1976 Eisenhower Trophy

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1976 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates13–16 October
LocationPortimão, Algarve, Portugal
Course(s)Penina Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par73
Length6,940 yards (6,350 m)
Field38 teams
152 players
Champion
 Great Britain &  Ireland
, Ian Hutcheon,
&
892 (+16)
Location Map
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The 1976 Eisenhower Trophy took place 13 to 16 October at the in Portimão, Algarve, Portugal. It was the tenth World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 38 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.

Great Britain and Ireland won the Eisenhower Trophy for the second time, finishing two strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Japan, who had also been runners-up in 1974. Australia took the bronze medal, three strokes further behind, while team Republic of China finished fourth. Chen Tze-ming from Republic of China and Ian Hutcheon, representing Great Britain and Ireland, had the lowest individual scores, one-over-par 293.

Teams[]

38 four-man teams contested the event.

Country Players
 Argentina Horacio Carbonetti, Louis Carbonetti, , Jorge Ocampo
 Australia Chris Bonython, Tony Gresham, ,
 Austria Max Lamberg, Franz Laimer, Klaus Nierlich, Florian Stolz
 Bahamas Robert Slatter, Brendan Lynch, Basil Smith, Michael Taylor
 Belgium Benoit Dumont, Yves Maham, Fredric Rodesch, Jean Rolin
 Bermuda Brendam Ingham, Blake Marshall, Lois Moniz, Hav Trott
 Brazil Priscillo Diniz, Jaime Gonzalez, ,
 Canada , , Jim Nelford, Doug Roxburgh
 Chile Thomas Boetigger, Michael Grasty, Ricardo Orelana, Felipe Taverne
 China Chen Tze-chung, Chen Tze-ming, Lu Hsi-chuen,
 Costa Rica Ramon Jimenez, Xavier Gonzalez, Enrique Herrero, Arturo Montealegre
 Denmark Lars Jacobsen, Henry Knudsen, Ryan Olsen, Ole Wiberg
 Dominican Republic Jack Corrie, Luis F. Henriquez, José B. Lahoz, Salomom Melgen
 El Salvador Guillermo Aceto, Mauricio Alvarez, José Maria Duran, Carlos M. Guardin
 Finland Patrik Hallamaa, Harry Safonoff, Kari Salonen, Timo Sipponen
 France , Patrick Lemaire, ,
 Great Britain
&  Ireland		 , Ian Hutcheon, ,
 Israel Laurie Been, Jonathan Eting, Barry Mandel, Neil Shochet
 Italy Stefano Betti, Massimo Mannelli, Lorenzo Silva, Giuseppe Sita
 Japan , , , Masahiro Kuramoto
 Malaysia Eshak Bluah, Tan Yee Khanl, Nazamuddin Yusuf, Sahabuddin Yusof
 Mexico Rafael Alarcón, Juan A. Estrado, Roberto Lebrija, José Martinez
 Netherlands Carel Braun, Barend van Dam, Jaap van Neck, Victor Swane
 New Zealand Peter M. Burnley, Alex N. Bonnington, Geoffrey E. Clarke,
 Norway , , ,
 Papua New Guinea John Keating
 Portugal Nuno A. de Brito a Cunha, Pedro d'Hommee Caupers, Jorge Soares, José Lara de Sousa e Melo
 Puerto Rico Carlos Bolivar, Joe Passarel, James Teale, Fred Thon
 Rhodesia , Tony Johnstone, Nick Price,
 South Africa Gavan Levenson, , ,
 South Korea Chang Whan Cho, Mi Rang Kim, Yung Chang Kim, Chong Min Lee
 Spain Santiago Fernandez, , ,
 Sri Lanka W.J. Barsenbach, F.E. Captein, W.P. Fernando, C. Thural Rahaj
 Sweden Hans Hedjerson, , Jan Rube, Mikael Sorling
  Switzerland , , ,
 United States John Fought, Fred Ridley, Bill Sander, Dick Siderowf
 Venezuela Jonathan Coles, Gustavo Larrazabal, Carlos Plaza, Carlos Whaite
 West Germany Jan G. Müller, Veit Pagel, Christoph Stadler, Christian Strenger

Scores[]

# Country Score To par
1  Great Britain
&  Ireland		 219-224-225-224=892 +16
2  Japan 227-220-223-224=894 +18
3  Australia 230-220-220-227=897 +21
4  China 229-221-223-225=898 +22
5  United States 224-229-217-231=901 +25
6  Canada 227-226-225-228=906 +30
7  Sweden 223-229-232-227=911 +35
8  South Africa 219-224-239-230=912 +36
T9  Rhodesia 223-228-226-237=914 +38
  Switzerland 226-227-227-234=914
11  Argentina 230-230-230-232=922 +46
12  New Zealand 224-233-228-238=923 +47
13  France 230-234-233-233=930 +54
14  Mexico 235-236-235-229=935 +59
15  Spain 233-236-238-230=937 +61
16  Brazil 235-234-231-239=939 +63
17  Chile 237-238-232-234=941 +65
T18  Italy 242-235-232-235=944 +68
 Papua New Guinea 239-237-237-231=944
20  Denmark 238-237-233-238=946 +70
T21  South Korea 236-238-239-234=947 +71
 Norway 231-236-235-245=947
23  West Germany 235-230-246-238=949 +73
24  Malaysia 241-233-236-240=950 +74
25  Belgium 231-242-240-242=955 +79
T26  Austria 238-242-244-240=964 +88
 Finland 243-235-242-244=964
28  Netherlands 241-245-244-236=966 +90
T29  Bermuda 242-240-241-251=974 +98
 Venezuela 241-247-243-243=974
31  Portugal 248-241-245-243=977 +101
32  Israel 248-252-250-252=1002 +126
33  Dominican Republic 248-260-252-251=1011 +135
34  Sri Lanka 265-250-248-257=1020 +144
35  Bahamas 254-265-270-253=1042 +166
36  El Salvador 256-266-263-262=1047 +171
37  Costa Rica 256-272-269-281=1078 +202
38  Puerto Rico 274-281-260-264=1079 +203

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

Individual leaders[]

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

# Player Country Score To par
T1 Chen Tze-ming  China 75-69-73-76=293 +1
Ian Hutcheon  Great Britain
&  Ireland		 73-73-76-71=293
T3 Masahiro Kuramoto  Japan 75-71-75-73=294 +2
 Australia 76-70-76-72=294
5  Canada 75-72-75-75=297 +5
T6 Fred Ridley  United States 74-77-70-77=298 +6
 Rhodesia 71-76-76-75=298
T8 John Fought  United States 72-73-76-78=299 +7
  Switzerland 73-73-75-78=299
T10 Jaime Gonzalez  Brazil 77-78-70-76=301 +9
 Great Britain
&  Ireland		 72-76-75-78=301

Source:[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Record Book 1976 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Golf-VM genom åren, VM-resultat genom tiderna" [World Team Championship through the years]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 1988. pp. 168–170, 174–175. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 150–152. ISBN 9172603283.
  4. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 182–185. ISBN 91-86818007.
  5. ^ "VM-Fakta, herrar" [World Championship Facts, Men]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. October 1976. p. 25.

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