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
37.968°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

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]

CountryPlayers
 Argentina Jorge de Azcuenaga, Jorge C. Ledesma, Roberto Monguzzi, Alberto E. Texier
 AustraliaHarry 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
 CanadaGary Cowan, Jim Doyle, John Johnston, Bob Wylie
 Chile Guy Barroilhet, Francisco Condon, Mauricio Galeno, Eric van der Valk
 Republic of ChinaChen 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
 JapanShoichiro 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
 MexicoJuan Antonio Estrada, Tomás Lehmann, Ernesto Perez Acosta, Victor Regalado
 New ZealandJohn 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 AfricaHugh 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 StatesBruce Fleisher, Vinny Giles, Jack Lewis Jr., Dick Siderowf
 Venezuela Gustavo Kalen, Carlos Raza, Rafael Vaamonde
 West GermanyWalter Brühne, Gerhard Koenig, Christian Strenger, Jürgen Weghmann

Scores

PlaceCountryScoreTo par
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States220-211-216-221=868−8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Great Britain
&  Ireland
218-215-207-229=869−7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Canada225-215-222-223=885+9
4 Australia216-222-222-226=886+10
5 South Africa225-218-220-226=889+13
6 Mexico222-211-232-228=893+17
7 New Zealand224-223-223-225=895+19
8 Chinese Taipei226-224-223-227=900+24
9 Japan228-219-227-234=908+32
10 West Germany229-229-224-228=910+34
11 France227-229-223-233=912+36
12 Argentina226-221-233-236=916+40
13 India231-222-233-239=925+49
14 Malaysia239-224-233-234=930+54
15 Spain232-232-236-239=939+63
16 Italy230-242-229-246=947+71
17 Philippines236-233-233-248=950+74
18  Switzerland234-233-242-245=954+78
19 South Korea238-230-245-243=956+80
20 Papua New Guinea243-235-241-239=958+82
21 Bermuda241-244-237-249=971+95
22 Brazil257-239-239-241=976+100
23 Hong Kong250-244-246-241=981+105
24 Chile247-243-248-245=983+107
25 Libya264-249-251-257=1021+145
26 Venezuela261-276-263-267=1067+191

Source:[1]

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Michael Bonallack Great Britain
&  Ireland
72-72-66-76=286−6
Vinny Giles United States74-68-71-73=286
T3Peter Oosterhuis Great Britain
&  Ireland
70-71-72-76=289−3
Dick Siderowf United States74-69-73-73=289
T5Kevin Donohoe Australia68-75-72-76=291−1
Ernesto Perez Acosta Mexico72-69-72-78=291
7Gary Cowan Canada73-69-72-79=293+1
8Ross Murray New Zealand75-74-72-73=294+2
9Ronnie Shade Great Britain
&  Ireland
76-72-70-77=295+3
T10Ho Ming-chung Chinese Taipei75-74-72-75=296+4
Jack Lewis Jr. United States72-74-72-78=296
Ginjiro Nakabe Japan76-73-71-76=296

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

References

  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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