1968 Eisenhower Trophy

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.

1968 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates9–12 October
LocationBlack Rock, Victoria, Australia
37°58′05″S 145°01′30″E / 37.968°S 145.025°E / -37.968; 145.025
Course(s)Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par73
Length6,946 yards (6,351 m)
Field26 teams
103 players
Champion
 United States
Bruce Fleisher, Vinny Giles,
Jack Lewis Jr. & Dick Siderowf
868 (−8)
Location map
Royal Melbourne Golf Club is located in Australia
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Location in Australia
Royal Melbourne Golf Club is located in Victoria
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Location in Victoria
Royal Melbourne Golf Club is located in Melbourne
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Location in greater Melbourne
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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

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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
  Argentina Jorge de Azcuenaga, Jorge C. Ledesma, Roberto Monguzzi, Alberto E. Texier
  Australia Harry Berwick, Kevin Donohoe, Tony Gresham, Kevin Hartley
  Bermuda Brendam Ingham, Lois Moniz, Llewellyn Tucker, George E. Wardman
  Brazil Robert Falkenburg, Robert Falkenburg II, Lee Smith, Carlos A. Sozio
  Canada Gary Cowan, Jim Doyle, John Johnston, Bob Wylie
  Chile Guy Barroilhet, Francisco Condon, Mauricio Galeno, Eric van der Valk
  Republic of China Chen Chien-chin, Ho Ming-chung, Hsu Sheng-san, Shay Yee-shone
  France Didier Charmat, Herve Frayssineau, Alex Godillot, Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue
  Great Britain
&   Ireland
Michael Bonallack, Gordon Cosh, Peter Oosterhuis, Ronnie Shade
  Hong Kong K.G. Finlayson, C.R. Cribben, A.W.J. Kim Hall, J.D. Mackie
  India Vikram Chopra, Ashok S. Malik, R.K. Pitamber, P. G. Sethi
  Italy Franco Bevione, Stefano Cimatti, Angelo Croce, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva
  Japan Shoichiro Maeda, Shinji Morikawa, Ginjiro Nakabe, Kenichi Yamada
  Libya Milad Gamudi, Abdul Afi Sadek, Hadi Sasi, Abdalla Zguzi
  Malaysia Zainal Abidin, Kwan C. Choo, Darwis Deren, Jalal Deran
  Mexico Juan Antonio Estrada, Tomás Lehmann, Ernesto Perez Acosta, Victor Regalado
  New Zealand John Durry, Ted McDougall, Ross Murray, Bruce Stevens
  Papua New Guinea Wayne Brittain, John Keating, Ian Trevena, John Wilkinson
  Philippines Emil G. Gaston,Nini Lizares, José M. Santos, Luis F. Silverio
  South Africa Hugh Baiocchi, Comrie du Toit, John Fourie, Dave Symons
  South Korea Yuong Chang Kim, Kyo Won Lee, Moon Koo Lee, Yung Jun Park
  Spain Santiago Fernandez, José Gancedo, Alvaro Muro, Roman Taya
  Switzerland Gilles Bagnoud, Peter Gutermann, Anton Matti, Peter Müller
  United States Bruce Fleisher, Vinny Giles, Jack Lewis Jr., Dick Siderowf
  Venezuela Gustavo Kalen, Carlos Raza, Rafael Vaamonde
  West Germany Walter Brühne, Gerhard Koenig, Christian Strenger, Jürgen Weghmann

Scores

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Place Country Score To par
    United States 220-211-216-221=868 −8
    Great Britain
&   Ireland
218-215-207-229=869 −7
    Canada 225-215-222-223=885 +9
4   Australia 216-222-222-226=886 +10
5   South Africa 225-218-220-226=889 +13
6   Mexico 222-211-232-228=893 +17
7   New Zealand 224-223-223-225=895 +19
8   Chinese Taipei 226-224-223-227=900 +24
9   Japan 228-219-227-234=908 +32
10   West Germany 229-229-224-228=910 +34
11   France 227-229-223-233=912 +36
12   Argentina 226-221-233-236=916 +40
13   India 231-222-233-239=925 +49
14   Malaysia 239-224-233-234=930 +54
15   Spain 232-232-236-239=939 +63
16   Italy 230-242-229-246=947 +71
17   Philippines 236-233-233-248=950 +74
18   Switzerland 234-233-242-245=954 +78
19   South Korea 238-230-245-243=956 +80
20   Papua New Guinea 243-235-241-239=958 +82
21   Bermuda 241-244-237-249=971 +95
22   Brazil 257-239-239-241=976 +100
23   Hong Kong 250-244-246-241=981 +105
24   Chile 247-243-248-245=983 +107
25   Libya 264-249-251-257=1021 +145
26   Venezuela 261-276-263-267=1067 +191

Source:[1]

Individual leaders

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There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Michael Bonallack   Great Britain
&   Ireland
72-72-66-76=286 −6
Vinny Giles   United States 74-68-71-73=286
T3 Peter Oosterhuis   Great Britain
&   Ireland
70-71-72-76=289 −3
Dick Siderowf   United States 74-69-73-73=289
T5 Kevin Donohoe   Australia 68-75-72-76=291 −1
Ernesto Perez Acosta   Mexico 72-69-72-78=291
7 Gary Cowan   Canada 73-69-72-79=293 +1
8 Ross Murray   New Zealand 75-74-72-73=294 +2
9 Ronnie Shade   Great Britain
&   Ireland
76-72-70-77=295 +3
T10 Ho Ming-chung   Chinese Taipei 75-74-72-75=296 +4
Jack Lewis Jr.   United States 72-74-72-78=296
Ginjiro Nakabe   Japan 76-73-71-76=296

Source:[1][2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 150–152. ISBN 9172603283.
  3. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 180–183. ISBN 91-86818007.
  4. ^ "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.
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