1968 Eisenhower Trophy

1968 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates	9–12 October
Standort	Black Rock, Victoria, Australien; 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
	Vereinigte Staaten; Bruce Fleisher, Vinny Giles,; Jack Lewis Jr. & Dick Siderowf
	868 (−8)
Location map
	Royal Melbourne Golf Club Location in Australia Royal Melbourne Golf Club Location in Victoria Royal Melbourne Golf Club Location in greater Melbourne
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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

26 teams contested the event. Each team had four players with the exception of Venuezela who were represented by only three players.^[1]

Land	Players
Argentinien	Jorge de Azcuenaga, Jorge C. Ledesma, Roberto Monguzzi, Alberto E. Texier
Australien	Harry Berwick, Kevin Donohoe, Tony Gresham, Kevin Hartley
Bermuda	Brendam Ingham, Lois Moniz, Llewellyn Tucker, George E. Wardman
Brasilien	Robert Falkenburg, Robert Falkenburg II, Lee Smith, Carlos A. Sozio
Kanada	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
Frankreich	Didier Charmat, Herve Frayssineau, Alex Godillot, Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue
Great Britain & Irland	Michael Bonallack, Gordon Cosh, Peter Oosterhuis, Ronnie Shade
Hongkong	K.G. Finlayson, C.R. Cribben, A.W.J. Kim Hall, J.D. Mackie
Indien	Vikram Chopra, Ashok S. Malik, R.K. Pitamber, P. G. Sethi
Italien	Franco Bevione, Stefano Cimatti, Angelo Croce, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva
Japan	Shoichiro Maeda, Shinji Morikawa, Ginjiro Nakabe, Kenichi Yamada
Libyen	Milad Gamudi, Abdul Afi Sadek, Hadi Sasi, Abdalla Zguzi
Malaysia	Zainal Abidin, Kwan C. Choo, Darwis Deren, Jalal Deran
Mexiko	Juan Antonio Estrada, Tomás Lehmann, Ernesto Perez Acosta, Victor Regalado
Neuseeland	John Durry, Ted McDougall, Ross Murray, Bruce Stevens
Papua-Neuguinea	Wayne Brittain, John Keating, Ian Trevena, John Wilkinson
Philippinen	Emil G. Gaston,Nini Lizares, José M. Santos, Luis F. Silverio
Südafrika	Hugh Baiocchi, Comrie du Toit, John Fourie, Dave Symons
Südkorea	Yuong Chang Kim, Kyo Won Lee, Moon Koo Lee, Yung Jun Park
Spanien	Santiago Fernandez, José Gancedo, Alvaro Muro, Roman Taya
Schweiz	Gilles Bagnoud, Peter Gutermann, Anton Matti, Peter Müller
Vereinigte Staaten	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

Place	Land	Score	To par
	Vereinigte Staaten	220-211-216-221=868	−8
	Great Britain & Irland	218-215-207-229=869	−7
	Kanada	225-215-222-223=885	+9
4	Australien	216-222-222-226=886	+10
5	Südafrika	225-218-220-226=889	+13
6	Mexiko	222-211-232-228=893	+17
7	Neuseeland	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	Frankreich	227-229-223-233=912	+36
12	Argentinien	226-221-233-236=916	+40
13	Indien	231-222-233-239=925	+49
14	Malaysia	239-224-233-234=930	+54
15	Spanien	232-232-236-239=939	+63
16	Italien	230-242-229-246=947	+71
17	Philippinen	236-233-233-248=950	+74
18	Schweiz	234-233-242-245=954	+78
19	Südkorea	238-230-245-243=956	+80
20	Papua-Neuguinea	243-235-241-239=958	+82
21	Bermuda	241-244-237-249=971	+95
22	Brasilien	257-239-239-241=976	+100
23	Hongkong	250-244-246-241=981	+105
24	Chile	247-243-248-245=983	+107
25	Libyen	264-249-251-257=1021	+145
26	Venezuela	261-276-263-267=1067	+191

Source:^[1]

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

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

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

References

^ ^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.

External links

World Amateur Team Championships on International Golf Federation website

[results-1] "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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