# 1996 Eisenhower Trophy

The 1996 Eisenhower Trophy took place 14 to 17 November on the Masters and Legends courses at Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club near Manila, Philippines. It was the 20th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 47 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.
Australia won the Eisenhower Trophy for the third time, finishing 11 strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Sweden. Spain took the bronze medal with Canada in fourth place. Kalle Aitala, representing Finland, had the lowest individual score, 12-under-par 276.

## Teams

47 four-man teams contested the event.
The following table lists the players on the leading teams.
| Country | Players |
| Australia | Jamie Crow, David Gleeson, Jarrod Moseley, Brett Partridge |
| Canada | Robert Kerr, Craig Matthew, Brian McCann, Rob McMillan |
| Finland | Kalle Aitala, Mika Lehtinen, Mikael Mustonen, Pasi Purhonen |
| Great Britain & Ireland | Michael Brooks, Barclay Howard, Keith Nolan, Gary Wolstenholme |
| Japan | Hidemasa Hoshino, Tatsuhiko Ichihara, Hirokazu Kuniyoshi, Takahiro Nakagawa |
| New Zealand | Richard Best, Simon Bittle, Richard Hislop, David Somervaille |
| Philippines | Gerard Cantada, Antonio Lascuña, Reynaldo Pagunsan Richard Sinfuego |
| South Korea | Jang Ik-jae, Kim Joo-hyung, Kim Jong-myung, Seo Jong-hyun |
| Spain | Sergio García, Ivó Giner, José Manuel Lara, Álvaro Salto |
| Sweden | Martin Erlandsson, Chris Hanell, Daniel Olsson, Leif Westerberg |
| United States | Jerry Courville, Jason Enloe, Joel Kribel, Steve Scott |

## Scores

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| | Australia | 203-206-210-219=838 | −26 |
| | Sweden | 205-215-207-222=849 | −15 |
| | Spain | 209-214-207-221=851 | −13 |
| 4 | Canada | 211-207-221-216=855 | −9 |
| T5 | Finland | 204-214-220-221=859 | −5 |
| T5 | Great Britain & Ireland | 203-218-220-218=859 | −5 |
| T5 | New Zealand | 210-213-217-219=859 | −5 |
| T5 | Philippines | 204-216-214-225=859 | −5 |
| 9 | United States | 212-210-215-224=861 | −3 |
| T10 | Japan | 214-223-212-217=866 | +2 |
| T10 | South Korea | 212-220-216-218=866 | +2 |
| 12 | India | 212-212-218-227=869 | +5 |
| 13 | South Africa | 209-226-220-216=871 | +7 |
| 14 | Chinese Taipei | 215-223-218-216=872 | +8 |
| T15 | Colombia | 217-226-221-213=877 | +13 |
| T15 | Netherlands | 212-222-219-224=877 | +13 |
| 17 | Germany | 229-215-218-217=879 | +15 |
| 18 | Austria | 216-227-217-220=880 | +16 |
| 19 | Norway | 210-224-222-226=882 | +18 |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 214-222-217-235=888 | +24 |
| 21 | Venezuela | 221-227-224-218=890 | +26 |
| T22 | Brazil | 220-224-219-229=892 | +28 |
| T22 | Italy | 212-217-231-232=892 | +28 |
| 24 | France | 220-228-230-216=894 | +30 |
| 25 | Belgium | 219-228-235-213=895 | +31 |
| T26 | Hong Kong | 225-219-221-234=899 | +35 |
| T26 | Mexico | 214-226-230-229=899 | +35 |
| 28 | Argentina | 221-230-235-218=904 | +40 |
| 29 | Malaysia | 224-222-237-222=905 | +41 |
| 30 | Denmark | 217-228-235-229=909 | +45 |
| 31 | Switzerland | 222-228-237-223=910 | +46 |
| 32 | Portugal | 219-230-236-227=912 | +48 |
| 33 | Paraguay | 222-239-235-217=913 | +49 |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 231-240-238-222=931 | +67 |
| 35 | Chile | 229-237-238-229=933 | +69 |
| 36 | Costa Rica | 222-238-240-235=935 | +71 |
| 37 | Bermuda | 223-231-249-233=936 | +72 |
| 38 | Puerto Rico | 225-240-250-223=938 | +74 |
| T39 | Bahamas | 225-234-246-236=941 | +77 |
| T39 | Morocco | 228-233-251-229=941 | +77 |
| 41 | Singapore | 231-239-250-228=948 | +84 |
| 42 | Czech Republic | 232-246-253-230=961 | +97 |
| 43 | Papua New Guinea | 240-248-256-231=975 | +111 |
| 44 | Guatemala | 241-250-258-252=1001 | +137 |
| 45 | Russia | 250-255-277-238=1020 | +156 |
| 46 | Estonia | 246-260-277-255=1038 | +174 |
| 47 | Qatar | 266-283-311-275=1135 | +271 |
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## Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Kalle Aitala | Finland | 67-68-72-69=276 | −12 |
| T2 | Takahiro Nakagawa | Japan | 67-73-70-68=278 | −10 |
| T2 | Brett Partridge | Australia | 65-67-70-76=278 | −10 |
| T2 | Seo Jong-hyun | South Korea | 70-69-69-70=278 | −10 |
| 5 | Scott Rowe | Hong Kong | 72-67-67-73=279 | −9 |
| T6 | David Gleeson | Australia | 68-69-69-74=280 | −8 |
| T6 | David Somervaille | New Zealand | 70-67-73-70=280 | −8 |
| 8 | Uli Weinhandl | Austria | 68-76-68-69=281 | −7 |
| 9 | Chris Hanell | Sweden | 68-73-66-75=282 | −6 |
| 10 | Andrew McLardy | South Africa | 67-73-72-71=283 | −5 |
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