1980 Eisenhower Trophy

1980 Eisenhower Trophy
	Pinehurst Country Club Course No. 2
Tournament information
Dates	October 8–11
Location	Pinehurst, North Carolina
Course(s)	Pinehurst Country Club; (No. 2 course)
Format	72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,960 yards (6,360 m)
Field	39 teams; 156 players
Champion
	United States; Jim Holtgrieve, Jay Sigel,; Hal Sutton & Bob Tway
	848 (−16)
Location map
	Pinehurst Country Club Location in the United States Pinehurst Country Club Location in North Carolina
	← 1978 1982 →

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[edit]

39 four-man teams contested the event.^[1]

Country	Players
Argentina	Jorge de Ascuenago, Augusto Bruchman, Louis Carbonetti, Miguel Prado
Australia	Tony Gresham, John Kelly, Jeff Senior, Peter Sweeney
Austria	Uli Berlinger, Max Lamberg, Johann Lamberg, Klaus Nierlich
Belgium	Patrick Bonnelance, Eric Boyer de la Giroday, Oliver Buysse, Thierry Goosens
Bermuda	Brendin Ingham, Noel Smith, Kim Swan, Eric Hav Trott
Brazil	Carlos H. Dluhosch, Roberto Gomez, Rafael Gonzalez, Ricardo R. Rossi
Canada	Graham Cooke, Stu Hamilton, Greg Olson, Richard Zokol
Chile	Sebastian Aniat, Benjamin Astaburuaga Jr, A. Morales, Felipe Taverne
Colombia	Albert Evers, Jorge Luis Herrero, Ivan Renjifo, Richardo Ronderos
Denmark	Klaus Eldrup-Jørgensen, Christian Pein, Jacob Rasmussen, Anders Sørensen
Dominican Republic	Ramon Baez, Edwin Corrie, Edgar Pichardo, Guillermo Pumarol
El Salvador	Guillermo Aceto, Mauricio Alvarez, José Maria Duran, Jaime Munguia
Fiji	Vera Gounden, Vilikesa Kalou, Vijay Singh, Ulaisai Tabutoci
France	Herve Frayssineau, Alexis Godillot, François Illouz, Tim Planchin
Great Britain & Ireland	Gordon Brand Jnr, Ian Hutcheon, Peter McEvoy, Ronan Rafferty
Guatemala	Roberto Cottone, Manuel Ortiz, Gustavo Staebler, Alfonso Toledo
Hong Kong	Cam Gribben, Don Innes, Alex Tang, Tang Siu Wing
India	Ashok S. Malik, P. G. Sethi, Lakshman Singh, Vikramjit Singh
Israel	Laurie Been, Leon Eting, Robert Mandel, Neil Schochet
Italy	Andrea Canessa, Marco Durante, Antonio Lionello, Lorenzo Silva
Japan	Tatsuhiko Asakawa, Masayuki Naito, Tetsuo Sakata, Fuminori Sano
Mexico	Rafael Alarcón, Ignacio de Leon, José Martínez, Carlos Peláez
Netherlands	Carel Braun, Erik Hertzberger, Jaap van Neck, Bart Nolte,
New Zealand	Michael Barltrop, Geoff Clarke, Paul Hartstone, Colin Taylor
Norway	Eric Bjerkholt, Olaf Eie, Asbjørn Ramnefjell, Tore Sviland
Papua New Guinea	Greg Fennell, B. Giles, Tony Gover, Kundi Umba, Jimmy Wu
Philippines	Guillermo Ababa Jr, Eduardo Bagtas, Tomas Manotoc, Frankie Miñoza
Portugal	José Luis Correia, Nuno A. de Brito a Cunha, José Lara de Sousa e Melo, Antonio Dantes Oliveira
Puerto Rico	Elvyn Cordoval, Juan Ramos, James Teale, Carlos Vicente
South Africa	Etienne Groenewald, Duncan Lindsay-Smith, Wayne Player, David Suddards
South Korea	Byong Hoon Kim, Joo Heun Kim, Myon Kim, Kyong Chul Park
Spain	Eduardo de la Riva, Jesús Moreno, Roman Taya, Alfonso Vidaor
Sweden	Per Andersson, Anders Johnsson, Göran Lundquist, Jan Rube
Switzerland	C.A. Bagnoud, Ivan Couturier, Carlo Rampone, Johnny Storjohann
Taiwan	Chang Dong-liang, Chen Tze-chung, Wu Chun-lung, Yuan Ching-chi
United States	Jim Holtgrieve, Jay Sigel, Hal Sutton, Bob Tway
Venezuela	Armando Cabrera, Carlos Plaza, Luis E. Plaza, Carlos Whaite
West Germany	Hans G. Reiter, Ulrich Schulte, Christoph Stadler, Ralf Thielemann
Zimbabwe	Tony Hatchwell, Hennie Heyns, John Pritchard, Garry Taylor

Scores[edit]

Place	Country	Score	To par
	United States	211-211-217-209=848	−16
	South Africa	219-216-218-222=875	+11
	Chinese Taipei	219-221-221-223=884	+20
4	Japan	223-219-225-220=887	+23
T5	Australia	231-225-213-221=890	+26
	Canada	221-221-225-223=890
	Great Britain & Ireland	229-217-221-223=890
8	Sweden	230-221-223-220=894	+30
9	Mexico	221-224-228-226=899	+35
10	New Zealand	229-226-215-232=902	+38
11	Spain	230-224-224-226=904	+40
T12	Argentina	227-232-227-231=917	+53
T12	Italy	232-223-231-231=917	+53
14	Philippines	229-231-231-232=923	+59
T15	Brazil	230-231-228-235=924	+60
T15	West Germany	236-230-220-238=924	+60
17	France	229-233-229-235=926	+62
18	Colombia	240-229-225-233=927	+63
19	South Korea	223-245-227-234=929	+65
T20	Chile	236-233-234-232=935	+71
	India	235-226-233-241=935
	Netherlands	233-232-234-236=935
	Switzerland	241-232-229-233=935
	Zimbabwe	238-235-230-232=935
25	Hong Kong	244-229-232-239=944	+80
26	Belgium	240-232-234-239=945	+81
T27	Austria	240-233-237-237=947	+83
T27	Denmark	240-230-236-241=947	+83
29	Venezuela	239-238-232-243=952	+88
30	Norway	237-240-235-241=953	+89
31	Fiji	247-239-242-243=971	+107
32	Bermuda	254-251-237-237=979	+115
33	Portugal	242-239-247-256=984	+120
34	Papua New Guinea	256-239-251-245=991	+127
35	Israel	257-252-243-250=1002	+138
36	Dominican Republic	251-245-253-254=1003	+139
37	Guatemala	260-249-248-252=1009	+145
38	El Salvador	255-257-266-265=1043	+179
39	Puerto Rico	274-258-273-272=1077	+213

Source:^[1]

Individual leaders[edit]

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Hal Sutton	United States	68-69-71-68=276	−12
2	Chen Tze-chung	Chinese Taipei	69-70-71-72=282	−6
3	Jim Holtgrieve	United States	72-71-72-70=285	−3
4	Ronan Rafferty	Great Britain & Ireland	72-70-71-73=286	−2
5	Bob Tway	United States	72-71-74-71=288	E
T6	Tetsuo Sakata	Japan	73-70-76-72=291	+3
T6	Peter Sweeney	Australia	75-74-69-73=291	+3
T8	Masayuki Naito	Japan	73-74-73-72=292	+4
T8	David Suddards	South Africa	79-72-71-70=292	+4
10	Anders Johnsson	Sweden	72-75-75-71=293	+5

Source:^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Record Book 1980 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018.

External links[edit]

Record Book on International Golf Federation website Archived 2018-10-29 at the Wayback Machine

35°11′24″N 79°28′05″W / 35.190°N 79.468°W / 35.190; -79.468

[results-1] "Record Book 1980 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018.

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