1960 Eisenhower Trophy

The 1960 Eisenhower Trophy took place September 28 to October 1 at the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. It was the second World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 32 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.

1960 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
DatesSeptember 28 – October 1
LocationArdmore, Pennsylvania
Course(s)Merion Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par70
Length6,694 yards (6,121 m)
Field32 teams
126 players
Champion
 United States
Deane Beman, Robert W. Gardner,
Bill Hyndman & Jack Nicklaus
834 (−6)
Location map
Merion Golf Club is located in the United States
Merion Golf Club
Merion Golf Club
Location in the United States
Merion Golf Club is located in Pennsylvania
Merion Golf Club
Merion Golf Club
Location in Pennsylvania
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United States won the Eisenhower Trophy, finishing 42 strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Australia. Great Britain and Ireland finished five strokes behind Australia and took the bronze medal while South Africa finished fourth. Jack Nicklaus completed the four rounds in 269, 13 strokes better than anyone else and 19 strokes better than the best non-American, Bruce Devlin.

Teams

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32 teams contested the event. Each team had four players with the exception of Ceylon and the United Arab Republic who were represented by only three players. Of the teams that competed in 1958, Iceland, Kenya and Spain were not represented. Ceylon, Denmark, Mexico, Peru, Rhodesia & Nyasaland and the United Arab Republic were represented for the first time.[1]

Country Players
  Argentina Roberto Benito, Guillermo Carman, Jorge Ledesma, Angel Monguzzi
  Australia Ted Ball, Jack Coogan, Bruce Devlin, Eric Routley
  Austria Hugo Hild, Fritz Jonak, Alexander Maculan, Klaus Nierlich
  Belgium Jacky Moerman, Eric Taveruier, Philippe Washer, Freddy Rodesch
  Bermuda Joseph T. DeCosta, James A. Pearman, Richard S.L. Pearman, George E. Wardman
  Brazil Humberto de Almeida, Joao Barbosa, Fernando Chaves Barcellos, Carlos Sozio
  Canada Keith Alexander, Gary Cowan, John Johnston, Bob Wylie
  Ceylon W. Pinsiri Fernando, J. Francis Silva, C. Upali Senanayake
  Republic of China Chang Tung-chang, C.C. Chen, Jeffrey Koo, Stanley Shen
  Denmark Herluf Hansen, John Jacobsen, Henrik Lund, Erik Staerk
  Finland Jalo Grönlund, Pentti E. Nurminen, T. Nyström, Mauri O. Vikström
  France Marius Bardana, Jean Pierre Cros, Patrick Cros, Henri de Lamaze
  Great Britain
&   Ireland
Michael Bonallack, Joe Carr, Doug Sewell, Guy Wolstenholme
  India A.S. Malik, I.S. Malik, R.K. Pitamber, P. G. Sethi
  Italy Eduardo Bergamo, Nadi Berruti, Franco Bevione, Alberto Schiaffino
  Japan Kiyoshi Ishimoto, Takeaki Kaneda, Ginjiro Nakabe, Makoto Tanaka
  Malaya Choong Ewe Seong, T.S. Leong, Patrick Lim, H. Y. Loh
  Mexico Juan Antonio Estrada, Roberto Halpern, Rafael Quiroz, Mauricio Urdaneta
  Netherlands Robbie E. van Erven Dorens, Joan F. Dudok van Heel, Jani A.R. Roland Holst, Ajef F. Knappert
  New Zealand Bob Charles, Walter Godfrey, Stuart Jones, Ross Newdick
  Norway Jan Aaseth, John Johansen, Kåre Kittilsen, Arve Pedersen
  Peru Luis Fraser, Luis Larrabure, Alfonso Noriega, Carlos A. Raffo
  Philippines Augustin Coscolluela Jr, Melanio Gana, Alejandro Prieto, Luis F. Silverio
  Portugal Nuno Alberto de Brito e Cunha, Duarte Espirito Santo Silva, Visconte de Pereira Machado, Jose de Sousa e Melo
  Rhodesia and Nyasaland Benny Brews, John Drysdale, Dave Proctor, Ken Treloar
  South Africa Murray Grindrod, Jannie le Roux, Reg Taylor, Arthur Walker
  Sweden Gustaf Adolf Bielke, Rune Karlfeldt, Lennart Leinborn, Göran Lindeblad
  Switzerland Olivier Barras, Otto Dillier, Peter Gutermann, Hans Schweizer
  United Arab Republic Vladimir Blazek, Marwan Djeddaoui, Zakaria Taber
  United States Deane Beman, Robert W. Gardner, Bill Hyndman, Jack Nicklaus
  Venezuela Alfredo A. Behrens, Jack Corrie, Julio L. Torres, Rafael E. Vaamonde
  West Germany Walter Bruschne, Hans Lampert, Peter Möller, Erik Sellschopp

Scores

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Place Country Score To par
    United States 208-205-203-218=834 −6
    Australia 219-220-215-222=876 +36
    Great Britain
&   Ireland
218-215-221-227=881 +41
4   South Africa 220-225-215-233=893 +53
5   New Zealand 217-225-220-233=895 +55
6   Canada 230-220-222-234=906 +66
7   Mexico 217-225-227-240=909 +69
8   Rhodesia and Nyasaland 224-226-223-241=914 +74
9   Argentina 225-228-224-240=917 +77
10   Sweden 227-228-229-239=923 +83
11   Italy 227-229-233-246=935 +95
12   France 226-232-232-247=937 +97
13   West Germany 236-230-226-248=940 +100
14   Philippines 230-229-232-251=942 +102
15   Denmark 230-231-243-248=952 +112
16   Japan 237-231-245-241=954 +114
17   Belgium 231-242-244-243=960 +120
18   Venezuela 245-231-238-248=962 +122
19   Brazil 235-244-239-254=972 +132
20   India 233-244-245-253=975 +135
T21   Republic of China 237-240-240-260=977 +137
  Switzerland 238-248-243-248=977
23   Norway 239-243-240-257=979 +139
24   Peru 242-258-245-254=999 +159
25   Bermuda 243-252-248-258=1001 +161
26   Austria 244-247-248-266=1005 +165
27   Netherlands 250-245-252-261=1008 +168
28   Finland 246-259-264-254=1023 +183
29   Portugal 250-259-247-279=1035 +195
30   United Arab Republic 263-255-256-271=1045 +205
31   Malaya 263-271-282-283=1099 +259
32   Ceylon 271-265-282-286=1104 +264

Individual leaders

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There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Jack Nicklaus   United States 66-67-68-68=269 −11
2 Deane Beman   United States 71-67-69-75=282 +2
3 Bruce Devlin   Australia 74-70-70-74=288 +8
T4 Robert W. Gardner   United States 71-71-68-79=289 +9
Bill Hyndman   United States 71-76-67-75=289
T6 Bob Charles   New Zealand 70-75-70-76=291 +11
Eric Routley   Australia 72-75-72-72=291
8 Juan Antonio Estrada   Mexico 71-72-76-75=294 +14
9 Jannie le Roux   South Africa 74-75-72-74=295 +15
10 Michael Bonallack   Great Britain
&   Ireland
73-72-73-78=296 +16

Sources:[1][2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Record Book 2nd World Amateur Golf Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  2. ^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 150–152. ISBN 9172603283.
  3. ^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 180–183. ISBN 91-86818007.
  4. ^ "Golf-VM genom åren, VM-resultat genom tiderna" [World Team Championship through the years]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 1988. pp. 176–177. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
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