1980 Eisenhower Trophy

The 1980 Eisenhower Trophy took place October 8 to 11 on the No. 2 course at the Pinehurst Country Club in Pinehurst, North Carolina. It was the 12th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy and the second time the event had been held in the United States, after the 1960 event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 39 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.

1980 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
DatesOctober 8–11
LocationPinehurst, North Carolina
Course(s)Pinehurst Country Club
(No. 2 course)
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72
Length6,960 yards (6,360 m)
Field39 teams
156 players
Champion
 United States
Jim Holtgrieve, Jay Sigel,
Hal Sutton & Bob Tway
848 (−16)
Location Map
Pinehurst Country Club is located in the United States
Pinehurst Country Club
Pinehurst Country Club
Location in the United States
Pinehurst Country Club is located in North Carolina
Pinehurst Country Club
Pinehurst Country Club
Location in North Carolina

United States won the Eisenhower Trophy for the eighth time, finishing 27 strokes ahead of the silver medalists, South Africa. Chinese Taipei took the bronze medal, nine strokes further behind, while Japan finished fourth. Hal Sutton had the lowest individual score, 12-under-par 276, six strokes better than any other player.

Teams

39 four-man teams contested the event.[1]

CountryPlayers
 Argentina Jorge de Ascuenago, Augusto Bruchman, Louis Carbonetti, Miguel Prado
 AustraliaTony Gresham, John Kelly, Jeff Senior, Peter Sweeney
 Austria Uli Berlinger, Max Lamberg, Johann Lamberg, Klaus Nierlich
 Belgium Patrick Bonnelance, Eric Boyer de la Giroday, Oliver Buysse, Thierry Goosens
 Bermuda Brendin Ingham, Noel Smith, Kim Swan, Eric Hav Trott
 Brazil Carlos H. Dluhosch, Roberto Gomez, Rafael Gonzalez, Ricardo R. Rossi
 CanadaGraham Cooke, Stu Hamilton, Greg Olson, Richard Zokol
 Chile Sebastian Aniat, Benjamin Astaburuaga Jr, A. Morales, Felipe Taverne
 Colombia Albert Evers, Jorge Luis Herrero, Ivan Renjifo, Richardo Ronderos
 Denmark Klaus Eldrup-Jørgensen, Christian Pein, Jacob Rasmussen, Anders Sørensen
 Dominican Republic Ramon Baez, Edwin Corrie, Edgar Pichardo, Guillermo Pumarol
 El Salvador Guillermo Aceto, Mauricio Alvarez, José Maria Duran, Jaime Munguia
 Fiji Vera Gounden, Vilikesa Kalou, Vijay Singh, Ulaisai Tabutoci
 France Herve Frayssineau, Alexis Godillot, François Illouz, Thierry Planchin
 Great Britain
&  Ireland
Gordon Brand Jnr, Ian Hutcheon, Peter McEvoy, Ronan Rafferty
 Guatemala Roberto Cottone, Manuel Ortiz, Gustavo Staebler, Alfonso Toledo
 Hong Kong Cam Gribben, Don Innes, Alex Tang, Tang Siu Wing
 India Ashok S. Malik, P. G. Sethi, Lakshman Singh, Vikramjit Singh
 Israel Laurie Been, Leon Eting, Robert Mandel, Neil Schochet
 Italy Andrea Canessa, Marco Durante, Antonio Lionello, Lorenzo Silva
 JapanTatsuhiko Asakawa, Masayuki Naito, Tetsuo Sakata, Fuminori Sano
 MexicoRafael Alarcón, Ignacio de Leon, José Martínez, Carlos Peláez
 Netherlands Carel Braun, Erik Hertzberger, Jaap van Neck, Bart Nolte,
 New ZealandMichael Barltrop, Geoff Clarke, Paul Hartstone, Colin Taylor
 Norway Eric Bjerkholt, Olaf Eie, Asbjørn Ramnefjell, Tore Sviland
 Papua New Guinea Greg Fennell, B. Giles, Tony Gover, Kundi Umba, Jimmy Wu
 Philippines Guillermo Ababa Jr, Eduardo Bagtas, Tomas Manotoc, Frankie Miñoza
 Portugal José Luis Correia, Nuno A. de Brito a Cunha, José Lara de Sousa e Melo, Antonio Dantes Oliveira
 Puerto Rico Elvyn Cordoval, Juan Ramos, James Teale, Carlos Vicente
 South AfricaEtienne Groenewald, Duncan Lindsay-Smith, Wayne Player, David Suddards
 South Korea Byong Hoon Kim, Joo Heun Kim, Myon Kim, Kyong Chul Park
 Spain Eduardo de la Riva, Jesús Moreno, Roman Taya, Alfonso Vidaor
 SwedenPer Andersson, Anders Johnsson, Göran Lundquist, Jan Rube
  Switzerland C.A. Bagnoud, Ivan Couturier, Carlo Rampone, Johnny Storjohann
 TaiwanChang Dong-liang, Chen Tze-chung, Wu Chun-lung, Yuan Ching-chi
 United StatesJim Holtgrieve, Jay Sigel, Hal Sutton, Bob Tway
 Venezuela Armando Cabrera, Carlos Plaza, Luis E. Plaza, Carlos Whaite
 West Germany Hans G. Reiter, Ulrich Schulte, Christoph Stadler, Ralf Thielemann
 Zimbabwe Tony Hatchwell, Hennie Heyns, John Pritchard, Garry Taylor

Scores

PlaceCountryScoreTo par
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States211-211-217-209=848−16
2nd place, silver medalist(s) South Africa219-216-218-222=875+11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chinese Taipei219-221-221-223=884+20
4 Japan223-219-225-220=887+23
T5 Australia231-225-213-221=890+26
 Canada221-221-225-223=890
 Great Britain
&  Ireland
229-217-221-223=890
8 Sweden230-221-223-220=894+30
9 Mexico221-224-228-226=899+35
10 New Zealand229-226-215-232=902+38
11 Spain230-224-224-226=904+40
T12 Argentina227-232-227-231=917+53
 Italy232-223-231-231=917
14 Philippines229-231-231-232=923+59
T15 Brazil230-231-228-235=924+60
 West Germany236-230-220-238=924
17 France229-233-229-235=926+62
18 Colombia240-229-225-233=927+63
19 South Korea223-245-227-234=929+65
T20 Chile236-233-234-232=935+71
 India235-226-233-241=935
 Netherlands233-232-234-236=935
  Switzerland241-232-229-233=935
 Zimbabwe238-235-230-232=935
25 Hong Kong244-229-232-239=944+80
26 Belgium240-232-234-239=945+81
T27 Austria240-233-237-237=947+83
 Denmark240-230-236-241=947
29 Venezuela239-238-232-243=952+88
30 Norway237-240-235-241=953+89
31 Fiji247-239-242-243=971+107
32 Bermuda254-251-237-237=979+115
33 Portugal242-239-247-256=984+120
34 Papua New Guinea256-239-251-245=991+127
35 Israel257-252-243-250=1002+138
36 Dominican Republic251-245-253-254=1003+139
37 Guatemala260-249-248-252=1009+145
38 El Salvador255-257-266-265=1043+179
39 Puerto Rico274-258-273-272=1077+213

Source:[1]

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hal Sutton United States68-69-71-68=276−12
2Chen Tze-chung Chinese Taipei69-70-71-72=282−6
3Jim Holtgrieve United States72-71-72-70=285−3
4Ronan Rafferty Great Britain
&  Ireland
72-70-71-73=286−2
5Bob Tway United States72-71-74-71=288E
T6Tetsuo Sakata Japan73-70-76-72=291+3
Peter Sweeney Australia75-74-69-73=291
T8Masayuki Naito Japan73-74-73-72=292+4
David Suddards South Africa79-72-71-70=292
10Anders Johnsson Sweden72-75-75-71=293+5

Source:[1]

References

  1. "Record Book 1980 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018.

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