155=475+43
50152-160-164=476+44
51157-158-162=477+45
52157-159-163=479+47
53161-161-161=483+51
54167-160-165=492+60
55166-163-170=499+67
56164-167-171=502+70
57179-159-172=510+78
58166-171-174=511+79
59173-171-175=519+87
60175-177-172=524+92
61186-176-178=540+108
T62186-180-180=546+114
T62181-186-179=546+114

Source:
The leading 33 teams played their third round on the Bunga Raya course with the remaining teams playing on the Palm course.

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Marcus Fraser74-70-67-70=281−7
2Grégory Bourdy70-69-71-72=282−6
3Angelo Que72-70-69-72=283−5
4Tim Wilkinson77-69-69-69=284−4
5Camilo Villegas68-75-72-71=286−2
6Hunter Mahan68-72-71-77=288E
7Martin Wiegele78-71-70-70=289+1
T8Jamie Elson71-77-71-71=290+2
T8Edoardo Molinari76-77-66-71=290+2
T10Michael Thannhauser72-72-73-74=291+3
T10D. J. Trahan76-78-71-66=291+3
T10Gary Wolstenholme74-71-74-72=291+3

Source:
Only players in the leading 20 teams completed four rounds. Of the players from the remaining teams, who only completed three rounds, Benjamín Alvarado from Chile had the best score of 217, 1-over-par.