1970 Eisenhower Trophy


The 1970 Eisenhower Trophy took place 23 to 26 September at the Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro in Madrid, Spain. It was the seventh World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 36 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.
The United States won the Eisenhower Trophy for the fourth time, finishing 12 strokes ahead of the silver medalists, New Zealand. South Africa took the bronze medal while Australia finished fourth. Victor Regalado from Mexico had the lowest individual score, eight-under-par 280, three strokes better than Dale Hayes from South Africa. Tom Kite was ill on the final day and didn't complete his final round.

Teams

36 four-man teams contested the event.
CountryPlayers
Alberto Barreira, Carlos Bracht, Jorge Ledesma, Roberto Monguzzi
Kevin Donohoe, Terry Gale, Tony Gresham, Kevin Hartley
Max Lamberg, Alexander Maculan, Klaus Nierlich, Helmuth Reichel
George Boomer, Jaques Moerman, Fredric Rodesch, Philippe Toussaint
Ford Hutchings, Brendam Ingham, Lois Moniz, Keith Pearman
José Joaquin Borbosa, Jaime Gonzalez, Lee Smith, Carlos Alfredo Sozio
Keith Alexander, Gary Cowan, Stu Hamilton, Wayne McDonald
Guy Barroilhet, Francisco Condon, Mauricio Galeno, Eric van der Valk
Chang Tung-chan, Chen Chien-chin, Ho Ming-chung, Li Chang-hsiung
Diego Correa Gomez, Juan Pablo Gutierrez, Emilio Saidi Aparicio, Fernando Arriola Sierra
Nils Elsøe Jensen, Klaus Hove, John Jacobsen, Henry Knudsen
Jalo Grönlund, Juhani Hämäläinen, Harry Safonoff, Kari Salonen
Didier Charmat, Hervé Frayssineau, Alexis Godillot, Roger Lagarde
Roberto Cottone, Oscar Escobar, Juan José Hermosilla, Adolfo Rios

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Michael Bonallack, Rodney Foster, Charlie Green, Geoff Marks
C.R. Cribben, J.D. Mackie, H.M.P. Miles, Bartie To Jr
Johann Benediktsson, Thorarinn B. Jonsson, Torbjörn Kjaerbo, Gunnilugur Ragnarsson
Stefano Cimatti, Baldovino Dassù, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva
Tsutomu Irie, Tetsuo Sakata, Nobuo Takahashi, Kenichi Yamada
Hector Alvarez, Enrique Farias, Tomás Lehmann, Victor Regalado
Piet-Hein Streutgers, Lout Mangelaar Maertens, Victor Swane, Jaap van Neck
Geoff Clarke, Stuart Jones, Ted McDougall, Ross Murray
Erik Dønnestad, Yngve Eriksen, Johan Horn, Lars Musæus Jr
Masud Ahmed, Asad I.A. Khan, M.M. Hashim Khan, Mohammed Hassan Musa
John Keating, Ian Trevena, John Wilkinson, James Wu
Enrique Grau, Felipe Osma, Carlos Rafio, Guillermo Salazar
Tommy Manotoc, Miguel Preysler, Luis Silverio, Edmundo Unson
Nuno A. De Brito a Cunha, Antonio Carmona Santos, Daniel B. Lane, José Lara de Sousa e Melo
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Scores

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Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Victor Regalado72-67-71-70=280−8
2Dale HayesSouth Africa|1928USAAUSUSANZLUSAJPNJPNNZLROC