1972 Eisenhower Trophy

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1972 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates18–21 October
LocationBuenos Aires, Argentina
Course(s)
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par71
Length6,684 yards (6,112 m)
Field32 teams
128 players
Champion
 United States
Ben Crenshaw, Vinny Giles,
Mark Hayes &
865 (+13)
Location Map
Olivos Golf Club is located in South America
Olivos Golf Club
Olivos Golf Club
Location in South America
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The 1972 Eisenhower Trophy took place 18 to 21 October at the Olivos Golf Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the eighth 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.

The United States won the Eisenhower Trophy for the third successive time, finishing five strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Australia. South Africa took the bronze medal while Spain finished fourth. Tony Gresham from Australia had the lowest individual score, one-over-par 285, two strokes better than two Americans, Ben Crenshaw and Vinny Giles.

Teams[]

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

Country Players
 Argentina Horacio Carbonetti, , ,
 Australia , Terry Gale, Tony Gresham, Noel Ratcliffe
 Bahamas Valdo Prosa, Robert Slatter, Basil Smith, Michael Taylor
 Belgium Yves Brose, Benoit Dumont, Yves Maham, Fredric Rodesch
 Bermuda Brendam Ingham, Lois Moniz, Keith Pearman, Noel van Putten
 Brazil Joao Barbosa Correa, Jaime Gonzalez, Ricardo R. Rossi, Carlos A. Sozio
 Canada , Dave Barr, Doug Roxburgh,
 Chile Benjamin Astaburuaga Jr, Mauricio Galeno, Ricardo Orellana, Felipe Taverne
 Chinese Taipei Chen Chien-chin, Fa Hung, Lu Tze-chi, Tsai Lung-tsu
 Colombia Diego Correa Gomez, Ricardo Sala, Emilio Saidi Aparicio, Fernando Arriola Sierra
 Dominican Republic Jack Corrie, Luis F. Henriquez, Salomom Melgen, Arturo Pellerano
 Ecuador Carlos M. Cobo, Fernando Fiore, Antony Gittes, Isidro Icaza
 El Salvador Guillermo Aceto, Mauricio Alvarez, Henry Daubin, Jaime Munguia
 France , , ,
 Great Britain
&  Ireland		 Michael Bonallack, Charlie Green, ,
 Italy Luca Fabrini, Delio Lovato, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva
 Japan Tsutomu Irie, , ,
 Malaysia Kwan C. Choo, Jalal Deran, Rashid Mallal, Saad Yusoff
 Mexico , Carlos Perez Acosta, Mauricio Urdaneta, Ricardo Vega
 Netherlands Jaap van Neck, Teun Roosenburg, Piet-Hein Streutgers, Victor Swane
 New Zealand , Stuart Jones, , Ross Murray
 Panama Francisco Arias, Leo Dehlinger, Anibal Galindo, Jaime de la Guardia
 Peru Guillermo Gamon, Luis Grans, Hector Lali, Alejandro Morales
 Portugal Nuno A. de Brito a Cunha, Pedro d'Hommee Caupers, Ricardo H. Soares, José Lara de Sousa e Melo
 South Africa , , ,
 South Korea Michael Han, Kim In-bee, Huh Kwan-soo, Lee Soon-young
 Spain , , ,
 Sweden Olle Dahlgren, Claes Jöhncke, Jan Rube, Mikael Sorling
  Switzerland Thomas Fortmann, Peter Gutermann, Yves Hofstetter, Martin Kessler
 United States Ben Crenshaw, Vinny Giles, Mark Hayes,
 Uruguay Franci Echeverry ferber, Victor Paullier, Pablo Paullier, Francisco Vidiella
 West Germany Freidrich C. Janssen, Jan G. Müller, Veit Pagel, Christian Strenger

Scores[]

# Country Score To par
1  United States 221-220-210-214=865 +13
2  Australia 215-219-214-222=870 +18
3  South Africa 224-218-214-222=878 +26
4  Spain 217-220-222-220=879 +27
T5  Argentina 212-225-224-223=884 +32
 New Zealand 223-218-221-222=884
7  Great Britain
&  Ireland		 218-221-223-226=888 +36
8  Canada 221-218-228-222=889 +37
9  Japan 221-228-224-218=891 +39
10  France 222-227-225-229=903 +51
11  West Germany 217-227-229-232=905 +53
12  Chinese Taipei 228-226-227-226=907 +55
13  Italy 226-227-231-228=912 +60
14  Sweden 229-226-228-230=913 +61
15  Brazil 226-238-226-225=915 +63
16  Chile 241-223-228-224=916 +64
17  Netherlands 236-235-229-225=925 +73
T18  Belgium 230-230-226-241=927 +75
 Mexico 229-234-228-236=927
 Portugal 235-230-235-227=927
21   Switzerland 235-231-226-237=929 +77
22  Colombia 233-224-240-233=930 +78
23  Malaysia 229-233-240-236=938 +86
24  Ecuador 235-241-242-233=951 +99
25  Panama 242-237-238-235=952 +100
26  Peru 235-244-239-239=957 +105
27  Bermuda 234-242-240-247=963 +111
28  Uruguay 238-244-249-233=964 +112
29  South Korea 258-244-238-238=978 +126
30  Dominican Republic 245-253-243-244=985 +133
31  Bahamas 253-254-251-249=1007 +155
32  El Salvador 250-255-254-262=1021 +169

Source:[1]

Individual leaders[]

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

# Player Country Score To par
1 Tony Gresham  Australia 70-69-73-73=285 +1
T2 Ben Crenshaw  United States 74-76-69-68=287 +3
Vinny Giles  United States 72-71-71-73=287
T4  Spain 72-71-72-73=288 +4
 South Africa 75-72-72-69=288
6 Mark Hayes  United States 74-71-71-75=291 +7
7  Argentina 70-76-73-73=292 +8
8  South Africa 77-72-70-75=294 +10
T9 Michael Bonallack  Great Britain
&  Ireland		 71-73-75-76=295 +11
Charlie Green  Great Britain
&  Ireland		 74-73-73-75=295
Stuart Jones  New Zealand 74-71-76-74=295
Ross Murray  New Zealand 73-71-75-76=295

Source:[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Record Book 1972 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

External links[]

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