1994 Eisenhower Trophy
The 1994 Eisenhower Trophy took place 6 to 9 October on the Albatros course at Le Golf National and on La Vallée course at La Boulie near Versailles, France. It was the 19th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 45 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total. Initially each team played one round on each of the two courses. The leading 24 teams then played two further rounds at Le Golf National while the remaining teams played two rounds at La Boulie.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6–9 October |
| Location | Versailles, France |
| Course(s) | Le Golf National (Albatros course) La Boulie (La Vallée course) |
| Format | 72 holes stroke play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 (Albatros) 71 (La Vallée) |
| Field | 44 teams 176 players |
| Champion | |
 United StatesTodd Demsey, Allen Doyle, John Harris & Tiger Woods | |
| 838 (−23) | |
United States won the Eisenhower Trophy for the first time since 1982, finishing 11 strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Great Britain and Ireland. Sweden took the bronze medal with Australia in fourth place. Allen Doyle had the lowest individual score, 10-under-par 277, four strokes better than Warren Bennett.
The 1994 Espirito Santo Trophy was played at Le Golf National one week prior.
Teams
44 four-man teams contested the event.
The following table lists the players on the leading teams.[1]
| Country | Players |
|---|---|
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | Greg Chalmers, Jason Dawes, Brett Partridge, Lester Peterson |
 Austria | Markus Brier, Philipp Mensi-Klarbach, Rudi Sailer, Niki Zitny |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | Jack Boeckx, Didier de Vooght, Nicolas Todtenhaupt, Nicolas Vanhootegem |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | Bryan DeCorso, Stu Hamilton, Rob McMillan, Warren Sye |
 Great Britain&  Ireland | Warren Bennett, Stephen Gallacher, Lee S. James, Gordon Sherry |
 Netherlands | Robert-Jan Derksen, Jeroen Germes, Maarten Lafeber, Michael Vogel |
 New Zealand | Steven Alker, Simon Bittle, Mark Brown, Marcus Wheelhouse |
 Spain | Francisco Cea, Francisco de Pablo, Ivó Giner, Francisco Valera |
 Sweden | Kalle Brink, Eric Carlberg, Freddie Jacobson, Mikael Lundberg |
| United States | Todd Demsey, Allen Doyle, John Harris, Tiger Woods |
Scores
| # | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 208-214-207-209=838 | −23 |
| 2 | Great Britain & Ireland | 213-208-209-219=849 | −12 |
| 3 | Sweden | 210-221-213-211=855 | −6 |
| 4 | Australia | 212-211-210-225=858 | −3 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 218-215-209-218=860 | −1 |
| 6 | Spain | 220-217-210-219=866 | +5 |
| 7 | Belgium | 219-217-216-220=872 | +11 |
| T8 | Austria | 218-212-219-229=878 | +17 |
| Netherlands | 222-217-221-218=878 | ||
| 10 | Canada | 219-220-219-222=880 | +19 |
| 11 |  Japan | 227-215-218-222=882 | +21 |
| T12 |  Brazil | 224-216-227-217=884 | +23 |
 South Africa | 214-218-222-230=884 | ||
| T14 |  France | 227-218-223-219=887 | +26 |
 Zimbabwe | 227-223-219-218=887 | ||
| 16 |  Italy | 221-219-222-226=888 | +27 |
| 17 |  Denmark | 231-219-214-225=889 | +28 |
| 18 |  Germany | 229-223-222-219=893 | +32 |
| 19 |  Norway | 220-219-222-233=894 | +33 |
| 20 |  Finland | 222-220-229-224=895 | +34 |
| 21 |  Argentina | 225-229-221-222=897 | +36 |
| 22 |  South Korea | 230-225-221-222=898 | +37 |
| 23 |  Chinese Taipei | 227-220-223-240=910 | +49 |
| 24 |  Venezuela | 224-231-224-236=915 | +54 |
| 25 |  Mexico | 232-225-221-215=893 | +38 |
| 26 |  Switzerland | 239-222-226-219=906 | +51 |
| 27 |  Colombia | 235-226-222-228=911 | +56 |
| 28 |  Portugal | 231-239-225-220=915 | +60 |
| 29 |  Costa Rica | 230-231-231-227=919 | +64 |
| 30 |  Chile | 236-232-225-227=920 | +65 |
| 31 |  Puerto Rico | 228-231-235-228=922 | +67 |
| 32 |  Peru | ???-???-???-???=??? | +?? |
| 33 |  Czech Republic | 240-234-228-228=930 | +75 |
| 34 |  Philippines | 231-240-234-226=931 | +76 |
| 35 |  Bermuda | 229-229-238-239=935 | +80 |
| 36 |  Iceland | 235-238-232-233=938 | +83 |
| 37 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Hong Kong | 238-238-234-235=945 | +90 |
| 38 |  Morocco | 242-232-240-239=953 | +98 |
| 39 |  Pakistan | 248-250-235-241=974 | +119 |
| 40 |  Guatemala | 249-242-249-237=977 | +122 |
| 41 |  Luxembourg | 261-248-237-246=992 | +137 |
| 42 |  Latvia | 255-247-247-250=999 | +144 |
| 43 |  Israel | 265-249-246-248=1008 | +153 |
| 44 |  El Salvador | 266-256-266-249=1037 | +182 |
Source:[1]
The leading 24 teams played the third and fourth rounds at Le Golf National while the remaining teams played at La Boulie.
Individual leaders
There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allen Doyle | United States | 68-70-69-70=277 | −10 |
| 2 | Warren Bennett | Great Britain & Ireland | 72-68-67-74=281 | −6 |
| 3 | Lee S. James | Great Britain & Ireland | 69-66-72-75=282 | −5 |
| T4 | Mark Brown | New Zealand | 72-69-69-73=283 | −4 |
| Freddie Jacobson | Sweden | 67-73-73-70=283 | ||
| 6 | Tiger Woods | United States | 70-75-67-72=284 | −3 |
| T7 | Francisco Cea | Spain | 69-72-70-74=285 | −2 |
| Jason Dawes | Australia | 70-73-63-79=285 | ||
| Mikael Lundberg | Sweden | 68-72-68-77=285 | ||
| T10 | Simon Bittle | New Zealand | 73-71-70-72=286 | −1 |
| John Harris | United States | 70-77-72-67=286 |
Source:[1]
Players in the leading teams played three rounds at Le Golf National and one at La Boulie.
References
- "Record Book 1994 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 31 October 2018.