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)
Location map
Sporting Club Berlin is located in Germany
Sporting Club Berlin
Sporting Club Berlin
Location in Germany
Sporting Club Berlin is located in Brandenburg
Sporting Club Berlin
Sporting Club Berlin
Location in Brandenburg
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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

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59 four-man teams contested the event.

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

Country Players
  Australia Aaron Baddeley, Scott Gardiner, Brad Lamb, Andrew Webster
  Canada Derek Gillespie, Wes Heffernan, Calvin Kupeyan, Jon Mills
  Denmark Peter Jespersen, Allan Högh Madsen, Søren Müller, Lars Storm
  Finland Mikko Ilonen, Toni Karjalainen, Panu Kylliäinen, Tuomas Tuovinen
  Germany Jochen Lupprian, Tino Schuster, Marcel Siem, Michael Thannhäuser
  Great Britain
&   Ireland
Paul Casey, Luke Donald, Jamie Donaldson, Steven O'Hara
  Italy Edoardo Molinari, Joachim Hassan, Stefano Reale, Massimiliano Secci
  New Zealand Richard Best, Carl Brooking, Gareth Paddison, Reon Sayer
  Sweden Anders Hultman, Pär Nilsson, Carl Pettersson, Rickard Sundgren
  United States Ben Curtis, David Eger, Bryce Molder, Jeff Quinney

Scores

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Place Country Score To par
    United States 207-216-205-213=841 −23
    Great Britain
&   Ireland
213-214-210-220=857 −7
    Australia 213-213-212-220=858 −6
4   Sweden 219-213-210-220=862 −2
5   Germany 218-206-211-230=865 +1
6   New Zealand 216-219-212-219=866 +2
7   Denmark 215-217-209-226=867 +3
8   Italy 219-219-213-220=871 +7
9   Finland 222-209-215-226=872 +8
10   Canada 207-220-214-234=875 +11
11   Netherlands 220-219-213-227=879 +15
12   Colombia 216-219-216-229=880 +16
13   France 216-222-219-224=881 +17
T14   Japan 219-214-221-228=882 +18
  South Africa 211-219-225-227=882
16   Belgium 232-209-216-226=883 +19
17   South Korea 222-217-220-226=885 +21
T18   Argentina 217-215-220-237=889 +25
  Norway 226-218-216-229=889
T20   Chile 221-221-222-228=892 +28
  Chinese Taipei 222-219-224-227=892
  Iceland 220-224-214-234=892
  Switzerland 220-221-221-230=892
T24   India 212-225-223-234=894 +30
  Zimbabwe 226-219-224-225=894
T26   Austria 225-231-216-224=896 +32
  Spain 233-218-218-227=896
  Venezuela 219-227-225-225=896
29   Portugal 232-215-218-232=897 +33
30   Mexico 226-218-225-232=901 +37
31   Slovenia 222-226-229-231=908 +44
32   Philippines 232-225-223-229=909 +45
33   Malaysia 227-225-230-228=910 +46
34   Brazil 232-223-234-222=911 +47
35   Czech Republic 231-224-234-223=912 +48
36   Paraguay 230-222-229-235=916 +52
37   Morocco 232-226-234-235=927 +63
38   Hong Kong 234-233-230-237=934 +70
T39   Pakistan 232-230-238-237=937 +73
  Puerto Rico 233-232-239-233=937
41   Bahamas 224-237-241-242=944 +80
42   Ecuador 238-230-245-232=945 +81
43   Russia 242-243-235-230=950 +86
44   Bahrain 242-233-236-245=956 +92
45   Bolivia 235-231-249-244=959 +95
T46   Guatemala 236-235-248-243=962 +98
  Lebanon 241-236-246-239=962
48   Greece 248-237-236-243=964 +100
49   Bermuda 240-234-243-250=967 +103
50   El Salvador 239-243-254-240=976 +112
51   United Arab Emirates 244-245-241-247=977 +113
52   Costa Rica 248-236-252-246=982 +118
53   Luxembourg 251-244-249-241=985 +121
54   Israel 252-245-249-246=992 +128
55   Tunisia 242-244-257-250=993 +129
56   Latvia 247-252-254-251=1004 +140
57   Croatia 252-254-265-247=1018 +154
58   Estonia 248-248-263-262=1021 +157
59   Slovakia 257-259-271-265=1052 +188

Source:[1]

Individual leaders

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There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Bryce Molder   United States 69-71-65-68=273 −15
2 Paul Casey   Great Britain
&   Ireland
66-69-68-74=277 −11
3 Scott Gardiner   Australia 70-71-69-71=281 −7
4 Stefano Reale   Italy 71-72-68-72=283 −5
5 David Eger   United States 67-73-69-75=284 −4
T6 Ben Curtis   United States 71-73-73-70=287 −1
Tino Schuster   Germany 73-70-70-74=287
T8 Óscar David Álvarez   Colombia 73-75-70-70=288 E
Guido van der Valk   Netherlands 75-73-67-73=288
T10 Luke Donald   Great Britain
&   Ireland
73-73-71-72=289 +1
Anders Hultman   Sweden 71-75-71-72=289
Kim Dae-sub   South Korea 72-75-70-72=289
Søren Müller   Denmark 73-73-68-75=289
Reon Sayer   New Zealand 73-70-70-76=289

Source:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "2000 World Amateur Golf Team Championships Record Book" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
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