2004 Eisenhower Trophy

The 2004 Eisenhower Trophy took place 28–31 October at Rio Mar Country Club in Río Grande, Puerto Rico. It was the 24th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 66 three-man teams. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total. Each team was due to play two rounds on the two courses. The leading teams played on the River course on the third day and were due to play on the Ocean course on the final day.

2004 Eisenhower Trophy

Tournament information
Dates	28–31 October
Location	Río Grande, Puerto Rico 18.2223°N 66.4303°W / 18.2223; -66.4303
Course(s)	Rio Mar Country Club River and Ocean courses
Format	72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par	72 (River) 72 (Ocean)
Field	66 teams 198 players
Champion
United States Spencer Levin, Ryan Moore & Lee Williams
407 (−25)
Location map
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Heavy rain and lightning caused the final day to be abandoned and the event was reduced to 54 holes. The leading 36 teams had played their third round on the River course while the others played on the Ocean course.^[1]

The United States won their 13th Eisenhower Trophy, nine strokes ahead of Spain, who took the silver medal. Sweden took the bronze medal while Canada, Italy and Switzerland finished tied for fourth place. Ryan Moore had the best 54-hole aggregate of 204, 12 under par.^[1]

The 2004 Espirito Santo Trophy was played on the same courses one week prior.

Teams

66 three-man teams contested the event.

The following table lists the players on the leading teams.^[2][1]

Country	Players
Australia	Jarrod Lyle, James Nitties, Michael Sim
Austria	Michael Moser, Florian Praegant, Bernd Wiesberger
Canada	Craig Doell, James Lepp, Richard Scott
Chile	Benjamín Alvarado, Hugo León, Santiago Russi
Denmark	Christoffer Christiansen, Mark Haastrup, Kasper Linnet Jørgensen
England	James Heath, Matthew Richardson, Gary Wolstenholme
Finland	Antti Ahokas, Mikko Korhonen, Heikki Mäntylä
Germany	Florian Fritsch, Martin Kaymer, Max Kramer
India	Vikrant Chopra, Jaskirat Dullet, Amarbir Singh Lehal
Ireland	Darren Crowe, Brian McElhinney, Sean McTernan
Italy	Matteo Delpodio, Edoardo Molinari, Francesco Molinari
Japan	Yuta Ikeda, Kunihiro Kamii, Takamasa Yamamoto
Malaysia	S. Siva Chandhran, Ben Leong, Sukree Othman
Netherlands	Wil Besseling, Edward de Jong, Wouter de Vries
Scotland	Jamie McLeary, George Murray, Stuart Wilson
South Africa	Norman Beggs, Matthew Kent, Dawie van der Walt
Spain	Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Alfredo García-Heredia, Álvaro Quirós
Sweden	Kalle Edberg, Oscar Florén, Alex Norén
Switzerland	Roger Furrer, Martin Rominger, Nicolas Sulzer
Thailand	Chaddanai Choksuwanlap, Pijit Petchkasem, Chinnarat Phadungsil
United States	Spencer Levin, Ryan Moore, Lee Williams
Wales	Rhys Davies, Nigel Edwards, Gareth Wright

Results

Place	Country	Score	To par
	United States	132-136-139=407	−25
	Spain	137-139-140=416	−16
	Sweden	138-141-138=417	−15
T4	Canada	143-143-136=422	−10
	Italy	136-146-140=422
	Switzerland	137-142-143=422
7	Wales	141-138-144=423	−9
T8	England	137-146-141=424	−8
	Malaysia	143-143-138=424
T10	Denmark	143-143-139=425	−7
	Germany	138-145-142=425
T12	Australia	142-141-145=428	−4
	Japan	141-143-144=428
	Netherlands	140-147-141=428
T15	Chile	143-145-142=430	−2
	Finland	148-142-140=430
T17	Ireland	143-146-142=431	−1
	South Africa	147-138-146=431
19	India	143-148-141=432	E
20	Austria	145-143-145=433	+1
T21	Mexico	148-141-145=434	+2
	New Zealand	150-144-140=434
T23	France	148-142-145=435	+3
	Philippines	143-148-144=435
	South Korea	144-144-147=435
26	Portugal	141-150-145=436	+4
T27	Argentina	144-150-143=437	+5
	El Salvador	140-150-147=437
	Iceland	142-147-148=437
	Thailand	143-150-144=437
31	Scotland	141-150-149=440	+8
32	Czech Republic	150-145-147=442	+10
33	Peru	146-145-152=443	+11
T34	Bermuda	143-150-151=444	+12
	Chinese Taipei	151-146-147=444
	Norway	148-145-151=444
T37	Guatemala	146-153-146=445	+13
	Pakistan	148-153-144=445
	Puerto Rico	147-152-146=445
T40	Colombia	148-149-149=446	+14
	Dominican Republic	145-151-150=446
42	Brazil	150-147-151=448	+16
T43	Belgium	148-148-153=449	+17
	Bolivia	146-150-153=449
	Trinidad and Tobago	149-149-151=449
	Turkey	146-152-151=449
47	Zimbabwe	151-150-149=450	+18
48	Ecuador	155-148-153=456	+24
T49	Panama	150-153-154=457	+25
	Venezuela	149-156-152=457
51	Paraguay	156-148-154=458	+26
52	Slovenia	158-152-149=459	+27
53	Barbados	158-147-157=462	+30
54	Russia	157-154-153=464	+32
55	Slovakia	158-157-151=466	+34
56	Hong Kong	154-158-156=468	+36
57	Costa Rica	153-162-157=472	+40
T58	Cayman Islands	158-162-159=479	+47
	Greece	160-161-158=479
60	Eswatini	168-160-157=485	+53
61	Bahamas	165-159-162=486	+54
62	Estonia	161-169-159=489	+57
63	Croatia	164-161-165=490	+58
64	United States Virgin Islands	164-163-166=493	+61
65	United Arab Emirates	162-173-159=494	+62
DQ	Egypt	156-161-DQ

Source:^[2]

The leading 36 teams played their third round on the River course with the remaining teams playing on the Ocean course.

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Ryan Moore	United States	65-67-72=204	−12
2	Spencer Levin	United States	70-69-67=206	−10
T3	Wil Besseling	Netherlands	68-71-69=208	−8
	Alex Norén	Sweden	69-70-69=208
T5	Benjamín Alvarado	Chile	71-69-69=209	−7
	Nigel Edwards	Wales	70-67-72=209
	Josh Geary	New Zealand	72-69-68=209
	Juvic Pagunsan	Philippines	69-70-70=209
	Nicolas Sulzer	Switzerland	66-70-73=209
T10	Craig Doell	Canada	70-73-67=210	−6
	Florian Fritsch	Germany	69-71-70=210
	Alfredo García-Heredia	Spain	68-71-71=210
	Ben Leong	Malaysia	72-69-69=210
	Francesco Molinari	Italy	68-73-69=210

Source:^[2]

Players in the leading teams played two rounds on the River course and one on the Ocean course.