Golf tournament
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.
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
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
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Argentina |
Roberto Benito, Guillermo Carman, Jorge Ledesma, Angel Monguzzi
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Australia |
Ted Ball, Jack Coogan, Bruce Devlin, Eric Routley
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Austria
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Hugo Hild, Fritz Jonak, Alexander Maculan, Klaus Nierlich
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Belgium
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Jacky Moerman, Eric Taveruier, Philippe Washer, Freddy Rodesch
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Bermuda
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Joseph T. DeCosta, James A. Pearman, Richard S.L. Pearman, George E. Wardman
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Brazil
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Humberto de Almeida, Joao Barbosa, Fernando Chaves Barcellos, Carlos Sozio
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Canada |
Keith Alexander, Gary Cowan, John Johnston, Bob Wylie
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Ceylon
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W. Pinsiri Fernando, J. Francis Silva, C. Upali Senanayake
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Republic of China
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Chang Tung-chang, C.C. Chen, Jeffrey Koo, Stanley Shen
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Denmark
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Herluf Hansen, John Jacobsen, Henrik Lund, Erik Staerk
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Finland
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Jalo Grönlund, Pentti E. Nurminen, T. Nyström, Mauri O. Vikström
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France
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Marius Bardana, Jean Pierre Cros, Patrick Cros, Henri de Lamaze
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Great Britain & Ireland |
Michael Bonallack, Joe Carr, Doug Sewell, Guy Wolstenholme
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India
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A.S. Malik, I.S. Malik, R.K. Pitamber, P. G. Sethi
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Italy
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Eduardo Bergamo, Nadi Berruti, Franco Bevione, Alberto Schiaffino
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Japan
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Kiyoshi Ishimoto, Takeaki Kaneda, Ginjiro Nakabe, Makoto Tanaka
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Malaya
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Choong Ewe Seong, T.S. Leong, Patrick Lim, H. Y. Loh
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Mexico |
Juan Antonio Estrada, Roberto Halpern, Rafael Quiroz, Mauricio Urdaneta
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Netherlands
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Robbie E. van Erven Dorens, Joan F. Dudok van Heel, Jani A.R. Roland Holst, Ajef F. Knappert
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New Zealand |
Bob Charles, Walter Godfrey, Stuart Jones, Ross Newdick
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Norway
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Jan Aaseth, John Johansen, Kåre Kittilsen, Arve Pedersen
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Peru
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Luis Fraser, Luis Larrabure, Alfonso Noriega, Carlos A. Raffo
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Philippines
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Augustin Coscolluela Jr, Melanio Gana, Alejandro Prieto, Luis F. Silverio
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Portugal
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Nuno Alberto de Brito e Cunha, Duarte Espirito Santo Silva, Visconte de Pereira Machado, Jose de Sousa e Melo
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Rhodesia and Nyasaland |
Benny Brews, John Drysdale, Dave Proctor, Ken Treloar
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South Africa |
Murray Grindrod, Jannie le Roux, Reg Taylor, Arthur Walker
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Sweden |
Gustaf Adolf Bielke, Rune Karlfeldt, Lennart Leinborn, Göran Lindeblad
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Switzerland
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Olivier Barras, Otto Dillier, Peter Gutermann, Hans Schweizer
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United Arab Republic
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Vladimir Blazek, Marwan Djeddaoui, Zakaria Taber
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United States |
Deane Beman, Robert W. Gardner, Bill Hyndman, Jack Nicklaus
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Venezuela
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Alfredo A. Behrens, Jack Corrie, Julio L. Torres, Rafael E. Vaamonde
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West Germany
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Walter Bruschne, Hans Lampert, Peter Möller, Erik Sellschopp
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Scores
Individual leaders
There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
Sources:[1][2][3][4]
References
External links
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