# 1976 Eisenhower Trophy

The 1976 Eisenhower Trophy took place from 13 to 16 October at the Penina Hotel & Golf Resort in Portimão, Algarve, Portugal. It was the tenth World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 38 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.
Great Britain and Ireland won the Eisenhower Trophy for the second time, finishing two strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Japan, who had also been runners-up in 1974. Australia took the bronze medal, three strokes further behind, while team of Republic of China finished fourth. Chen Tze-ming from the Republic of China and Ian Hutcheon, representing Great Britain and Ireland, had the lowest individual scores, one-over-par 293.

## Teams

38 four-man teams contested the event.
| Country | Players |
| Argentina | Horacio Carbonetti, Louis Carbonetti, Roberto Monguzzi, Jorge Ocampo |
| Australia | Chris Bonython, Tony Gresham, Colin Kaye, Phil Wood |
| Austria | Max Lamberg, Franz Laimer, Klaus Nierlich, Florian Stolz |
| Bahamas | Robert Slatter, Brendan Lynch, Basil Smith, Michael Taylor |
| Belgium | Benoit Dumont, Yves Maham, Fredric Rodesch, Jean Rolin |
| Bermuda | Brendam Ingham, Blake Marshall, Lois Moniz, Hav Trott |
| Brazil | Priscillo Diniz, Jaime Gonzalez, Rafael Navarro, Ricardo Rossi |
| Canada | Keith Alexander, Robbie Jackson, Jim Nelford, Doug Roxburgh |
| Chile | Thomas Boetigger, Michael Grasty, Ricardo Orelana, Felipe Taverne |
| Costa Rica | Ramon Jimenez, Xavier Gonzalez, Enrique Herrero, Arturo Montealegre |
| Denmark | Lars Jacobsen, Henry Knudsen, Ryan Olsen, Ole Wiberg |
| Dominican Republic | Jack Corrie, Luis F. Henriquez, José B. Lahoz, Salomom Melgen |
| El Salvador | Guillermo Aceto, Mauricio Alvarez, José Maria Duran, Carlos M. Guardin |
| Finland | Patrik Hallamaa, Harry Safonoff, Kari Salonen, Timo Sipponen |
| France | Alexis Godillot, Patrick Lemaire, Tim Planchin, Philippe Ploujoux |
| Great Britain & Ireland | John Davies, Ian Hutcheon, Michael Kelley, Steve Martin |
| Israel | Laurie Been, Jonathan Eting, Barry Mandel, Neil Shochet |
| Italy | Stefano Betti, Massimo Mannelli, Lorenzo Silva, Giuseppe Sita |
| Japan | Ginjiro Nakabe, Micho Mori, Tetsuo Sakata, Masahiro Kuramoto |
| Malaysia | Eshak Bluah, Tan Yee Khanl, Nazamuddin Yusuf, Sahabuddin Yusof |
| Mexico | Rafael Alarcón, Juan A. Estrado, Roberto Lebrija, José Martinez |
| Netherlands | Carel Braun, Barend van Dam, Jaap van Neck, Victor Swane |
| New Zealand | Peter Burney, Alex Bonnington, Geoff Clarke, Ted McDougall |
| Norway | Per Berge, Erik Dønnestad, Asbjørn Ramnefjell, Alexander Vik |
| Papua New Guinea | John Keating, Greg Fennell, Phil Frame, Tony Gover |
| Portugal | Nuno A. de Brito a Cunha, Pedro d'Hommee Caupers, Jorge Soares, José Lara de Sousa e Melo |
| Puerto Rico | Carlos Bolivar, Joe Passarel, James Teale, Fred Thon |
| Rhodesia | George Harvey, Tony Johnstone, Nick Price, Teddy Webber |
| South Africa | Gavan Levenson, Robbie Stewart, David Suddards, Peter Todt |
| South Korea | Chang Whan Cho, Mi Rang Kim, Yung Chang Kim, Chong Min Lee |
| Spain | Santiago Fernandez, José Gancedo, Eduardo de la Riva, Snr, Roman Taya |
| Sri Lanka | W.J. Barsenbach, F.E. Captein, W.P. Fernando, C. Thural Rahaj |
| Sweden | Hans Hedjerson, Göran Lundquist, Jan Rube, Mikael Sorling |
| Switzerland | Michael Rey, Tommy Fortmann, Yves Hofstetter, Johnny Storjohann |
| Taiwan | Chen Tze-chung, Chen Tze-ming, Lu Hsi-chuen, Shen Chung-shyan |
| United States | John Fought, Fred Ridley, Bill Sander, Dick Siderowf |
| Venezuela | Jonathan Coles, Gustavo Larrazabal, Carlos Plaza, Carlos Whaite |
| West Germany | Jan G. Müller, Veit Pagel, Christoph Stadler, Christian Strenger |

## Scores

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| | Great Britain & Ireland | 219-224-225-224=892 | +16 |
| | Japan | 227-220-223-224=894 | +18 |
| | Australia | 230-220-220-227=897 | +21 |
| 4 | China | 229-221-223-225=898 | +22 |
| 5 | United States | 224-229-217-231=901 | +25 |
| 6 | Canada | 227-226-225-228=906 | +30 |
| 7 | Sweden | 223-229-232-227=911 | +35 |
| 8 | South Africa | 219-224-239-230=912 | +36 |
| T9 | Rhodesia | 223-228-226-237=914 | +38 |
| T9 | Switzerland | 226-227-227-234=914 | +38 |
| 11 | Argentina | 230-230-230-232=922 | +46 |
| 12 | New Zealand | 224-233-228-238=923 | +47 |
| 13 | France | 230-234-233-233=930 | +54 |
| 14 | Mexico | 235-236-235-229=935 | +59 |
| 15 | Spain | 233-236-238-230=937 | +61 |
| 16 | Brazil | 235-234-231-239=939 | +63 |
| 17 | Chile | 237-238-232-234=941 | +65 |
| T18 | Italy | 242-235-232-235=944 | +68 |
| T18 | Papua New Guinea | 239-237-237-231=944 | +68 |
| 20 | Denmark | 238-237-233-238=946 | +70 |
| T21 | South Korea | 236-238-239-234=947 | +71 |
| T21 | Norway | 231-236-235-245=947 | +71 |
| 23 | West Germany | 235-230-246-238=949 | +73 |
| 24 | Malaysia | 241-233-236-240=950 | +74 |
| 25 | Belgium | 231-242-240-242=955 | +79 |
| T26 | Austria | 238-242-244-240=964 | +88 |
| T26 | Finland | 243-235-242-244=964 | +88 |
| 28 | Netherlands | 241-245-244-236=966 | +90 |
| T29 | Bermuda | 242-240-241-251=974 | +98 |
| T29 | Venezuela | 241-247-243-243=974 | +98 |
| 31 | Portugal | 248-241-245-243=977 | +101 |
| 32 | Israel | 248-252-250-252=1002 | +126 |
| 33 | Dominican Republic | 248-260-252-251=1011 | +135 |
| 34 | Sri Lanka | 265-250-248-257=1020 | +144 |
| 35 | Bahamas | 254-265-270-253=1042 | +166 |
| 36 | El Salvador | 256-266-263-262=1047 | +171 |
| 37 | Costa Rica | 256-272-269-281=1078 | +202 |
| 38 | Puerto Rico | 274-281-260-264=1079 | +203 |
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## Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| T1 | Chen Tze-ming | China | 75-69-73-76=293 | +1 |
| T1 | Ian Hutcheon | Great Britain & Ireland | 73-73-76-71=293 | +1 |
| T3 | Masahiro Kuramoto | Japan | 75-71-75-73=294 | +2 |
| T3 | Phil Wood | Australia | 76-70-76-72=294 | +2 |
| 5 | Keith Alexander | Canada | 75-72-75-75=297 | +5 |
| T6 | Fred Ridley | United States | 74-77-70-77=298 | +6 |
| T6 | Teddy Webber | Rhodesia | 71-76-76-75=298 | +6 |
| T8 | John Fought | United States | 72-73-76-78=299 | +7 |
| T8 | Michael Rey | Switzerland | 73-73-75-78=299 | +7 |
| T10 | Jaime Gonzalez | Brazil | 77-78-70-76=301 | +9 |
| T10 | Michael Kelley | Great Britain & Ireland | 72-76-75-78=301 | +9 |
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