1968 Eisenhower Trophy


The 1968 Eisenhower Trophy took place 9 to 12 October at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Black Rock, Victoria, Australia. It was the sixth World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 26 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 time, finishing a strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Great Britain and Ireland. Canada took the bronze medal while Australia finished fourth. Michael Bonallack and Vinny Giles had the lowest individual scores, six-under-par 286.
Great Britain and Ireland led by 7 strokes after three rounds but the Americans scored 73, 73 and 75 in the final round to Great Britain and Irelands 76, 76, and 77 to win by a stroke. At the last hole, Ronnie Shade missed a 6-foot putt, after which Dick Siderowf holed from 3 feet to give the United States the victory.

Teams

26 teams contested the event. Each team had four players with the exception of Venuezela who were represented by only three players.
CountryPlayers
Jorge de Azcuenaga, Jorge C. Ledesma, Roberto Monguzzi, Alberto E. Texier
Harry Berwick, Kevin Donohoe, Tony Gresham, Kevin Hartley
Brendam Ingham, Lois Moniz, Llewellyn Tucker, George E. Wardman
Robert Falkenburg, Robert Falkenburg II, Lee Smith, Carlos A. Sozio
Gary Cowan, Jim Doyle, John Johnston, Bob Wylie
Guy Barroilhet, Francisco Condon, Mauricio Galeno, Eric van der Valk
Chen Chien-chin, Ho Ming-chung, Hsu Sheng-san, Shay Yee-shone
Didier Charmat, Herve Frayssineau, Alex Godillot, Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue

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Michael Bonallack, Gordon Cosh, Peter Oosterhuis, Ronnie Shade
K.G. Finlayson, C.R. Cribben, A.W.J. Kim Hall, J.D. Mackie
Vikram Chopra, Ashok S. Malik, R.K. Pitamber, P. G. Sethi
Franco Bevione, Stefano Cimatti, Angelo Croce, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva
Shoichiro Maeda, Shinji Morikawa, Ginjiro Nakabe, Kenichi Yamada
Milad Gamudi, Abdul Afi Sadek, Hadi Sasi, Abdalla Zguzi
Zainal Abidin, Kwan C. Choo, Darwis Deren, Jalal Deran
Juan Antonio Estrada, Tomás Lehmann, Ernesto Perez Acosta, Victor Regalado
John Durry, Ted McDougall, Ross Murray, Bruce Stevens
Wayne Brittain, John Keating, Ian Trevena, John Wilkinson
Emil G. Gaston,Nini Lizares, José M. Santos, Luis F. Silverio
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Scores

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Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Michael Bonallack
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72-72-66-76=286−6
T1Vinny Giles74-68-71-73=286−6
T3Peter Oosterhuis
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70-71-72-76=289−3
T3Dick Siderowf74-69-73-73=289−3
T5Kevin Donohoe68-75-72-76=291−1
T5Ernesto Perez Acosta72-69-72-78=291−1
7Gary Cowan73-69-72-79=293+1
8Ross Murray75-74-72-73=294+2
9Ronnie Shade
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76-72-70-77=295+3
T10Ho Ming-chung75-74-72-75=296+4
T10Jack Lewis Jr.72-74-72-78=296+4
T10Ginjiro Nakabe76-73-71-76=296+4

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