1984 Eisenhower Trophy

The 1984 Eisenhower Trophy took place 30 October to 2 November at the Royal Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling, Hong Kong. It was the 14th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 38 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.

1984 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates30 October – 2 November
LocationFanling, Hong Kong
Course(s)Royal Hong Kong Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72
Length6,757 yards (6,179 m)
Field38 teams
152 players
Champion
 Japan
Kazuhiko Kato, Noriaki Kimura,
Kiyotaka Oie & Tetsuo Sakata
870 (+6)
Location map
Royal Hong Kong Golf Club is located in China
Royal Hong Kong Golf Club
Royal Hong Kong Golf Club
Location in East Asia
Royal Hong Kong Golf Club is located in Hong Kong
Royal Hong Kong Golf Club
Royal Hong Kong Golf Club
Location in Hong Kong
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Japan won the Eisenhower Trophy for the first time, finishing seven strokes ahead of the silver medalists, United States. The Philippines took the bronze medal, a further two strokes behind with Great Britain and Ireland finishing fourth. The United States had a poor second round, scoring 234 to Japan's 214, and were unable to catch the Japanese in the final two rounds. Luis Carbonetti, representing Argentina, and Tetsuo Sakata from Japan had the lowest individual scores, 2-under-par 286. Carbonetti had been the lowest individual scorer in 1982.

Teams edit

38 four-man teams contested the event.

The following table lists the players on the leading teams.[1]

Country Players
  Argentina Luis Carbonetti, Fernando Chiesa, Jorge Nicolosi, Jaime Nougues
  Australia Neil Crafter, Tony Dight, Gerard Power, David Smith
  Canada Danny Mijovic, Ward Stouffer, Bill Swartz, Bob Wylie
  France Emmanuel Dussart, Alexis Godillot, François Illouz, Philippe Ploujoux
  Great Britain
&   Ireland
David Gilford, Peter McEvoy, Garth McGimpsey, Colin Montgomerie
  Italy Alberto Binaghi, Emanuele Bolognesi, Silvio Grappasonni, Enrico Nistri
  Japan Kazuhiko Kato, Noriaki Kimura, Kiyotaka Oie, Tetsuo Sakata
  New Zealand Michael Barltrop, Terry Cochrane, Greg Turner, John Williamson
  Philippines Guillermo Ababa, Antolin Fernando, Robert Pactolerin, Carito Villaroman
  Sweden Mikael Högberg, John Lindberg, Jesper Parnevik, Carl-Magnus Strömberg
  United States John Inman, Jay Sigel, Randy Sonnier, Scott Verplank

Scores edit

Place Country Score To par
    Japan 215-214-222-219=870 +6
    United States 209-234-218-216=877 +13
    Philippines 219-218-222-220=879 +15
4   Great Britain
&   Ireland
213-220-219-228=880 +16
5   Canada 218-229-221-214=882 +18
6   New Zealand 217-217-224-225=883 +19
7   France 221-226-216-222=885 +21
8   Sweden 224-219-220-226=889 +25
9   Argentina 214-230-222-226=892 +28
10   Italy 221-229-221-223=894 +30
11   Spain 218-228-220-229=895 +31
12   Greece 221-229-224-225=899 +35
T13   Chile 221-223-225-231=900 +36
  Malaysia 215-226-230-229=900
T15   Denmark 225-226-230-225=906 +42
  South Korea 229-221-229-227=906
17   Netherlands 227-222-227-233=909 +45
18   West Germany 229-228-227-227=911 +47
19   Australia 229-231-226-227=913 +49
20   Hong Kong 232-227-233-228=920 +56
21   Venezuela 236-232-222-232=922 +58
22   Switzerland 226-234-228-236=924 +60
23   Indonesia 228-232-232-233=925 +61
24   India 228-239-224-235=926 +62
25   Austria 228-230-232-238=928 +64
26   Mexico 232-231-232-236=931 +67
T27   Thailand 227-234-233-239=933 +69
  Zimbabwe 232-239-228-234=933
29   Fiji 236-231-233-236=936 +72
30   Brazil 227-238-241-231=937 +73
31   Bermuda 236-235-233-235=939 +75
32   Belgium 232-230-240-238=940 +76
33   Pakistan 232-231-235-244=942 +78
34   Norway 242-239-226-236=943 +79
35   Trinidad and Tobago 232-239-239-241=951 +87
36   Singapore 236-241-232-245=954 +90
37   Papua New Guinea 234-248-234-248=964 +100
38   Bahamas 248-247-247-248=990 +126

Source:[1]

Individual leaders edit

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Luis Carbonetti   Argentina 68-74-70-74=286 −2
Tetsuo Sakata   Japan 68-72-74-72=286
3 Randy Sonnier   United States 70-78-72-69=289 +1
T4 Emmanuel Dussart   France 71-78-70-71=290 +2
Bart Nolte   Netherlands 72-71-75-72=290
T6 Greg Turner   New Zealand 67-77-74-73=291 +3
Scott Verplank   United States 69-77-72-73=291
T8 Roy Mackenzie   Chile 75-72-69-76=292 +4
Robert Pactolerin   Philippines 72-79-72-69=292
10 Kazuhiko Kato   Japan 73-72-75-73=293 +5

Source:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Record Book 1984 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018.

External links edit

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