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8 unusual facts about Eisenhower Trophy


Aaron Baddeley

He was the youngest player ever to represent Australia in the Eisenhower Trophy and he won the Holden Australian Open as an amateur in 1999 and retained his title in 2000, by which time he had turned professional.

Bruce Devlin

Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia): 1958 (team winners and individual winner, tie), 1960

Bryden Macpherson

In 2010, he represented his country for the Eisenhower Trophy, the premier world amateur team golf championship.

Gordon Brand, Jnr

Eisenhower Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1978, 1980

Guido van der Valk

After a successful amateur career, which included representing his country at the Eisenhower Trophy, van der Valk turned down several college offers to turn professional in 2002.

JB Hansen

He took up golf at the age of 12 enjoyed a successful amateur career which culminated with representing his country, and winning the individual medal honours, in the 2010 Eisenhower Trophy.

Martin Erlandsson

Erlandsson was a top amateur golfer, representing Sweden in the 1996 Eisenhower Trophy before turning professional the following year.

Ricky Barnes

Barnes and Mahan would share the 2003 Ben Hogan Award and would lead the United States to victory at the 2002 Eisenhower Trophy.


Golf Canada

Other International events the RCGA has been much involved in are the World Amateur Team Matches for the Eisenhower Trophy, since 1958: winning in 1986, placing second in 1962, 1964, 1978, and 2006, and hosting these “Olympics” of golf in 1992; the Commonwealth Matches, won by Canada in 1971 and 1975, discontinued in 1975; and the Simon Bolivar Biennial Tournament, won in 1981 by Doug Roxburgh and Gary Cowan representing Canada.


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