2000 Eisenhower Trophy

The 2000 Eisenhower Trophy took place 31 August to 3 September on the Nick Faldo and Arnold Palmer courses at Sporting Club Berlin in Bad Saarow, Germany. It was the 22nd World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 59 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 on the Arnold Palmer course on the third day and on the Nick Faldo course on the final day.

2000 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates31 August – 3 September
LocationBad Saarow, Germany
Course(s)Sporting Club Berlin
(Faldo and Palmer courses)
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72 (Faldo)
72 (Palmer)
Field59 teams
236 players
Champion
 United States
Ben Curtis, David Eger,
Bryce Molder & Jeff Quinney
841 (−23)

United States won the Eisenhower Trophy for the 11th time, finishing 16 strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Great Britain and Ireland. Australia took the bronze medal with Sweden in fourth place. Bryce Molder had the lowest individual score, 15-under-par 273, four strokes better than Paul Casey.

This was the last World Amateur Team Championship with teams of four; subsequent championships had teams of three with the best two scores for each round counting. It was also the last time that there was a Great Britain and Ireland team. From 2002, England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland (a combined Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland team) competed as separate teams.

Teams

59 four-man teams contested the event.

The following table lists the players on the leading teams.[1]

CountryPlayers
 AustraliaAaron Baddeley, Scott Gardiner, Brad Lamb, Andrew Webster
 CanadaDerek Gillespie, Wes Heffernan, Calvin Kupeyan, Jon Mills
 DenmarkPeter Jespersen, Allan Högh Madsen, Søren Müller, Lars Storm
 FinlandMikko Ilonen, Toni Karjalainen, Panu Kylliäinen, Tuomas Tuovinen
 GermanyJochen Lupprian, Tino Schuster, Marcel Siem, Michael Thannhauser
 Great Britain
&  Ireland
Paul Casey, Luke Donald, Jamie Donaldson, Steven O'Hara
 ItalyEdoardo Molinari, Joachim Hassan, Stefano Reale, Massimiliano Secci
 New ZealandRichard Best, Carl Brooking, Gareth Paddison, Reon Sayer
 SwedenAnders Hultman, Pär Nilsson, Carl Pettersson, Rickard Sundgren
 United StatesBen Curtis, David Eger, Bryce Molder, Jeff Quinney

Scores

#CountryScoreTo par
1 United States207-216-205-213=841−23
2 Great Britain
&  Ireland
213-214-210-220=857−7
3 Australia213-213-212-220=858−6
4 Sweden219-213-210-220=862−2
5 Germany218-206-211-230=865+1
6 New Zealand216-219-212-219=866+2
7 Denmark215-217-209-226=867+3
8 Italy219-219-213-220=871+7
9 Finland222-209-215-226=872+8
10 Canada207-220-214-234=875+11
11 Netherlands220-219-213-227=879+15
12 Colombia216-219-216-229=880+16
13 France216-222-219-224=881+17
T14 Japan219-214-221-228=882+18
 South Africa211-219-225-227=882
16 Belgium232-209-216-226=883+19
17 South Korea222-217-220-226=885+21
T18 Argentina217-215-220-237=889+25
 Norway226-218-216-229=889
T20 Chile221-221-222-228=892+28
 Chinese Taipei222-219-224-227=892
 Iceland220-224-214-234=892
  Switzerland220-221-221-230=892
T24 India212-225-223-234=894+30
 Zimbabwe226-219-224-225=894
T26 Austria225-231-216-224=896+32
 Spain233-218-218-227=896
 Venezuela219-227-225-225=896
29 Portugal232-215-218-232=897+33
30 Mexico226-218-225-232=901+37
31 Slovenia222-226-229-231=908+44
32 Philippines232-225-223-229=909+45
33 Malaysia227-225-230-228=910+46
34 Brazil232-223-234-222=911+47
35 Czech Republic231-224-234-223=912+48
36 Paraguay230-222-229-235=916+52
37 Morocco232-226-234-235=927+63
38 Hong Kong234-233-230-237=934+70
T39 Pakistan232-230-238-237=937+73
 Puerto Rico233-232-239-233=937
41 Bahamas224-237-241-242=944+80
42 Ecuador238-230-245-232=945+81
43 Russia242-243-235-230=950+86
44 Bahrain242-233-236-245=956+92
45 Bolivia235-231-249-244=959+95
T46 Guatemala236-235-248-243=962+98
 Lebanon241-236-246-239=962
48 Greece248-237-236-243=964+100
49 Bermuda240-234-243-250=967+103
50 El Salvador239-243-254-240=976+112
51 United Arab Emirates244-245-241-247=977+113
52 Costa Rica248-236-252-246=982+118
53 Luxembourg251-244-249-241=985+121
54 Israel252-245-249-246=992+128
55 Tunisia242-244-257-250=993+129
56 Latvia247-252-254-251=1004+140
57 Croatia252-254-265-247=1018+154
58 Estonia248-248-263-262=1021+157
59 Slovakia257-259-271-265=1052+188

Source:[1]

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bryce Molder United States69-71-65-68=273−15
2Paul Casey Great Britain
&  Ireland
66-69-68-74=277−11
3Scott Gardiner Australia70-71-69-71=281−7
4Stefano Reale Italy71-72-68-72=283−5
5David Eger United States67-73-69-75=284−4
T6Ben Curtis United States71-73-73-70=287−1
Tino Schuster Germany73-70-70-74=287
T8Óscar David Álvarez Colombia73-75-70-70=288E
Guido van der Valk Netherlands75-73-67-73=288
T10Luke Donald Great Britain
&  Ireland
73-73-71-72=289+1
Anders Hultman Sweden71-75-71-72=289
Kim Dae-sub South Korea72-75-70-72=289
Søren Müller Denmark73-73-68-75=289
Reon Sayer New Zealand73-70-70-76=289

Source:[1]

References

  1. "2000 World Amateur Golf Team Championships Record Book" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 31 October 2018.

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