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1958 Eisenhower Trophy
The 1958 Eisenhower Trophy took place 8–11 and 13 October on the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. It was the first World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 29 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.

Australia won the Eisenhower Trophy, beating the United States by 222 to 224 in a playoff after both teams had finished on 918. The United States took the silver medal. Great Britain and Ireland finished a stroke behind and took the bronze medal while New Zealand, who led after 54 holes, finished fourth.

The playoff took place on Monday 13 October and followed the same format as the main event with the leading three scores counting. For Australia, Doug Bachli scored 77, Bruce Devlin 72, Bob Stevens 75 and Peter Toogood 75 for a total of 222. For the United States, Charles Coe scored 73, Bill Hyndman 78, Billy Joe Patton 75 and Bud Taylor 76 for a total of 224.

Teams

29 teams contested the event. Each team had four players with the exception of team Republic of China, which were represented by only three players.

Country Players
 Argentina Carlos Bracht, Oscar Cella, Jorge Ledesma, Hugo Nicora
 Australia Doug Bachli, Bruce Devlin, Bob Stevens, Peter Toogood
 Austria Heinrich Harrer, Hugo Hild, Alexander Maculan, Attilio Conte de Smecchia
 Belgium Jacky Moerman, Freddy Rodesch, Paul Rolin, Eric Tavernier
 Bermuda Ronald A. Dwyer, C.H. Ford Hutchings, Richard S.L. Pearlman, George E. Wardman
 Brazil Humberto C. De Almeida, Raul Borges, Joao Barbosa Correa, Silvio Pinto Freire
 Canada Doug Bajus, Bruce Castator, Eric Hanson, Bob Kidd
 China Chang Tung-chang, Jeffrey Koo, Richard Koo
 Finland Jalo Grönlund, Eero Hänninen, Taavi Pohjanpalo, Mauri Vikström
 France Henri de Lamaze, Marius Bardana, Roger Lagarde, Jean-Pierre Hirigoyen
 Great Britain
&  Ireland		 Joe Carr, Reid Jack, Arthur Perowne, Guy Wolstenholme
 Iceland Sveinn Arsaeksson, Magnus Gudmundsson, Hermann Ingimarsson, Ólafur August Ólafsson
 India A.S. Malik, C-I. S. Malik, R.K. Pitamber, P. G. Sethi
 Italy Nadi Berruti, Franco Bevione, Angelo Croce, Alberto Schiaffino
 Japan Kiyoshi Ishimoto, Naoyasu Nabeshima, Ichizo Oguri, Junzo Shibamoto
 Kenya William N.B. Loudon, Alistair J. Robertson, Christopher L.D. Sykes, Peter G. Tait
 Malaya W.J. Gibb, J.C. Hutcheson, J.W.R. Muraille, K.C. MacNair
 Netherlands J.F. Dudok, A.F. Knappert, W. van Moorsel, W.F. Smit
 Norway John Johansen, Kåre Kittilsen, Erik Osland, Einar Wahlstøm
 New Zealand Bob Charles, John Durry, Stuart Jones, Ted McDougall
 Philippines Mel Gana, Alex Prieto, Francisco Reyes Jr, Luis Silverio
 Portugal Manuel de Brito e Cunha, Visconde de Pereira Machado, Duarte Espirito Santo Silva, José de Sousa e Melo
 South Africa Jimmy Boyd, Denis Hutchinson, Arthur Stewart, Arthur Walker
 Spain Juan Antonio Andreu, Duke de Fernán-Núñez, Iván Maura, Luis Rezola
 Sweden Gustaf Adolf Bielke, Gunnar Carlander, Rune Karlfeldt, Bengt Möller
 Switzerland André Barras, Oliviér Barras, Peter Gutermann, John Panchaud
 United States Charles Coe, Bill Hyndman, Billy Joe Patton, Bud Taylor
 Venezuela Jack Alexander Jr, Guillermo Behrens, Jack Corrie, Fernan Frias
 West Germany Werner Götz, Hans Lampert, Jean Phillipps, Erik Sellschopp

Results

Place Country Score To par
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia 244-226-221-227=918 +54
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States 233-232-225-228=918 +54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain
&  Ireland		 227-234-230-228=919 +55
4  New Zealand 236-226-225-234=921 +57
5  Argentina 236-242-232-230=940 +76
T6  Canada 240-241-228-236=945 +81
 South Africa 246-231-229-239=945
8  France 242-240-231-236=949 +85
9  Sweden 251-242-227-237=957 +93
10  Italy 246-239-237-241=963 +99
11  Belgium 245-250-229-240=964 +100
12  Philippines 248-245-239-238=970 +106
13  Spain 249-254-234-237=974 +110
T14  India 244-251-237-249=981 +117
 Switzerland 249-244-243-245=981
16  Bermuda 249-251-240-245=985 +121
T17  West Germany 260-260-241-237=998 +134
 Kenya 253-259-239-247=998
19  Netherlands 250-256-253-246=1005 +141
20  Japan 250-255-244-257=1006 +142
21  Brazil 253-262-249-245=1009 +145
22  Venezuela 264-261-242-248=1015 +151
23  Finland 265-255-242-255=1017 +153
24  Malaya 262-257-252-258=1029 +165
25  Norway 261-262-263-254=1040 +176
T26  China 269-268-260-252=1049 +185
 Portugal 259-269-265-256=1049
28  Austria 268-272-269-262=1071 +207
29  Iceland 273-277-263-271=1084 +220

Playoff scores:  Australia: 222 (+6),  United States: 224 (+8)

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Bruce Devlin  Australia 81-73-74-73=301 +13
Bill Hyndman  United States 79-77-73-72=301
Reid Jack  Great Britain
&  Ireland		 72-77-74-78=301
T4 Bob Charles  New Zealand 74-74-76-81=305 +17
Charles Coe  United States 74-77-76-78=305
6 Henri de Lamaze  France 77-77-75-78=307 +19
7 Luis Silverio  Philippines 75-81-77-75=308 +20
T8 Bob Stevens  Australia 82-77-76-75=310 +22
Peter Toogood  Australia 84-76-71-79=310
Arthur Walker  South Africa 83-74-74-79=310
Guy Wolstenholme  Great Britain
&  Ireland		 76-79-78-77=310

Sources:

References

  1. ^ "Record Book first World Amateur Golf Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy with teams" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 11 February 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. 176–177. 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. 180–183. ISBN 91-86818007.

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