Eisenhower Trophy

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The Eisenhower Trophy is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. It is named for Dwight D. Eisenhower, the President of the United States when the tournament was first played, who was a keen amateur golfer. Recent tournaments have featured teams from more than sixty countries. The equivalent competition for women is the Espirito Santo Trophy.

[edit] Results

Year	Venue	Location	Winners	Runners-up
2008	Royal Adelaide Golf Club The Grange Golf Club	Adelaide, Australia
2006	De Zalze Golf Club Stellenbosch Golf Club	Cape Town, South Africa	Netherlands	Canada
2004	Westin Rio Mar Resort & Country Club	Río Grande, Puerto Rico	United States	Spain
2002	Saujana Golf & Country Club	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	United States	France
2000	Sporting Club Berlin	Bad Saarow, Germany	United States	Great Britain & Ireland
1998	Club de Golf Los Leones Club de Golf La Dehesa	Santiago, Chile	Great Britain & Ireland	Australia
1996	Manila Southwoods Golf & Country Club	Manila, Philippines	Australia	Sweden
1994	The National Golf Club La Boulie Golf Club	Versailles, France	United States	Great Britain & Ireland
1992	Capilano Golf & Country Club Marine Drive Golf Club	Vancouver, British Columbia	New Zealand	United States
1990	Christchurch Golf Club	Christchurch, New Zealand	Sweden	New Zealand
1988	Ullna Golf Club	Stockholm, Sweden	Great Britain & Ireland	United States
1986	Lagunita Country Club	Caracas, Venezuela	Canada	United States
1984	Royal Hong Kong Golf Club	Fanling, Hong Kong	Japan	United States
1982	Golf Club of Lausanne	Lausanne, Switzerland	United States	Japan
1980	Pinehurst Resort	Pinehurst, North Carolina	United States	South Africa
1978	Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club	Suva, Viti Levu, Fiji	United States	Canada
1976	Penina Golf Club	Portimão, Algarve, Portugal	Great Britain & Ireland	Japan
1974	Casa de Campo	La Romana, Dominican Republic	United States	Japan
1972	Olivos Gulf Club	Buenos Aires, Argentina	United States	Australia
1970	Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro	Madrid, Spain	United States	New Zealand
1968	Royal Melbourne Golf Club	Melbourne, Australia	United States	Great Britain & Ireland
1966	Mexico Golf Club	Mexico City, Mexico	Australia	United States
1964	Olgiata Golf Club	Rome, Italy	Great Britain & Ireland	Canada
1962	Kawana Resort	Itō, Shizuoka, Japan	United States	Canada
1960	Merion Golf Club	Ardmore, Pennsylvania	United States	Australia
1958	Old Course at St Andrews	St Andrews, Fife, Scotland	Australia	United States

Players who have featured in a winning Eisenhower Trophy team and later become leading professional golfers include: Jack Nicklaus, Bruce Fleisher, Tom Kite, Lanny Wadkins, Ben Crenshaw, Curtis Strange, Scott Hoch, Hal Sutton, Michael Campbell, Tiger Woods, Ben Curtis and Luke Donald.

[edit] Win summary

Up to and including the 2006 event, the Eisenhower Trophy has been won by eight different teams.

13 wins: United States
4 wins: Great Britain & Ireland
3 wins: Australia
1 win: Japan, Canada, Sweden, New Zealand, and the Netherlands

The "Great Britain & Ireland" team represents the two separate independent countries of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. This was the designation of the team which played the United States in the Ryder Cup in the 1973, 1975 and 1977 competitions until its expansion into a European team in 1979, and is also the team which plays the United States in the Walker Cup.