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

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.[1]

CountryPlayers
 ArgentinaHoracio Carbonetti, Luis Daneri, Juan Carlos Devoto, Roberto Monguzzi
 AustraliaMike 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
 CanadaKeith 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
 FranceAlexis 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
 JapanTsutomu 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 ZealandGeoff 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 AfricaCoen Dreyer, Johann Murray, Kevin Suddards, Neville Sundelson
 South Korea Michael Han, Kim In-bee, Huh Kwan-soo, Lee Soon-young
 SpainEduardo 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 StatesBen 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

PlaceCountryScoreTo par
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States221-220-210-214=865+13
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Australia215-219-214-222=870+18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) South Africa224-218-214-222=878+26
4 Spain217-220-222-220=879+27
T5 Argentina212-225-224-223=884+32
 New Zealand223-218-221-222=884
7 Great Britain
&  Ireland
218-221-223-226=888+36
8 Canada221-218-228-222=889+37
9 Japan221-228-224-218=891+39
10 France222-227-225-229=903+51
11 West Germany217-227-229-232=905+53
12 Chinese Taipei228-226-227-226=907+55
13 Italy226-227-231-228=912+60
14 Sweden229-226-228-230=913+61
15 Brazil226-238-226-225=915+63
16 Chile241-223-228-224=916+64
17 Netherlands236-235-229-225=925+73
T18 Belgium230-230-226-241=927+75
 Mexico229-234-228-236=927
 Portugal235-230-235-227=927
21  Switzerland235-231-226-237=929+77
22 Colombia233-224-240-233=930+78
23 Malaysia229-233-240-236=938+86
24 Ecuador235-241-242-233=951+99
25 Panama242-237-238-235=952+100
26 Peru235-244-239-239=957+105
27 Bermuda234-242-240-247=963+111
28 Uruguay238-244-249-233=964+112
29 South Korea258-244-238-238=978+126
30 Dominican Republic245-253-243-244=985+133
31 Bahamas253-254-251-249=1007+155
32 El Salvador250-255-254-262=1021+169

Source:[1]

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tony Gresham Australia70-69-73-73=285+1
T2Ben Crenshaw United States74-76-69-68=287+3
Vinny Giles United States72-71-71-73=287
T4Eduardo de la Riva, Sr. Spain72-71-72-73=288+4
Neville Sundelson South Africa75-72-72-69=288
6Mark Hayes United States74-71-71-75=291+7
7Roberto Monguzzi Argentina70-76-73-73=292+8
8Coen Dreyer South Africa77-72-70-75=294+10
T9Michael Bonallack Great Britain
&  Ireland
71-73-75-76=295+11
Charlie Green Great Britain
&  Ireland
74-73-73-75=295
Stuart Jones New Zealand74-71-76-74=295
Ross Murray New Zealand73-71-75-76=295

Source:[1]

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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