1968 Eisenhower Trophy

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1968 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates9–12 October
LocationBlack Rock, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates: 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,
& Dick Siderowf
868 (−8)
Location Map
Royal Melbourne Golf Club is located in Australia
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
Royal Melbourne Golf Club
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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]

Country Players
 Argentina Jorge de Azcuenaga, Jorge C. Ledesma, Roberto Monguzzi, Alberto E. Texier
 Australia Harry Berwick, , 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, , ,
 Chile Guy Barroilhet, Francisco Condon, Mauricio Galeno, Eric van der Valk
 Republic of China Chen Chien-chin, , Hsu Sheng-san,
 France Didier Charmat, Herve Frayssineau, Alex Godillot, Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue
 Great Britain
&  Ireland		 Michael Bonallack, , 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 , Stefano Cimatti, , ,
 Japan , , , Kenichi Yamada
 Libya Milad Gamudi, Abdul Afi Sadek, Hadi Sasi, Abdalla Zguzi
 Malaysia Zainal Abidin, Kwan C. Choo, Darwis Deren, Jalal Deran
 Mexico , , Ernesto Perez Acosta, Victor Regalado
 New Zealand , , Ross Murray,
 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, , John Fourie,
 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, , Dick Siderowf
 Venezuela Gustavo Kalen, Carlos Raza, Rafael Vaamonde
 West Germany , , ,

Scores[]

# Country Score To par
1  United States 220-211-216-221=868 −8
2  Great Britain
&  Ireland		 218-215-207-229=869 −7
3  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[]

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

# 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  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  Chinese Taipei 75-74-72-75=296 +4
 United States 72-74-72-78=296
 Japan 76-73-71-76=296

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

References[]

  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. 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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