1978 Eisenhower Trophy

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.

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)
Location map
Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club is located in Pacific Ocean
Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club
Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club
Location in the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club is located in Fiji
Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club
Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club
Location in Fiji
← 1976
1980 →

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, United States, 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

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24 teams contested the event. Each team except one had four players. The team representing South Korea had only three.[1]

Country Players
  Argentina Louis Carbonetti, Luis Daneri, Jorge Eiras, Oscar Vetere
  Australia Chris Bonython, Tony Gresham, Peter Sweeney, Phil Wood
  Austria Rudi Bondenseer, Max Lamberg, Johann Lamberg, Klaus Nierlich
  Belgium Benoit Dumont, Bruno Dupont, Thierry Goosens, Philippe Relecom
  Bermuda Lois Moniz, Kim Swan, Eric Hav Trott, Llewellyn Tucker
  Brazil Roberto Gomez, Rafael Gonzalez, Marco Ruberti, Marcello Stallone
  Canada Gary Cowan, Dave Mick, Doug Roxburgh, Yves Tremblay
  Fiji Rahim Buksh, Raymond Fisher, Eremasi Lutunatabua, Rafiq Mohammed
  France François Illouz, Jean Ignace Mouhica, Tim Planchin, Philippe Ploujoux
  Great Britain
&   Ireland
Gordon Brand Jnr, Allan Brodie, Brian Marchbank, Peter McEvoy
  Hong Kong David Chan, Mark Chow, Yau Tak, Alex Tang
  India P. G. Sethi, Alan Singh, Lakshman Singh, Vikramjit Singh
  Italy Franco Gigliarelli, Antonio Lionello, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva
  Japan Ginjiro Nakabe, Tetsuo Sakata, Fuminori Sano, Masao Shioda
  Netherlands Barend van Dam, Jaap van Neck, Bart Nolte, Victor Swane
  New Zealand Geoff Clarke, Paul Hartstone, Phil Mosley, Frank Nobilo
  Papua New Guinea Greg Fennell, B. Giles, Tony Gover, John Keating, Jimmy Wu
  South Korea Chang Hwan Cho, Byong Hoon Kim, Dae Soon Kim
  Spain Gonzaga Escuariaza, Nicasio Sagardia, Roman Taya, Alfonso Vidaor
  Sweden Göran Lundquist, Jan Rube, Mikael Sorling, Björn Svedin
  Switzerland Francis Boillat, Marcus Frank, Yves Hofstetter, Johnny Storjohann
  Thailand Tamsak Ansusinha, Pratuang Nop-Ubol, Santa Pestonji, Thongplew Rungsang
  United States Bobby Clampett, John Cook, Scott Hoch, Jay Sigel
  West Germany Kai Flint, Thomas Hübner, Veit Pagel, Christian Strenger

Scores

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Place Country Score To par
    United States 213-220-219-221=873 +9
    Canada 222-222-225-217=886 +22
    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

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There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place 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][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Record Book 1978 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Ett annorlunda VM" [A different World Championship]. Svensk Golf. No. 9. December 1978. pp. 9–17. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
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