1980 Eisenhower Trophy

The 1980 Eisenhower Trophy took place October 8 to 11 on the No. 2 course at the Pinehurst Country Club in Pinehurst, North Carolina. It was the 12th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy and the second time the event had been held in the United States, after the 1960 event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 39 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.

1980 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
DatesOctober 8–11
LocationPinehurst, North Carolina
Course(s)Pinehurst Country Club
(No. 2 course)
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72
Length6,960 yards (6,360 m)
Field39 teams
156 players
Champion
 United States
Jim Holtgrieve, Jay Sigel,
Hal Sutton & Bob Tway
848 (−16)
Location map
Pinehurst Country Club is located in the United States
Pinehurst Country Club
Pinehurst Country Club
Location in the United States
Pinehurst Country Club is located in North Carolina
Pinehurst Country Club
Pinehurst Country Club
Location in North Carolina
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United States won the Eisenhower Trophy for the eighth time, finishing 27 strokes ahead of the silver medalists, South Africa. Chinese Taipei took the bronze medal, nine strokes further behind, while Japan finished fourth. Hal Sutton had the lowest individual score, 12-under-par 276, six strokes better than any other player.

Teams edit

39 four-man teams contested the event.[1]

Country Players
  Argentina Jorge de Ascuenago, Augusto Bruchman, Louis Carbonetti, Miguel Prado
  Australia Tony Gresham, John Kelly, Jeff Senior, Peter Sweeney
  Austria Uli Berlinger, Max Lamberg, Johann Lamberg, Klaus Nierlich
  Belgium Patrick Bonnelance, Eric Boyer de la Giroday, Oliver Buysse, Thierry Goosens
  Bermuda Brendin Ingham, Noel Smith, Kim Swan, Eric Hav Trott
  Brazil Carlos H. Dluhosch, Roberto Gomez, Rafael Gonzalez, Ricardo R. Rossi
  Canada Graham Cooke, Stu Hamilton, Greg Olson, Richard Zokol
  Chile Sebastian Aniat, Benjamin Astaburuaga Jr, A. Morales, Felipe Taverne
  Colombia Albert Evers, Jorge Luis Herrero, Ivan Renjifo, Richardo Ronderos
  Denmark Klaus Eldrup-Jørgensen, Christian Pein, Jacob Rasmussen, Anders Sørensen
  Dominican Republic Ramon Baez, Edwin Corrie, Edgar Pichardo, Guillermo Pumarol
  El Salvador Guillermo Aceto, Mauricio Alvarez, José Maria Duran, Jaime Munguia
  Fiji Vera Gounden, Vilikesa Kalou, Vijay Singh, Ulaisai Tabutoci
  France Herve Frayssineau, Alexis Godillot, François Illouz, Tim Planchin
  Great Britain
&   Ireland
Gordon Brand Jnr, Ian Hutcheon, Peter McEvoy, Ronan Rafferty
  Guatemala Roberto Cottone, Manuel Ortiz, Gustavo Staebler, Alfonso Toledo
  Hong Kong Cam Gribben, Don Innes, Alex Tang, Tang Siu Wing
  India Ashok S. Malik, P. G. Sethi, Lakshman Singh, Vikramjit Singh
  Israel Laurie Been, Leon Eting, Robert Mandel, Neil Schochet
  Italy Andrea Canessa, Marco Durante, Antonio Lionello, Lorenzo Silva
  Japan Tatsuhiko Asakawa, Masayuki Naito, Tetsuo Sakata, Fuminori Sano
  Mexico Rafael Alarcón, Ignacio de Leon, José Martínez, Carlos Peláez
  Netherlands Carel Braun, Erik Hertzberger, Jaap van Neck, Bart Nolte,
  New Zealand Michael Barltrop, Geoff Clarke, Paul Hartstone, Colin Taylor
  Norway Eric Bjerkholt, Olaf Eie, Asbjørn Ramnefjell, Tore Sviland
  Papua New Guinea Greg Fennell, B. Giles, Tony Gover, Kundi Umba, Jimmy Wu
  Philippines Guillermo Ababa Jr, Eduardo Bagtas, Tomas Manotoc, Frankie Miñoza
  Portugal José Luis Correia, Nuno A. de Brito a Cunha, José Lara de Sousa e Melo, Antonio Dantes Oliveira
  Puerto Rico Elvyn Cordoval, Juan Ramos, James Teale, Carlos Vicente
  South Africa Etienne Groenewald, Duncan Lindsay-Smith, Wayne Player, David Suddards
  South Korea Byong Hoon Kim, Joo Heun Kim, Myon Kim, Kyong Chul Park
  Spain Eduardo de la Riva, Jesús Moreno, Roman Taya, Alfonso Vidaor
  Sweden Per Andersson, Anders Johnsson, Göran Lundquist, Jan Rube
  Switzerland C.A. Bagnoud, Ivan Couturier, Carlo Rampone, Johnny Storjohann
  Taiwan Chang Dong-liang, Chen Tze-chung, Wu Chun-lung, Yuan Ching-chi
  United States Jim Holtgrieve, Jay Sigel, Hal Sutton, Bob Tway
  Venezuela Armando Cabrera, Carlos Plaza, Luis E. Plaza, Carlos Whaite
  West Germany Hans G. Reiter, Ulrich Schulte, Christoph Stadler, Ralf Thielemann
  Zimbabwe Tony Hatchwell, Hennie Heyns, John Pritchard, Garry Taylor

Scores edit

Place Country Score To par
    United States 211-211-217-209=848 −16
    South Africa 219-216-218-222=875 +11
    Chinese Taipei 219-221-221-223=884 +20
4   Japan 223-219-225-220=887 +23
T5   Australia 231-225-213-221=890 +26
  Canada 221-221-225-223=890
  Great Britain
&   Ireland
229-217-221-223=890
8   Sweden 230-221-223-220=894 +30
9   Mexico 221-224-228-226=899 +35
10   New Zealand 229-226-215-232=902 +38
11   Spain 230-224-224-226=904 +40
T12   Argentina 227-232-227-231=917 +53
  Italy 232-223-231-231=917
14   Philippines 229-231-231-232=923 +59
T15   Brazil 230-231-228-235=924 +60
  West Germany 236-230-220-238=924
17   France 229-233-229-235=926 +62
18   Colombia 240-229-225-233=927 +63
19   South Korea 223-245-227-234=929 +65
T20   Chile 236-233-234-232=935 +71
  India 235-226-233-241=935
  Netherlands 233-232-234-236=935
  Switzerland 241-232-229-233=935
  Zimbabwe 238-235-230-232=935
25   Hong Kong 244-229-232-239=944 +80
26   Belgium 240-232-234-239=945 +81
T27   Austria 240-233-237-237=947 +83
  Denmark 240-230-236-241=947
29   Venezuela 239-238-232-243=952 +88
30   Norway 237-240-235-241=953 +89
31   Fiji 247-239-242-243=971 +107
32   Bermuda 254-251-237-237=979 +115
33   Portugal 242-239-247-256=984 +120
34   Papua New Guinea 256-239-251-245=991 +127
35   Israel 257-252-243-250=1002 +138
36   Dominican Republic 251-245-253-254=1003 +139
37   Guatemala 260-249-248-252=1009 +145
38   El Salvador 255-257-266-265=1043 +179
39   Puerto Rico 274-258-273-272=1077 +213

Source:[1]

Individual leaders edit

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Hal Sutton   United States 68-69-71-68=276 −12
2 Chen Tze-chung   Chinese Taipei 69-70-71-72=282 −6
3 Jim Holtgrieve   United States 72-71-72-70=285 −3
4 Ronan Rafferty   Great Britain
&   Ireland
72-70-71-73=286 −2
5 Bob Tway   United States 72-71-74-71=288 E
T6 Tetsuo Sakata   Japan 73-70-76-72=291 +3
Peter Sweeney   Australia 75-74-69-73=291
T8 Masayuki Naito   Japan 73-74-73-72=292 +4
David Suddards   South Africa 79-72-71-70=292
10 Anders Johnsson   Sweden 72-75-75-71=293 +5

Source:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Record Book 1980 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018.

External links edit

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