1976 Eisenhower Trophy

The 1976 Eisenhower Trophy took place from 13 to 16 October at the Penina Hotel & Golf Resort in Portimão, Algarve, Portugal. It was the tenth 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.

1976 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates13–16 October
LocationPortimão, Algarve, Portugal
Course(s)Penina Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par73
Length6,940 yards (6,350 m)
Field38 teams
152 players
Champion
 Great Britain &  Ireland
John Davies, Ian Hutcheon,
Michael Kelley & Steve Martin
892 (+16)
Location map
Penina Hotel & Golf Resort is located in Europe
Penina Hotel & Golf Resort
Penina Hotel & Golf Resort
Location in Europe
Penina Hotel & Golf Resort is located in Portugal
Penina Hotel & Golf Resort
Penina Hotel & Golf Resort
Location in Portugal
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Great Britain and Ireland won the Eisenhower Trophy for the second time, finishing two strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Japan, who had also been runners-up in 1974. Australia took the bronze medal, three strokes further behind, while team of Republic of China finished fourth. Chen Tze-ming from the Republic of China and Ian Hutcheon, representing Great Britain and Ireland, had the lowest individual scores, one-over-par 293.[citation needed]

Teams

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38 four-man teams contested the event.

Country Players
  Argentina Horacio Carbonetti, Louis Carbonetti, Roberto Monguzzi, Jorge Ocampo
  Australia Chris Bonython, Tony Gresham, Colin Kaye, Phil Wood
  Austria Max Lamberg, Franz Laimer, Klaus Nierlich, Florian Stolz
  Bahamas Robert Slatter, Brendan Lynch, Basil Smith, Michael Taylor
  Belgium Benoit Dumont, Yves Maham, Fredric Rodesch, Jean Rolin
  Bermuda Brendam Ingham, Blake Marshall, Lois Moniz, Hav Trott
  Brazil Priscillo Diniz, Jaime Gonzalez, Rafael Navarro, Ricardo Rossi
  Canada Keith Alexander, Robbie Jackson, Jim Nelford, Doug Roxburgh
  Chile Thomas Boetigger, Michael Grasty, Ricardo Orelana, Felipe Taverne
  Costa Rica Ramon Jimenez, Xavier Gonzalez, Enrique Herrero, Arturo Montealegre
  Denmark Lars Jacobsen, Henry Knudsen, Ryan Olsen, Ole Wiberg
  Dominican Republic Jack Corrie, Luis F. Henriquez, José B. Lahoz, Salomom Melgen
  El Salvador Guillermo Aceto, Mauricio Alvarez, José Maria Duran, Carlos M. Guardin
  Finland Patrik Hallamaa, Harry Safonoff, Kari Salonen, Timo Sipponen
  France Alexis Godillot, Patrick Lemaire, Tim Planchin, Philippe Ploujoux
  Great Britain
&   Ireland
John Davies, Ian Hutcheon, Michael Kelley, Steve Martin
  Israel Laurie Been, Jonathan Eting, Barry Mandel, Neil Shochet
  Italy Stefano Betti, Massimo Mannelli, Lorenzo Silva, Giuseppe Sita
  Japan Ginjiro Nakabe, Micho Mori, Tetsuo Sakata, Masahiro Kuramoto
  Malaysia Eshak Bluah, Tan Yee Khanl, Nazamuddin Yusuf, Sahabuddin Yusof
  Mexico Rafael Alarcón, Juan A. Estrado, Roberto Lebrija, José Martinez
  Netherlands Carel Braun, Barend van Dam, Jaap van Neck, Victor Swane
  New Zealand Peter Burney, Alex Bonnington, Geoff Clarke, Ted McDougall
  Norway Per Berge, Erik Dønnestad, Asbjørn Ramnefjell, Alexander Vik
  Papua New Guinea John Keating, Greg Fennell, Phil Frame, Tony Gover
  Portugal Nuno A. de Brito a Cunha, Pedro d'Hommee Caupers, Jorge Soares, José Lara de Sousa e Melo
  Puerto Rico Carlos Bolivar, Joe Passarel, James Teale, Fred Thon
  Rhodesia George Harvey, Tony Johnstone, Nick Price, Teddy Webber
  South Africa Gavan Levenson, Robbie Stewart, David Suddards, Peter Todt
  South Korea Chang Whan Cho, Mi Rang Kim, Yung Chang Kim, Chong Min Lee
  Spain Santiago Fernandez, José Gancedo, Eduardo de la Riva, Snr, Roman Taya
  Sri Lanka W.J. Barsenbach, F.E. Captein, W.P. Fernando, C. Thural Rahaj
  Sweden Hans Hedjerson, Göran Lundquist, Jan Rube, Mikael Sorling
  Switzerland Michael Rey, Tommy Fortmann, Yves Hofstetter, Johnny Storjohann
  Taiwan Chen Tze-chung, Chen Tze-ming, Lu Hsi-chuen, Shen Chung-shyan
  United States John Fought, Fred Ridley, Bill Sander, Dick Siderowf
  Venezuela Jonathan Coles, Gustavo Larrazabal, Carlos Plaza, Carlos Whaite
  West Germany Jan G. Müller, Veit Pagel, Christoph Stadler, Christian Strenger

Scores

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Place Country Score To par
    Great Britain
&   Ireland
219-224-225-224=892 +16
    Japan 227-220-223-224=894 +18
    Australia 230-220-220-227=897 +21
4   China 229-221-223-225=898 +22
5   United States 224-229-217-231=901 +25
6   Canada 227-226-225-228=906 +30
7   Sweden 223-229-232-227=911 +35
8   South Africa 219-224-239-230=912 +36
T9   Rhodesia 223-228-226-237=914 +38
  Switzerland 226-227-227-234=914
11   Argentina 230-230-230-232=922 +46
12   New Zealand 224-233-228-238=923 +47
13   France 230-234-233-233=930 +54
14   Mexico 235-236-235-229=935 +59
15   Spain 233-236-238-230=937 +61
16   Brazil 235-234-231-239=939 +63
17   Chile 237-238-232-234=941 +65
T18   Italy 242-235-232-235=944 +68
  Papua New Guinea 239-237-237-231=944
20   Denmark 238-237-233-238=946 +70
T21   South Korea 236-238-239-234=947 +71
  Norway 231-236-235-245=947
23   West Germany 235-230-246-238=949 +73
24   Malaysia 241-233-236-240=950 +74
25   Belgium 231-242-240-242=955 +79
T26   Austria 238-242-244-240=964 +88
  Finland 243-235-242-244=964
28   Netherlands 241-245-244-236=966 +90
T29   Bermuda 242-240-241-251=974 +98
  Venezuela 241-247-243-243=974
31   Portugal 248-241-245-243=977 +101
32   Israel 248-252-250-252=1002 +126
33   Dominican Republic 248-260-252-251=1011 +135
34   Sri Lanka 265-250-248-257=1020 +144
35   Bahamas 254-265-270-253=1042 +166
36   El Salvador 256-266-263-262=1047 +171
37   Costa Rica 256-272-269-281=1078 +202
38   Puerto Rico 274-281-260-264=1079 +203

Sources:[1][2][3][4]

Individual leaders

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There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Chen Tze-ming   China 75-69-73-76=293 +1
Ian Hutcheon   Great Britain
&   Ireland
73-73-76-71=293
T3 Masahiro Kuramoto   Japan 75-71-75-73=294 +2
Phil Wood   Australia 76-70-76-72=294
5 Keith Alexander   Canada 75-72-75-75=297 +5
T6 Fred Ridley   United States 74-77-70-77=298 +6
Teddy Webber   Rhodesia 71-76-76-75=298
T8 John Fought   United States 72-73-76-78=299 +7
Michael Rey   Switzerland 73-73-75-78=299
T10 Jaime Gonzalez   Brazil 77-78-70-76=301 +9
Michael Kelley   Great Britain
&   Ireland
72-76-75-78=301

Source:[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Record Book 1976 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Golf-VM genom åren, VM-resultat genom tiderna" [World Team Championship through the years]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 1988. pp. 168–170, 174–175. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 150–152. ISBN 9172603283.
  4. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 182–185. ISBN 91-86818007.
  5. ^ "VM-Fakta, herrar" [World Championship Facts, Men]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. October 1976. p. 25.
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