1968 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 9–12 October |
Location | Black Rock, Victoria, Australia 37°58′05″S 145°01′30″E / 37.968°S 145.025°E |
Course(s) | Royal Melbourne Golf Club |
Format | 72 holes stroke play |
Statistics | |
Par | 73 |
Length | 6,946 yards (6,351 m) |
Field | 26 teams 103 players |
Champion | |
Bruce Fleisher, Vinny Giles, Jack Lewis Jr. & Dick Siderowf | |
868 (−8) | |
Location map | |
The 1968 Eisenhower Trophy took place 9 to 12 October at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Black Rock, Victoria, Australia. It was the sixth World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 26 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.
The United States won the Eisenhower Trophy for the third time, finishing a strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Great Britain and Ireland. Canada took the bronze medal while Australia finished fourth. Michael Bonallack and Vinny Giles had the lowest individual scores, six-under-par 286.
Great Britain and Ireland led by 7 strokes after three rounds but the Americans scored 73, 73 and 75 in the final round to Great Britain and Irelands 76, 76, and 77 to win by a stroke. At the last hole, Ronnie Shade missed a 6-foot putt, after which Dick Siderowf holed from 3 feet to give the United States the victory.
Teams
[edit]26 teams contested the event. Each team had four players with the exception of Venuezela who were represented by only three players.[1]
Country | Players |
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Jorge de Azcuenaga, Jorge C. Ledesma, Roberto Monguzzi, Alberto E. Texier | |
Harry Berwick, Kevin Donohoe, Tony Gresham, Kevin Hartley | |
Brendam Ingham, Lois Moniz, Llewellyn Tucker, George E. Wardman | |
Robert Falkenburg, Robert Falkenburg II, Lee Smith, Carlos A. Sozio | |
Gary Cowan, Jim Doyle, John Johnston, Bob Wylie | |
Guy Barroilhet, Francisco Condon, Mauricio Galeno, Eric van der Valk | |
Chen Chien-chin, Ho Ming-chung, Hsu Sheng-san, Shay Yee-shone | |
Didier Charmat, Herve Frayssineau, Alex Godillot, Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue | |
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Michael Bonallack, Gordon Cosh, Peter Oosterhuis, Ronnie Shade |
K.G. Finlayson, C.R. Cribben, A.W.J. Kim Hall, J.D. Mackie | |
Vikram Chopra, Ashok S. Malik, R.K. Pitamber, P. G. Sethi | |
Franco Bevione, Stefano Cimatti, Angelo Croce, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva | |
Shoichiro Maeda, Shinji Morikawa, Ginjiro Nakabe, Kenichi Yamada | |
Milad Gamudi, Abdul Afi Sadek, Hadi Sasi, Abdalla Zguzi | |
Zainal Abidin, Kwan C. Choo, Darwis Deren, Jalal Deran | |
Juan Antonio Estrada, Tomás Lehmann, Ernesto Perez Acosta, Victor Regalado | |
John Durry, Ted McDougall, Ross Murray, Bruce Stevens | |
Wayne Brittain, John Keating, Ian Trevena, John Wilkinson | |
Emil G. Gaston,Nini Lizares, José M. Santos, Luis F. Silverio | |
Hugh Baiocchi, Comrie du Toit, John Fourie, Dave Symons | |
Yuong Chang Kim, Kyo Won Lee, Moon Koo Lee, Yung Jun Park | |
Santiago Fernandez, José Gancedo, Alvaro Muro, Roman Taya | |
Gilles Bagnoud, Peter Gutermann, Anton Matti, Peter Müller | |
Bruce Fleisher, Vinny Giles, Jack Lewis Jr., Dick Siderowf | |
Gustavo Kalen, Carlos Raza, Rafael Vaamonde | |
Walter Brühne, Gerhard Koenig, Christian Strenger, Jürgen Weghmann |
Scores
[edit]Place | Country | Score | To par |
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220-211-216-221=868 | −8 | ||
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218-215-207-229=869 | −7 | |
225-215-222-223=885 | +9 | ||
4 | 216-222-222-226=886 | +10 | |
5 | 225-218-220-226=889 | +13 | |
6 | 222-211-232-228=893 | +17 | |
7 | 224-223-223-225=895 | +19 | |
8 | 226-224-223-227=900 | +24 | |
9 | 228-219-227-234=908 | +32 | |
10 | 229-229-224-228=910 | +34 | |
11 | 227-229-223-233=912 | +36 | |
12 | 226-221-233-236=916 | +40 | |
13 | 231-222-233-239=925 | +49 | |
14 | 239-224-233-234=930 | +54 | |
15 | 232-232-236-239=939 | +63 | |
16 | 230-242-229-246=947 | +71 | |
17 | 236-233-233-248=950 | +74 | |
18 | 234-233-242-245=954 | +78 | |
19 | 238-230-245-243=956 | +80 | |
20 | 243-235-241-239=958 | +82 | |
21 | 241-244-237-249=971 | +95 | |
22 | 257-239-239-241=976 | +100 | |
23 | 250-244-246-241=981 | +105 | |
24 | 247-243-248-245=983 | +107 | |
25 | 264-249-251-257=1021 | +145 | |
26 | 261-276-263-267=1067 | +191 |
Source:[1]
Individual leaders
[edit]There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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T1 | Michael Bonallack | & |
72-72-66-76=286 | −6 |
Vinny Giles | 74-68-71-73=286 | |||
T3 | Peter Oosterhuis | & |
70-71-72-76=289 | −3 |
Dick Siderowf | 74-69-73-73=289 | |||
T5 | Kevin Donohoe | 68-75-72-76=291 | −1 | |
Ernesto Perez Acosta | 72-69-72-78=291 | |||
7 | Gary Cowan | 73-69-72-79=293 | +1 | |
8 | Ross Murray | 75-74-72-73=294 | +2 | |
9 | Ronnie Shade | & |
76-72-70-77=295 | +3 |
T10 | Ho Ming-chung | 75-74-72-75=296 | +4 | |
Jack Lewis Jr. | 72-74-72-78=296 | |||
Ginjiro Nakabe | 76-73-71-76=296 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Record Book 1968–69 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 150–152. ISBN 9172603283.
- ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 180–183. ISBN 91-86818007.
- ^ "Golf-VM genom åren, VM-resultat genom tiderna" [World Team Championship through the years]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 1988. pp. 176–177. Retrieved 29 December 2020.