1972 Eisenhower Trophy

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1972 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates18–21 October
Location Buenos Aires, Argentina
Course(s) Olivos Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par71
Length6,684 yards (6,112 m)
Field32 teams
128 players
Champion
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Ben Crenshaw, Vinny Giles,
Mark Hayes & Marty West
865 (+13)
Location Map
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Olivos Golf Club
Location in South America
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Olivos Golf Club
Location in Argentina
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Olivos Golf Club
  1970
1974  

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.

Contents

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]

CountryPlayers
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Horacio Carbonetti, Luis Daneri, Juan Carlos Devoto, Roberto Monguzzi
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Mike Cahill, Terry Gale, Tony Gresham, Noel Ratcliffe
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas Valdo Prosa, Robert Slatter, Basil Smith, Michael Taylor
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Yves Brose, Benoit Dumont, Yves Maham, Fredric Rodesch
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda Brendam Ingham, Lois Moniz, Keith Pearman, Noel van Putten
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Joao Barbosa Correa, Jaime Gonzalez, Ricardo R. Rossi, Carlos A. Sozio
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Keith Alexander, Dave Barr, Doug Roxburgh, Nick Weslock
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Benjamin Astaburuaga Jr, Mauricio Galeno, Ricardo Orellana, Felipe Taverne
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Chen Chien-chin, Fa Hung, Lu Tze-chi, Tsai Lung-tsu
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Diego Correa Gomez, Ricardo Sala, Emilio Saidi Aparicio, Fernando Arriola Sierra
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Jack Corrie, Luis F. Henriquez, Salomom Melgen, Arturo Pellerano
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Carlos M. Cobo, Fernando Fiore, Antony Gittes, Isidro Icaza
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador Guillermo Aceto, Mauricio Alvarez, Henry Daubin, Jaime Munguia
Flag of France.svg  France Alexis Godillot, Roger Lagarde, Philippe Ploujoux, Michel Tapia
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
& Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Michael Bonallack, Charlie Green, Trevor Homer, Hugh Stuart
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Luca Fabrini, Delio Lovato, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Tsutomu Irie, Tetsuo Sakata, Zenjiro Takano, Kazunari Takahashi
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Kwan C. Choo, Jalal Deran, Rashid Mallal, Saad Yusoff
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Enrique Farias, Carlos Perez Acosta, Mauricio Urdaneta, Ricardo Vega
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jaap van Neck, Teun Roosenburg, Piet-Hein Streutgers, Victor Swane
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Geoff Clarke, Stuart Jones, Ted McDougall, Ross Murray
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Francisco Arias, Leo Dehlinger, Anibal Galindo, Jaime de la Guardia
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Guillermo Gamon, Luis Grans, Hector Lali, Alejandro Morales
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Nuno A. de Brito a Cunha, Pedro d'Hommee Caupers, Ricardo H. Soares, José Lara de Sousa e Melo
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa Coen Dreyer, Johann Murray, Kevin Suddards, Neville Sundelson
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Michael Han, Kim In-bee, Huh Kwan-soo, Lee Soon-young
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Eduardo de la Riva, Snr, Jose Gancedo, Nicasio Sagardia, Roman Taya
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Olle Dahlgren, Claes Jöhncke, Jan Rube, Mikael Sorling
Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland Thomas Fortmann, Peter Gutermann, Yves Hofstetter, Martin Kessler
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Ben Crenshaw, Vinny Giles, Mark Hayes, Marty West
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Franci Echeverry ferber, Victor Paullier, Pablo Paullier, Francisco Vidiella
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Freidrich C. Janssen, Jan G. Müller, Veit Pagel, Christian Strenger

Scores

#CountryScoreTo par
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 221-220-210-214=865+13
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 215-219-214-222=870+18
3Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 224-218-214-222=878+26
4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 217-220-222-220=879+27
T5Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 212-225-224-223=884+32
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 223-218-221-222=884
7Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
& Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
218-221-223-226=888+36
8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 221-218-228-222=889+37
9Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 221-228-224-218=891+39
10Flag of France.svg  France 222-227-225-229=903+51
11Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 217-227-229-232=905+53
12Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 228-226-227-226=907+55
13Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 226-227-231-228=912+60
14Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 229-226-228-230=913+61
15Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 226-238-226-225=915+63
16Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 241-223-228-224=916+64
17Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 236-235-229-225=925+73
T18Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 230-230-226-241=927+75
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 229-234-228-236=927
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 235-230-235-227=927
21Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 235-231-226-237=929+77
22Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 233-224-240-233=930+78
23Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 229-233-240-236=938+86
24Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 235-241-242-233=951+99
25Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 242-237-238-235=952+100
26Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 235-244-239-239=957+105
27Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 234-242-240-247=963+111
28Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 238-244-249-233=964+112
29Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 258-244-238-238=978+126
30Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 245-253-243-244=985+133
31Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 253-254-251-249=1007+155
32Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 250-255-254-262=1021+169

Source: [1]

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
1 Tony Gresham Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 70-69-73-73=285+1
T2 Ben Crenshaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 74-76-69-68=287+3
Vinny Giles Flag of the United States.svg  United States 72-71-71-73=287
T4 Eduardo de la Riva, Sr. Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 72-71-72-73=288+4
Neville Sundelson Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 75-72-72-69=288
6 Mark Hayes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 74-71-71-75=291+7
7 Roberto Monguzzi Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 70-76-73-73=292+8
8 Coen Dreyer Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 77-72-70-75=294+10
T9 Michael Bonallack Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
& Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
71-73-75-76=295+11
Charlie Green Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
& Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
74-73-73-75=295
Stuart Jones Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 74-71-76-74=295
Ross Murray Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 73-71-75-76=295

Source: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Record Book 1972 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

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