2004 Eisenhower Trophy

The 2004 Eisenhower Trophy took place 28–31 October at Rio Mar Country Club in Río Grande, Puerto Rico. It was the 24th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 66 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 River course on the third day and were due to play on the Ocean course on the final day.

2004 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates28–31 October
LocationRío Grande, Puerto Rico
Course(s)Rio Mar Country Club
River and Ocean courses
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72 (River)
72 (Ocean)
Field66 teams
198 players
Champion
 United States
Spencer Levin, Ryan Moore &
Lee Williams
407 (−25)

Heavy rain and lightning caused the final day to be abandoned and the event was reduced to 54 holes. The leading 36 teams had played their third round on the River course while the others played on the Ocean course.[1]

The United States won their 13th Eisenhower Trophy, nine strokes ahead of Spain, who took the silver medal. Sweden took the bronze medal while Canada, Italy and Switzerland finished tied for fourth place. Ryan Moore had the best 54-hole aggregate of 204, 12 under par.[1]

The 2004 Espirito Santo Trophy was played on the same courses one week prior.

Teams

66 three-man teams contested the event.

The following table lists the players on the leading teams.[2][1]

CountryPlayers
 AustraliaJarrod Lyle, James Nitties, Michael Sim
 AustriaMichael Moser, Florian Praegant, Bernd Wiesberger
 CanadaCraig Doell, James Lepp, Richard Scott
 ChileBenjamín Alvarado, Hugo Leon, Santiago Russi
 DenmarkChristoffer Christiansen, Mark Haastrup, Kasper Linnet Jørgensen
 EnglandJames Heath, Matthew Richardson, Gary Wolstenholme
 FinlandAntti Ahokas, Mikko Korhonen, Heikki Mäntylä
 GermanyFlorian Fritsch, Martin Kaymer, Max Kramer
 IndiaVikrant Chopra, Jaskirat Dullet, Amarbir Singh Lehal
 IrelandDarren Crowe, Brian McElhinney, Sean McTernan
 ItalyMatteo Delpodio, Edoardo Molinari, Francesco Molinari
 JapanYuta Ikeda, Kunihiro Kamii, Takamasa Yamamoto
 MalaysiaS. Siva Chandhran, Ben Leong, Sukree Othman
 NetherlandsWil Besseling, Edward de Jong, Wouter de Vries
 ScotlandJamie McLeary, George Murray, Stuart Wilson
 South AfricaNorman Beggs, Matthew Kent, Dawie van der Walt
 SpainRafa Cabrera-Bello, Alfredo García-Heredia, Alvaro Quiros
 SwedenKalle Edberg, Oscar Florén, Alex Norén
  SwitzerlandRoger Furrer, Martin Rominger, Nicolas Sulzer
 United StatesSpencer Levin, Ryan Moore, Lee Williams
 WalesRhys Davies, Nigel Edwards, Gareth Wright

Results
#CountryScoreTo par
1 United States132-136-139=407−25
2 Spain137-139-140=416−16
3 Sweden138-141-138=417−15
T4 Canada143-143-136=422−10
 Italy136-146-140=422
  Switzerland137-142-143=422
7 Wales141-138-144=423−9
T8 England137-146-141=424−8
 Malaysia143-143-138=424
T10 Denmark143-143-139=425−7
 Germany138-145-142=425
T12 Australia142-141-145=428−4
 Japan141-143-144=428
 Netherlands140-147-141=428
T15 Chile143-145-142=430−2
 Finland148-142-140=430
T17 Ireland143-146-142=431−1
 South Africa147-138-146=431
19 India143-148-141=432E
20 Austria145-143-145=433+1
T21 Mexico148-141-145=434+2
 New Zealand150-144-140=434
T23 France148-142-145=435+3
 Philippines143-148-144=435
 South Korea144-144-147=435
26 Portugal141-150-145=436+4
T27 Argentina144-150-143=437+5
 El Salvador140-150-147=437
 Iceland142-147-148=437
 Thailand143-150-144=437
31 Scotland141-150-149=440+8
32 Czech Republic150-145-147=442+10
33 Peru146-145-152=443+11
T34 Bermuda143-150-151=444+12
 Chinese Taipei151-146-147=444
 Norway148-145-151=444
T37 Guatemala146-153-146=445+13
 Pakistan148-153-144=445
 Puerto Rico147-152-146=445
T40 Colombia148-149-149=446+14
 Dominican Republic145-151-150=446
42 Brazil150-147-151=448+16
T43 Belgium148-148-153=449+17
 Bolivia146-150-153=449
 Trinidad and Tobago149-149-151=449
 Turkey146-152-151=449
47 Zimbabwe151-150-149=450+18
48 Ecuador155-148-153=456+24
T49 Panama150-153-154=457+25
 Venezuela149-156-152=457
51 Paraguay156-148-154=458+26
52 Slovenia158-152-149=459+27
53 Barbados158-147-157=462+30
54 Russia157-154-153=464+32
55 Slovakia158-157-151=466+34
56 Hong Kong154-158-156=468+36
57 Costa Rica153-162-157=472+40
T58 Cayman Islands158-162-159=479+47
 Greece160-161-158=479
60 Eswatini168-160-157=485+53
61 Bahamas165-159-162=486+54
62 Estonia161-169-159=489+57
63 Croatia164-161-165=490+58
64 United States Virgin Islands164-163-166=493+61
65 United Arab Emirates162-173-159=494+62
DQ Egypt156-161-DQ

Source:[2]

The leading 36 teams played their third round on the River course with the remaining teams playing on the Ocean course.

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Ryan Moore United States65-67-72=204−12
2Spencer Levin United States70-69-67=206−10
T3Wil Besseling Netherlands68-71-69=208−8
Alex Norén Sweden69-70-69=208
T5Benjamín Alvarado Chile71-69-69=209−7
Nigel Edwards Wales70-67-72=209
Josh Geary New Zealand72-69-68=209
Juvic Pagunsan Philippines69-70-70=209
Nicolas Sulzer  Switzerland66-70-73=209
T10Craig Doell Canada70-73-67=210−6
Florian Fritsch Germany69-71-70=210
Alfredo García-Heredia Spain68-71-71=210
Ben Leong Malaysia72-69-69=210
Francesco Molinari Italy68-73-69=210

Source:[2]

Players in the leading teams played two rounds on the River course and one on the Ocean course.

References
  1. "2004 World Amateur Golf Team Championships Record Book" (PDF). IGF. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  2. "Team/Player Leaderboard". Golfstat. 2 November 2018.
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