The 1990 Eisenhower Trophy took place 25 to 28 October at the Christchurch Golf Club near

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. It was the 17th World Amateur Team Championship for the

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. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 33 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.

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won the Eisenhower Trophy for the first time, finishing 13 strokes ahead of the joint silver medalists, New Zealand and

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with

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and Japan tied for fourth place.

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had the lowest individual score, 2-under-par 286, six strokes better than fellow-Swede

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Teams

33 teams contested the event. Each team had four players with the exception of team

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who only had three.

Scores

Source:

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores. Source:

References

External links

Record Book on International Golf Federation website
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