Tournament information | |
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Dates | 15–18 September |
Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
Course(s) | Ullna Golf Club |
Format | 72 holes stroke play |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Field | 39 teams 156 players |
Champion | |
![]() ![]() Peter McEvoy, Garth McGimpsey, Jim Milligan & Eoghan O'Connell | |
882 (+18) | |
Location map | |
The 1988 Eisenhower Trophy took place from 15 to 18 September at the Ullna Golf Club near Stockholm, Sweden. It was the 16th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 39 four-man teams, and the best three scores from each round counted towards the team total.
The combined team of Great Britain and Ireland won the Eisenhower Trophy for the third time, finishing five strokes ahead of the silver medalists, the United States. Australia took the bronze medal, finishing eight strokes further back, with Sweden in fourth place. Peter McEvoy, representing Great Britain and Ireland, recorded the lowest individual score at 4-under-par 284, six strokes ahead of Australian David Ecob.[1][2]