1986 Eisenhower Trophy
# 1986 Eisenhower Trophy

The 1986 Eisenhower Trophy took place 22 to 25 October at the Lagunita Country Club in Caracas, Venezuela. It was the 15th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 39 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.

Canada won the Eisenhower Trophy for the first time, finishing three strokes ahead of the silver medalists, United States. Chinese Taipei took the bronze medal, a further eight strokes behind with Sweden finishing fourth. Eduardo Herrera, representing Colombia, had the lowest individual score, 5-under-par 275.

## Teams

39 four-man teams contested the event.

The following table lists the players on the leading teams.

| Country | Players |
| - | - |
| Australia | Brad King, Peter O'Malley, Ray Picker, Stephen Taylor |
| Canada | Mark Brewer, Brent Franklin, Jack Kay Jr., Warren Sye |
| Chinese Taipei | Chen Yun-mao, Hsieh Chin-sheng, Lin Chie-hsiang, Lin Chin-cheng |
| Colombia | Fernando Arriola, Fabio Bernal, Alberto Evers, Eduardo Herrera |
| France | Alexis Godillot, Laurent Lassalle, Jean-François Remésy, Jean van de Velde |
| Great Britain & Ireland | David Curry, Peter McEvoy, Garth McGimpsey, Colin Montgomerie |
| New Zealand | Phil Aicken, Michael Barltrop, Glen Goldfinch, Brent Paterson |
| Spain | Eduardo de la Riva, Snr, Luis Gabarda, Borja Queipo de Llano, Roman Taya |
| Sweden | Cristian Härdin, Jesper Parnevik, Johan Ryström, Carl-Magnus Strömberg |
| United States | Buddy Alexander, Billy Andrade, Bob Lewis, Jay Sigel |
| West Germany | Hans-Günter Reiter, Ekkehart Schieffer, Sven Strüver, Ralf Thielemann |

## Scores

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Canada | 208-210-212-208=838 | −2 |
| | United States | 204-210-213-214=841 | +1 |
| | Chinese Taipei | 215-208-212-214=849 | +9 |
| 4 | Sweden | 217-214-216-211=858 | +18 |
| 5 | Australia | 216-225-211-207=859 | +19 |
| 6 | West Germany | 218-217-212-220=867 | +27 |
| 7 | New Zealand | 214-217-218-219=868 | +28 |
| T8 | Colombia | 226-216-212-216=870 | +30 |
| T8 | France | 220-218-213-219=870 | +30 |
| 10 | Spain | 223-216-220-214=873 | +33 |
| 11 | Brazil | 219-214-222-223=878 | +38 |
| 12 | Great Britain & Ireland | 219-217-224-220=880 | +40 |
| 13 | Venezuela | 217-215-222-227=881 | +41 |
| T14 | Denmark | 220-220-217-226=883 | +43 |
| T14 | Japan | 222-218-220-223=883 | +43 |
| 16 | Chile | 222-214-221-228=885 | +45 |
| 17 | Italy | 224-216-218-229=887 | +47 |
| 18 | Mexico | 222-220-226-223=891 | +51 |
| 19 | Greece | 226-229-219-223=897 | +57 |
| T20 | Finland | 227-222-224-227=900 | +60 |
| T20 | Netherlands | 222-228-224-226=900 | +60 |
| 22 | Switzerland | 228-223-229-223=903 | +63 |
| 23 | Trinidad and Tobago | 229-227-232-219=907 | +67 |
| T24 | Argentina | 222-223-234-229=908 | +68 |
| T24 | South Korea | 226-226-227-229=908 | +68 |
| 26 | Paraguay | 230-236-227-226=919 | +79 |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 222-233-229-238=922 | +82 |
| 28 | Austria | 228-233-234-230=925 | +85 |
| 29 | Portugal | 234-239-231-222=926 | +86 |
| 30 | Bermuda | 229-224-244-232=929 | +89 |
| 31 | Peru | 230-240-232-231=933 | +93 |
| 32 | Belgium | 243-228-234-230=935 | +95 |
| 33 | Hong Kong | 233-239-228-238=938 | +98 |
| 34 | Panama | 232-239-237-234=942 | +102 |
| T35 | Costa Rica | 230-236-245-234=945 | +105 |
| T35 | Guatemala | 230-247-231-237=945 | +105 |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 240-232-235-243=950 | +110 |
| 38 | Ivory Coast | 248-237-247-246=978 | +138 |
| 39 | Puerto Rico | 267-258-256-274=1055 | +215 |

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## Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Eduardo Herrera | Colombia | 75-67-68-65=275 | −5 |
| T2 | Mark Brewer | Canada | 70-69-69-69=277 | −3 |
| T2 | Jay Sigel | United States | 66-70-70-71=277 | −3 |
| 4 | Hsieh Chin-sheng | Chinese Taipei | 71-67-69-72=279 | −1 |
| T5 | Brent Franklin | Canada | 68-74-72-68=282 | +2 |
| T5 | Stephen Taylor | Australia | 70-75-70-67=282 | +2 |
| T7 | Buddy Alexander | United States | 70-71-71-71=283 | +3 |
| T7 | Lin Chie-hsiang | Chinese Taipei | 73-71-70-69=283 | +3 |
| T9 | Bob Lewis | United States | 71-69-72-72=284 | +4 |
| T9 | Johan Ryström | Sweden | 73-71-71-69=284 | +4 |

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