1978 Eisenhower Trophy

1978 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates18–21 October
LocationNavua, Viti Levu, Fiji
Course(s)Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72
Length6,317 yards (5,776 m)
Field24 teams
95 players
Champion
 United States
Bobby Clampett, John Cook,
Scott Hoch & Jay Sigel
873 (+9)
← 1976
1980 →

The 1978 Eisenhower Trophy took place 18 to 21 October at the Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club in Navua, Viti Levu, Fiji. It was the 11th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 24 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.

United States won the Eisenhower Trophy for the seventh time, finishing 13 strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Canada. Australia took the bronze medal, five strokes further behind, while New Zealand finished fourth. Bobby Clampett had the lowest individual score, one-under-par 287.

After the 1974 Eisenhower Trophy was moved from Malaysia to the Dominican Republic, the 1978 event had been allocated to the Asia/Australasia zone with the 1980 event allocated to the American zone and the 1982 event to the Europe/Africa zone.

Teams

24 teams contested the event. Each team had four players with the exception of Korea who only had three.

The following table lists the players on the leading teams.[1]

Country Players
 Australia Chris Bonython, Tony Gresham, Peter Sweeney, Phil Wood
 Canada Gary Cowan, Dave Mick, Doug Roxburgh, Yves Tremblay
 France François Illouz, Jean Ignace Mouhica, Thierry Planchin, Philippe Ploujoux
 Great Britain
&  Ireland
Gordon Brand Jnr, Allan Brodie, Brian Marchbank, Peter McEvoy
 Italy Franco Gigliarelli, Antonio Lionello, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva
 Japan Ginjiro Nakabe, Tetsuo Sakata, Fuminori Sano, Masao Shioda
 New Zealand Geoff Clarke, Paul Hartstone, Phil Mosley, Frank Nobilo
 Spain Gonzaga Escuariaza, Nicasio Sagardia, Roman Taya, Alfonso Vidaor
 Sweden Göran Lundquist, Jan Rube, Mikael Sorling, Björn Svedin
 United States Bobby Clampett, John Cook, Scott Hoch, Jay Sigel
 West Germany Kai Flint, Thomas Hübner, Veit Pagel, Christian Strenger

Scores

# Country Score To par
1  United States 213-220-219-221=873 +9
2  Canada 222-222-225-217=886 +22
3  Australia 222-223-224-222=891 +27
4  New Zealand 227-219-229-220=895 +31
5  Sweden 221-230-228-235=914 +50
6  Great Britain
&  Ireland
221-229-238-231=919 +55
7  France 230-236-236-221=923 +59
8  West Germany 231-240-229-233=933 +69
9  Japan 235-226-242-232=935 +71
T10  Italy 235-239-231-239=944 +80
 Spain 238-237-238-231=944
12   Switzerland 235-240-236-234=945 +81
13  Argentina 245-241-233-230=949 +85
14  India 239-245-245-229=958 +94
15  Papua New Guinea 246-242-235-237=960 +96
16  Netherlands 239-250-234-240=963 +99
T17  Austria 239-252-240-238=969 +105
 Bermuda 238-243-243-245=969
19  Brazil 247-244-236-245=972 +108
20  Belgium 243-251-245-241=980 +116
21  Thailand 249-245-248-240=982 +118
22  Fiji 252-250-243-240=985 +121
23  Hong Kong 254-243-240-249=986 +122
24  South Korea 254-254-245-248=1001 +137

Source:[1]

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

# Player Country Score To par
1 Bobby Clampett  United States 69-71-71-76=287 −1
2 Doug Roxburgh  Canada 72-74-74-69=289 +1
3 Geoff Clarke  New Zealand 71-76-72-71=290 +2
4 Gary Cowan  Canada 73-71-77-71=292 +4
5 John Cook  United States 75-73-73-72=293 +5
T6 Scott Hoch  United States 70-76-75-73=294 +6
Peter Sweeney  Australia 76-73-71-74=294
8 Tony Gresham  Australia 75-75-77-71=298 +10
T9 Phil Mosley  New Zealand 76-70-81-72=299 +11
Mikael Sorling  Sweden 70-76-75-78=299

Source:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Record Book 1978 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

External links

Coordinates: 18°14′38″S 178°04′08″E / 18.244°S 178.069°E / -18.244; 178.069


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