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.
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

39 four-man teams contested the event.
CountryPlayers
Jorge de Ascuenago, Augusto Bruchman, Louis Carbonetti, Miguel Prado
Tony Gresham, John Kelly, Jeff Senior, Peter Sweeney
Uli Berlinger, Max Lamberg, Johann Lamberg, Klaus Nierlich
Patrick Bonnelance, Eric Boyer de la Giroday, Oliver Buysse, Thierry Goosens
Brendin Ingham, Noel Smith, Kim Swan, Eric Hav Trott
Carlos H. Dluhosch, Roberto Gomez, Rafael Gonzalez, Ricardo R. Rossi
Graham Cooke, Stu Hamilton, Greg Olson, Richard Zokol
Sebastian Aniat, Benjamin Astaburuaga Jr, A. Morales, Felipe Taverne
Albert Evers, Jorge Luis Herrero, Ivan Renjifo, Richardo Ronderos
Klaus Eldrup-Jørgensen, Christian Pein, Jacob Rasmussen, Anders Sørensen
Ramon Baez, Edwin Corrie, Edgar Pichardo, Guillermo Pumarol
Guillermo Aceto, Mauricio Alvarez, José Maria Duran, Jaime Munguia
Vera Gounden, Vilikesa Kalou, Vijay Singh, Ulaisai Tabutoci
Herve Frayssineau, Alexis Godillot, François Illouz, Tim Planchin

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Gordon Brand Jnr, Ian Hutcheon, Peter McEvoy, Ronan Rafferty
Roberto Cottone, Manuel Ortiz, Gustavo Staebler, Alfonso Toledo
Cam Gribben, Don Innes, Alex Tang, Tang Siu Wing
Ashok S. Malik, P. G. Sethi, Lakshman Singh, Vikramjit Singh
Laurie Been, Leon Eting, Robert Mandel, Neil Schochet
Andrea Canessa, Marco Durante, Antonio Lionello, Lorenzo Silva
Tatsuhiko Asakawa, Masayuki Naito, Tetsuo Sakata, Fuminori Sano
Rafael Alarcón, Ignacio de Leon, José Martínez, Carlos Peláez
Carel Braun, Erik Hertzberger, Jaap van Neck, Bart Nolte,
Michael Barltrop, Geoff Clarke, Paul Hartstone, Colin Taylor
Eric Bjerkholt, Olaf Eie, Asbjørn Ramnefjell, Tore Sviland
Greg Fennell, B. Giles, Tony Gover, Kundi Umba, Jimmy Wu
Guillermo Ababa Jr, Eduardo Bagtas, Tomas Manotoc, Frankie Miñoza
José Luis Correia, Nuno A. de Brito a Cunha, José Lara de Sousa e Melo, Antonio Dantes Oliveira
Elvyn Cordoval, Juan Ramos, James Teale, Carlos Vicente
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Scores

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Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hal Sutton68-69-71-68=276−12
2Chen Tze-chung69-70-71-72=282−6
3Jim Holtgrieve72-71-72-70=285−3
4Ronan Rafferty
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72-70-71-73=286−2
5Bob Tway72-71-74-71=288E
T6Tetsuo Sakata73-70-76-72=291+3
T6Peter Sweeney75-74-69-73=291+3
T8Masayuki Naito73-74-73-72=292+4
T8David SuddardsSouth Africa|1928SWE