1980 Eisenhower Trophy
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.
| 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 StatesJim Holtgrieve, Jay Sigel, Hal Sutton & Bob Tway | |
| 848 (−16) | |
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
39 four-man teams contested the event.
The following table lists the players on the leading teams.[1]
| Country | Players |
|---|---|
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | Tony Gresham, John Kelly, Jeff Senior, Peter Sweeney |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada | Graham Cooke, Stu Hamilton, Greg Olson, Richard Zokol |
 Chinese Taipei | Chang Dong-liang, Chen Tze-chung, Wu Chun-lung, Yuan Ching-chi |
 Great Britain&  Ireland | Gordon Brand Jnr, Ian Hutcheon, Peter McEvoy, Ronan Rafferty |
 Japan | Tatsuhiko Asakawa, Masayuki Naito, Tetsuo Sakata, Fuminori Sano |
 Mexico | Rafael Alarcón, Ignacio de Leon, José Martínez, Carlos Peláez |
 New Zealand | Michael Barltrop, Geoff Clarke, Paul Hartstone, Colin Taylor |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} South Africa | Etienne Groenewald, Duncan Lindsay-Smith, Wayne Player, David Suddards |
 Sweden | Per Andersson, Anders Johnsson, Göran Lundquist, Jan Rube |
| United States | Jim Holtgrieve, Jay Sigel, Hal Sutton, Bob Tway |
Scores
| # | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 211-211-217-209=848 | −16 |
| 2 | South Africa | 219-216-218-222=875 | +11 |
| 3 | 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 |
 Italy | 232-223-231-231=917 | ||
| 14 |  Philippines | 229-231-231-232=923 | +59 |
| T15 |  Brazil | 230-231-228-235=924 | +60 |
 West Germany | 236-230-220-238=924 | ||
| 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | 240-232-234-239=945 | +81 |
| T27 |  Austria | 240-233-237-237=947 | +83 |
 Denmark | 240-230-236-241=947 | ||
| 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
There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
| # | 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 |
| Peter Sweeney | Australia | 75-74-69-73=291 | ||
| T8 | Masayuki Naito | Japan | 73-74-73-72=292 | +4 |
| David Suddards | South Africa | 79-72-71-70=292 | ||
| 10 | Anders Johnsson | Sweden | 72-75-75-71=293 | +5 |
Source:[1]
References
- "Record Book 1980 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 29 October 2018.