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1972 Eisenhower Trophy

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.

Country Players
 Argentina Horacio Carbonetti, Luis Daneri, Juan Carlos Devoto, Roberto Monguzzi
 Australia Mike Cahill, 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 Keith Alexander, Dave Barr, Doug Roxburgh, Nick Weslock
 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 Alexis Godillot, Roger Lagarde, Philippe Ploujoux, Michel Tapia
 Great Britain
&  Ireland
Michael Bonallack, Charlie Green, Trevor Homer, Hugh Stuart
 Italy Luca Fabrini, Delio Lovato, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva
 Japan Tsutomu Irie, Tetsuo Sakata, Zenjiro Takano, Kazunari Takahashi
 Malaysia Kwan C. Choo, Jalal Deran, Rashid Mallal, Saad Yusoff
 Mexico Enrique Farias, Carlos Perez Acosta, Mauricio Urdaneta, Ricardo Vega
 Netherlands Jaap van Neck, Teun Roosenburg, Piet-Hein Streutgers, Victor Swane
 New Zealand Geoff Clarke, Stuart Jones, Ted McDougall, 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 Coen Dreyer, Johann Murray, Kevin Suddards, Neville Sundelson
 South Korea Michael Han, Kim In-bee, Huh Kwan-soo, Lee Soon-young
 Spain Eduardo de la Riva, Snr, José Gancedo, Nicasio Sagardia, Roman Taya
 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, Marty West
 Uruguay Franci Echeverry ferber, Victor Paullier, Pablo Paullier, Francisco Vidiella
 West Germany Freidrich C. Janssen, Jan G. Müller, Veit Pagel, Christian Strenger

Scores

Place Country Score To par
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 221-220-210-214=865 +13
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia 215-219-214-222=870 +18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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:

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place 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 Eduardo de la Riva, Sr.  Spain 72-71-72-73=288 +4
Neville Sundelson  South Africa 75-72-72-69=288
6 Mark Hayes  United States 74-71-71-75=291 +7
7 Roberto Monguzzi  Argentina 70-76-73-73=292 +8
8 Coen Dreyer  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:

References

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

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