The Eisenhower Trophy (World Men's Amateur Team Championships) is the biennial World Amateur Team Championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation . Since the tournament was first played in 1958 , it is named after Dwight D. Eisenhower , the President of the United States at the time, who was a keen amateur golfer. The equivalent competition for women is the Espirito Santo Trophy .
7-497: The International Golf Federation ( IGF ) was founded in 1958 and is the international federation recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the world governing body for golf. The IGF has two membership categories representing the administration of golf internationally: The Federation changed its name from the "World Amateur Golf Council" in 2003 to reflect its transition to governing all of golf. It
14-475: A couple of failed attempts, the International Olympic Committee's executive board approved the reinstatement of golf in the Olympics by a vote of 63 votes to 27 in 2009. The sport was included in the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Olympic Games , and will be included in all subsequent games as a core sport. It was also featured at the early Olympics in 1900 and 1904 . The World Amateur Golf Team Championships
21-543: The rules of golf . Instead, the rules are jointly developed and administered by the United States Golf Association (for the United States and Mexico only) and The R&A (the governing body derived from The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews , the historical codifier of the rules of golf), the two oldest governing bodies in golf history. The globalization of the sport has meant that following
28-652: The teams have been three players with two counting. The 2004, 2010 and 2012 championships were reduced to 54 holes because of bad weather. Players who have featured in a winning Eisenhower Trophy team and later become leading professional golfers include: Jack Nicklaus , Bruce Fleisher , Tom Kite , Lanny Wadkins , Ben Crenshaw , Curtis Strange , Scott Hoch , Hal Sutton , Michael Campbell , Tiger Woods , Ben Curtis and Luke Donald . There were joint silver medalists (and no bronze medalists) in 1982 and 1990. There were joint bronze medalists in 1992, 2002, 2012 (3) and 2016. The "Great Britain and Ireland" team represented
35-547: The trophy. IGF comprises 132 federations from 126 countries The following seven regional association are formed with the IGF National Membership. Eisenhower Trophy The 1958 championship resulted in a tie. There was an 18-hole playoff which Australia won with a score of 222 to the United States 224. From 1958 to 2000 the teams had four players with the best three scores counting for each round. From 2002
42-661: Was founded in 1958 for the purpose of arranging international competitions and it used to organize two World Amateur Team Championships, the Eisenhower Trophy for men and the Espirito Santo Trophy for women. The headquarters of the IGF is located by the shores of Lake Geneva in Lausanne, Switzerland . Unlike most internationally recognized sports federations, the IGF is not responsible for developing, maintaining or administering
49-553: Was started from 1958 and 1964. The Eisenhower Trophy is a biennial world team championship for amateur men golfers. First held in 1958, the event is named after Dwight D. Eisenhower who was the President of the United States at the time. The Espirito Santo Trophy is a biennial world team championship for amateur women golfers. It was first held in 1964, organised by Mrs. Henri Prunaret and Lally Segard , and named after Ricardo and Silvia Espirito Santo, friends of Segard who donated
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