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)

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]

CountryPlayers
 AustraliaChris Bonython, Tony Gresham, Peter Sweeney, Phil Wood
 CanadaGary Cowan, Dave Mick, Doug Roxburgh, Yves Tremblay
 FranceFrançois Illouz, Jean Ignace Mouhica, Thierry Planchin, Philippe Ploujoux
 Great Britain
&  Ireland		Gordon Brand Jnr, Allan Brodie, Brian Marchbank, Peter McEvoy
 ItalyFranco Gigliarelli, Antonio Lionello, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva
 JapanGinjiro Nakabe, Tetsuo Sakata, Fuminori Sano, Masao Shioda
 New ZealandGeoff Clarke, Paul Hartstone, Phil Mosley, Frank Nobilo
 SpainGonzaga Escuariaza, Nicasio Sagardia, Roman Taya, Alfonso Vidaor
 SwedenGöran Lundquist, Jan Rube, Mikael Sorling, Björn Svedin
 United StatesBobby Clampett, John Cook, Scott Hoch, Jay Sigel
 West GermanyKai Flint, Thomas Hübner, Veit Pagel, Christian Strenger

Scores
#CountryScoreTo par
1 United States213-220-219-221=873+9
2 Canada222-222-225-217=886+22
3 Australia222-223-224-222=891+27
4 New Zealand227-219-229-220=895+31
5 Sweden221-230-228-235=914+50
6 Great Britain
&  Ireland		221-229-238-231=919+55
7 France230-236-236-221=923+59
8 West Germany231-240-229-233=933+69
9 Japan235-226-242-232=935+71
T10 Italy235-239-231-239=944+80
 Spain238-237-238-231=944
12  Switzerland235-240-236-234=945+81
13 Argentina245-241-233-230=949+85
14 India239-245-245-229=958+94
15 Papua New Guinea246-242-235-237=960+96
16 Netherlands239-250-234-240=963+99
T17 Austria239-252-240-238=969+105
 Bermuda238-243-243-245=969
19 Brazil247-244-236-245=972+108
20 Belgium243-251-245-241=980+116
21 Thailand249-245-248-240=982+118
22 Fiji252-250-243-240=985+121
23 Hong Kong254-243-240-249=986+122
24 South Korea254-254-245-248=1001+137

Source:[1]

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bobby Clampett United States69-71-71-76=287−1
2Doug Roxburgh Canada72-74-74-69=289+1
3Geoff Clarke New Zealand71-76-72-71=290+2
4Gary Cowan Canada73-71-77-71=292+4
5John Cook United States75-73-73-72=293+5
T6Scott Hoch United States70-76-75-73=294+6
Peter Sweeney Australia76-73-71-74=294
8Tony Gresham Australia75-75-77-71=298+10
T9Phil Mosley New Zealand76-70-81-72=299+11
Mikael Sorling Sweden70-76-75-78=299

Source:[1]

References
  1. "Record Book 1978 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

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