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1970 Eisenhower Trophy

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1970 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates23–26 September
LocationMadrid, Spain
Course(s)Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72
Length7,043 yards (6,440 m)
Field36 teams
144 players
Champion
 United States
Vinny Giles, Tom Kite,
Allen Miller & Lanny Wadkins
857 (−7)
Location map
Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro is located in Spain
Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro
Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro
Location in Spain
Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro is located in Community of Madrid
Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro
Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro
Location in the Community of Madrid
Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro is located in Madrid
Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro
Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro
Location in Madrid
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The 1970 Eisenhower Trophy took place 23 to 26 September at the Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro in Madrid, Spain.[1] 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

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36 four-man teams contested the event.[2]

Country Players
 Argentina Alberto Barreira, Carlos Bracht, Jorge Ledesma, Roberto Monguzzi
 Australia Kevin Donohoe, Terry Gale, Tony Gresham, Kevin Hartley
 Austria Max Lamberg, Alexander Maculan, Klaus Nierlich, Helmuth Reichel
 Belgium George Boomer, Jaques Moerman, Fredric Rodesch, Philippe Toussaint
 Bermuda Ford Hutchings, Brendam Ingham, Lois Moniz, Keith Pearman
 Brazil José Joaquin Borbosa, Jaime Gonzalez, Lee Smith, Carlos Alfredo Sozio
 Canada Keith Alexander, Gary Cowan, Stu Hamilton, Wayne McDonald
 Chile Guy Barroilhet, Francisco Condon, Mauricio Galeno, Eric van der Valk
 Republic of China Chang Tung-chan, Chen Chien-chin, Ho Ming-chung, Li Chang-hsiung
 Colombia Diego Correa Gomez, Juan Pablo Gutierrez, Emilio Saidi Aparicio, Fernando Arriola Sierra
 Denmark Nils Elsøe Jensen, Klaus Hove, John Jacobsen, Henry Knudsen
 Finland Jalo Grönlund, Juhani Hämäläinen, Harry Safonoff, Kari Salonen
 France Didier Charmat, Hervé Frayssineau, Alexis Godillot, Roger Lagarde
 Guatemala Roberto Cottone, Oscar Escobar, Juan José Hermosilla, Adolfo Rios
 Great Britain
&  Ireland
Michael Bonallack, Rodney Foster, Charlie Green, Geoff Marks
 Hong Kong C.R. Cribben, J.D. Mackie, H.M.P. Miles, Bartie To Jr
 Iceland Johann Benediktsson, Thorarinn B. Jonsson, Torbjörn Kjaerbo, Gunnilugur Ragnarsson
 Italy Stefano Cimatti, Baldovino Dassù, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva
 Japan Tsutomu Irie, Tetsuo Sakata, Nobuo Takahashi, Kenichi Yamada
 Mexico Hector Alvarez, Enrique Farias, Tomás Lehmann, Victor Regalado
 Netherlands Piet-Hein Streutgers, Lout Mangelaar Maertens, Victor Swane, Jaap van Neck
 New Zealand Geoff Clarke, Stuart Jones, Ted McDougall, Ross Murray
 Norway Erik Dønnestad, Yngve Eriksen, Johan Horn, Lars Musæus Jr
 Pakistan Masud Ahmed, Asad I.A. Khan, M.M. Hashim Khan, Mohammed Hassan Musa
 Papua New Guinea John Keating, Ian Trevena, John Wilkinson, James Wu
 Peru Enrique Grau, Felipe Osma, Carlos Rafio, Guillermo Salazar
 Philippines Tommy Manotoc, Miguel Preysler, Luis Silverio, Edmundo Unson
 Portugal Nuno A. De Brito a Cunha, Antonio Carmona Santos, Daniel B. Lane, José Lara de Sousa e Melo
 South Africa Hugh Baiocchi, John Fourie, Dale Hayes, Dave Symons
 South Korea Hang Soo Kim, Sung Long Kim, Yuong Chang Kim, Kyo Won Lee
 Spain José Gancedo, Iván Maura, Eduardo de la Riva Casanueva, Javier Viladomiu
 Sweden Hans Hedjerson, Claes Jöhncke, Magnus Lindberg, Sven Tumba
 Switzerland Thomas Fortmann, Peter Gutermann, Jürg Pesko, Michel Rey
 United States Vinny Giles, Tom Kite, Allen Miller, Lanny Wadkins
 Venezuela Jonathan Coles, Fernan Frias, Gustavo Kalen, Carlos Raza
 West Germany Heini Adam, Walter Bruhne, Peter Jochums, Jan G. Müller

Scores

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Place Country Score To par
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 213-213-214-217=857 −7
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand 220-214-218-217=869 +5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  South Africa 214-219-216-221=870 +6
4  Australia 224-215-212-220=871 +7
5  Mexico 221-212-220-220=873 +9
6  Canada 218-216-228-218=880 +16
7  Great Britain
&  Ireland
222-216-225-219=882 +18
8  Japan 223-222-220-218=883 +19
9  France 226-221-222-217=886 +22
10  Philippines 221-220-223-225=889 +25
11  Chinese Taipei 223-224-222-221=890 +26
12  Spain 224-224-218-226=892 +28
13  Sweden 228-227-224-222=901 +37
14  West Germany 226-224-226-227=903 +39
15  Italy 219-229-233-223=904 +40
T16  Belgium 230-228-224-227=909 +45
 Brazil 228-217-231-233=909
18  Argentina 226-236-230-225=917 +53
19  Venezuela 231-229-222-236=918 +54
20  South Korea 228-226-230-235=919 +55
21  Colombia 233-227-233-230=923 +59
22  Switzerland 227-225-238-235=925 +61
T23  Austria 228-239-230-232=929 +65
 Norway 233-228-240-228=929
25  Denmark 236-229-227-238=930 +66
26  Bermuda 235-234-235-230=934 +70
27  Netherlands 234-233-237-234=938 +74
28  Portugal 227-238-242-232=939 +75
29  Papua New Guinea 237-227-237-239=940 +76
30  Chile 233-232-240-238=943 +79
31  Hong Kong 242-237-235-241=955 +91
32  Finland 244-243-234-236=957 +93
33  Peru 240-244-247-251=982 +118
34  Pakistan 254-251-253-255=1013 +149
35  Guatemala 264-249-254-250=1017 +153
36  Iceland 262-255-255-276=1048 +184

Source:[2]

Individual leaders

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There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Victor Regalado  Mexico 72-67-71-70=280 −8
2 Dale Hayes  South Africa 70-71-68-74=283 −5
3 Lanny Wadkins  United States 70-72-72-72=286 −2
T4 Tony Gresham  Australia 71-74-71-71=287 −1
Allen Miller  United States 72-71-71-73=287
6 Ted McDougall  New Zealand 72-73-73-70=288 E
T7 Vinny Giles  United States 73-73-71-72=289 +1
Nobuo Takahashi  Japan 72-74-70-73=289
9 Kenichi Yamada  Japan 73-75-74-68=290 +2
T10 Geoff Clarke  New Zealand 75-71-71-74=291 +3
Ho Ming-chung  Republic of China 72-75-73-71=291

Source:[2]

References

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  1. ^ [1] New York Times
  2. ^ a b c "Record Book 1970 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
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