1978 Eisenhower Trophy
United States won the Eisenhower Trophy for the seventh time, finishing 13 strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Canada. Australia took the bronze medal, five strokes further behind, while New Zealand finished fourth. Bobby Clampett, United States, had the lowest individual score, one-under-par 287.
After the 1974 Eisenhower Trophy was moved from Malaysia to the Dominican Republic, the 1978 event had been allocated to the Asia/Australasia zone with the 1980 event allocated to the American zone and the 1982 event to the Europe/Africa zone.
Teams
24 teams contested the event. Each team except one had four players. The team representing South Korea had only three.
Scores
Place | Country | Score | To par |
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213-220-219-221=873 | +9 |
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222-222-225-217=886 | +22 |
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222-223-224-222=891 | +27 |
4 | ![]() |
227-219-229-220=895 | +31 |
5 | ![]() |
221-230-228-235=914 | +50 |
6 | ![]() & ![]() |
221-229-238-231=919 | +55 |
7 | ![]() |
230-236-236-221=923 | +59 |
8 | ![]() |
231-240-229-233=933 | +69 |
9 | ![]() |
235-226-242-232=935 | +71 |
T10 | ![]() |
235-239-231-239=944 | +80 |
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238-237-238-231=944 | ||
12 | ![]() |
235-240-236-234=945 | +81 |
13 | ![]() |
245-241-233-230=949 | +85 |
14 | ![]() |
239-245-245-229=958 | +94 |
15 | ![]() |
246-242-235-237=960 | +96 |
16 | ![]() |
239-250-234-240=963 | +99 |
T17 | ![]() |
239-252-240-238=969 | +105 |
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238-243-243-245=969 | ||
19 | ![]() |
247-244-236-245=972 | +108 |
20 | ![]() |
243-251-245-241=980 | +116 |
21 | ![]() |
249-245-248-240=982 | +118 |
22 | ![]() |
252-250-243-240=985 | +121 |
23 | ![]() |
254-243-240-249=986 | +122 |
24 | ![]() |
254-254-245-248=1001 | +137 |
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Individual leaders
There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Bobby Clampett | ![]() |
69-71-71-76=287 | −1 |
2 | Doug Roxburgh | ![]() |
72-74-74-69=289 | +1 |
3 | Geoff Clarke | ![]() |
71-76-72-71=290 | +2 |
4 | Gary Cowan | ![]() |
73-71-77-71=292 | +4 |
5 | John Cook | ![]() |
75-73-73-72=293 | +5 |
T6 | Scott Hoch | ![]() |
70-76-75-73=294 | +6 |
Peter Sweeney | ![]() |
76-73-71-74=294 | ||
8 | Tony Gresham | ![]() |
75-75-77-71=298 | +10 |
T9 | Phil Mosley | ![]() |
76-70-81-72=299 | +11 |
Mikael Sorling | ![]() |
70-76-75-78=299 |
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