1966 Eisenhower Trophy

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1966 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
DatesOctober 27–30
LocationMexico City, Mexico
Course(s)
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72
Length7,125 yards (6,515 m)
Field32 teams
128 players
Champion
 Australia
Harry Berwick, Phil Billings,
& Kevin Hartley
877 (+13)
Location Map
Club de Golf Mexico is located in Mexico
Club de Golf Mexico
Club de Golf Mexico
Location in Mexico
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The 1966 Eisenhower Trophy took place October 27 to 30 at the Club de Golf Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the fifth World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 32 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.

Australia won the Eisenhower Trophy for the second time, finishing two strokes ahead of the silver medalists, United States. Great Britain and Ireland finished four strokes behind the United States and took the bronze medal while South Africa finished fourth. Ronnie Shade, representing Great Britain and Ireland, was the leading individual with a score of 283, 5 under par, seven strokes better than from France.

Teams[]

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

Country Players
 Australia Harry Berwick, Phil Billings, , Kevin Hartley
 Belgium Jaques Moerman, Paul Rolin, Fredric Rodesch, Philippe Toussaint
 Bermuda Ford Hutchings, Brendam Ingham, Lois Moniz, Richard S.L. Pearman
 Brazil Humberto C. de Ameida, Robert Falkenburg, Mario Gonzalez Jr, Carlos A. Sozio
 Canada , Gary Cowan, ,
 Chile Guy Barroilhet, Mauricio Galeno, Eric van der Valk, Jaime R. Vergara
 Republic of China Chen Chien-chin, , Hsu Sheng-san,
 Denmark Klaus Hove, John Jacobsen, Nils Elsøe Jensen, Niels Thygesen, Ole Pfeiffer
 Dominican Republic Ramon Baez, Dionisio Bernal, Jack Corrie, Bernardo Pichardo
 France Patrick Cros, Herve Frayssineau, Alex Godillot, Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue
 Great Britain
&  Ireland		 Michael Bonallack, , Ronnie Shade, Peter Townsend
 Guatemala Angel Arturo Casellas, Juan José Hermosilla, Mario Perez, Adolfo Rios
 Iceland Magnus Gudmundsson, Th Kjerbo, O.B. Ragnarsson, Ottar Yngvasson
 India Ashok S. Malik, S.S. Malik, Ashok Mehra, P. G. Sethi
 Italy , , ,
 Jamaica L.L. Delapenha, M.S. Elder, H.E.T. McDonald Jr, I. Sturdy
 Japan , , ,
 Mexico , , ,
 New Zealand , Stuart Jones, Ross Murray,
 Peru Maxwell Cooper, Miguel Grau, Ricardo Hernandez, Fernando de Osma
 Philippines Emil G. Gaston, Manuel J. Gonzalez, Alejandro Montelibano, Luis F. Silverio
 Puerto Rico Richard Bernhard, John Keith Clark, Fred W. Thon, Juan N. Torruella
 Rhodesia Douglas Black, Peter J. Matkovich, Michael J. Reinders, Robert W. White
 South Africa Bobby Cole, , John Fourie,
 Spain Duke of Fernán-Núñez, Alvaro Rezola, José Gancedo, Alvaro Muro
 Sweden Hans Hedjerson, Thure Holmström, Claes Jöhncke, Magnus Lindberg
  Switzerland Otto F. Dillier, Peter Gutermann, Rudolf Müller, Michael Rey
 United States Deane Beman, Ron Cerrudo, Downing Gray, Bob Murphy
 Uruguay Orlin Jacobson, Victor Paullier, Pablo Paullier, Peter Stanham
 Venezuela Jacques Alexander Jr, Fernan Frias Jack Strange, Alirio Yanes
 West Germany , , ,
 Zambia Malcolm Cordukes, John F. Drysdale, Simon Hobday, Ken Treloar

Scores[]

# Country Score To par
1  Australia 214-221-223-219=877 +13
2  United States 226-217-220-216=879 +15
3  Great Britain
&  Ireland		 228-215-223-217=883 +19
4  South Africa 220-222-215-227=884 +20
5  Mexico 230-216-221-222=889 +25
6  Canada 223-222-225-220=890 +26
7  Chinese Taipei 225-224-221-222=892 +28
8  Japan 228-224-226-216=894 +30
9  West Germany 224-228-223-225=900 +36
T10  Italy 230-221-228-226=905 +41
 New Zealand 222-224-229-230=905
T12  France 229-224-225-230=908 +44
 Sweden 226-226-229-227=908
14  Chile 225-230-227-227=909 +45
15  Belgium 232-221-232-227=912 +48
16  Rhodesia 223-234-226-232=915 +51
17  India 221-227-229-239=916 +52
18  Zambia 228-242-227-232=929 +65
19  Brazil 235-230-233-234=932 +68
20  Philippines 229-239-234-236=938 +74
21  Guatemala 231-240-229-239=939 +75
22  Spain 234-230-240-236=940 +76
23  Bermuda 236-239-234-238=947 +83
24  Venezuela 232-239-241-238=950 +86
25   Switzerland 239-240-239-234=952 +88
26  Jamaica 242-236-246-232=956 +92
27  Denmark 237-243-234-243=957 +93
28  Uruguay 242-239-243-234=958 +94
29  Peru 246-239-254-244=983 +119
30  Iceland 262-251-258-253=1024 +160
31  Dominican Republic 268-260-254-251=1033 +169
32  Puerto Rico 272-272-273-253=1070 +206

Source:[1]

Individual leaders[]

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

# Player Country Score To par
1 Ronnie Shade  Great Britain
&  Ireland		 74-69-72-68=283 −5
2  France 71-71-72-76=290 +2
T3 Deane Beman  United States 76-73-73-69=291 +3
 Japan 76-73-73-69=291
5 Bob Murphy  United States 74-71-74-73=292 +4
6 P. G. Sethi  India 75-70-73-75=293 +5
T7 Phil Billings  Australia 72-74-74-74=294 +6
 Italy 76-70-74-74=294
T9 Harry Berwick  Australia 74-75-74-72=295 +7
 West Germany 74-73-73-75=295
Gary Cowan  Canada 75-73-75-72=295
 Mexico 76-71-73-75=295
 South Africa 75-75-70-75=295
 Rhodesia 73-75-75-72=295

Sources: [1][2][3][4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Record Book 1966–67 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 26 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. p. 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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