# 1968 Eisenhower Trophy

The 1968 Eisenhower Trophy took place 9 to 12 October at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Black Rock, Victoria, Australia. It was the sixth World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 26 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.
The United States won the Eisenhower Trophy for the third time, finishing a strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Great Britain and Ireland. Canada took the bronze medal while Australia finished fourth. Michael Bonallack and Vinny Giles had the lowest individual scores, six-under-par 286.
Great Britain and Ireland led by 7 strokes after three rounds but the Americans scored 73, 73 and 75 in the final round to Great Britain and Irelands 76, 76, and 77 to win by a stroke. At the last hole, Ronnie Shade missed a 6-foot putt, after which Dick Siderowf holed from 3 feet to give the United States the victory.

## Teams

26 teams contested the event. Each team had four players with the exception of Venuezela who were represented by only three players.
| Country | Players |
| Argentina | Jorge de Azcuenaga, Jorge C. Ledesma, Roberto Monguzzi, Alberto E. Texier |
| Australia | Harry Berwick, Kevin Donohoe, Tony Gresham, Kevin Hartley |
| Bermuda | Brendam Ingham, Lois Moniz, Llewellyn Tucker, George E. Wardman |
| Brazil | Robert Falkenburg, Robert Falkenburg II, Lee Smith, Carlos A. Sozio |
| Canada | Gary Cowan, Jim Doyle, John Johnston, Bob Wylie |
| Chile | Guy Barroilhet, Francisco Condon, Mauricio Galeno, Eric van der Valk |
| Republic of China | Chen Chien-chin, Ho Ming-chung, Hsu Sheng-san, Shay Yee-shone |
| France | Didier Charmat, Herve Frayssineau, Alex Godillot, Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue |
| Great Britain & Ireland | Michael Bonallack, Gordon Cosh, Peter Oosterhuis, Ronnie Shade |
| Hong Kong | K.G. Finlayson, C.R. Cribben, A.W.J. Kim Hall, J.D. Mackie |
| India | Vikram Chopra, Ashok S. Malik, R.K. Pitamber, P. G. Sethi |
| Italy | Franco Bevione, Stefano Cimatti, Angelo Croce, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva |
| Japan | Shoichiro Maeda, Shinji Morikawa, Ginjiro Nakabe, Kenichi Yamada |
| Libya | Milad Gamudi, Abdul Afi Sadek, Hadi Sasi, Abdalla Zguzi |
| Malaysia | Zainal Abidin, Kwan C. Choo, Darwis Deren, Jalal Deran |
| Mexico | Juan Antonio Estrada, Tomás Lehmann, Ernesto Perez Acosta, Victor Regalado |
| New Zealand | John Durry, Ted McDougall, Ross Murray, Bruce Stevens |
| Papua New Guinea | Wayne Brittain, John Keating, Ian Trevena, John Wilkinson |
| Philippines | Emil G. Gaston,Nini Lizares, José M. Santos, Luis F. Silverio |
| South Africa | Hugh Baiocchi, Comrie du Toit, John Fourie, Dave Symons |
| South Korea | Yuong Chang Kim, Kyo Won Lee, Moon Koo Lee, Yung Jun Park |
| Spain | Santiago Fernandez, José Gancedo, Alvaro Muro, Roman Taya |
| Switzerland | Gilles Bagnoud, Peter Gutermann, Anton Matti, Peter Müller |
| United States | Bruce Fleisher, Vinny Giles, Jack Lewis Jr., Dick Siderowf |
| Venezuela | Gustavo Kalen, Carlos Raza, Rafael Vaamonde |
| West Germany | Walter Brühne, Gerhard Koenig, Christian Strenger, Jürgen Weghmann |

## Scores

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| | United States | 220-211-216-221=868 | −8 |
| | Great Britain & Ireland | 218-215-207-229=869 | −7 |
| | Canada | 225-215-222-223=885 | +9 |
| 4 | Australia | 216-222-222-226=886 | +10 |
| 5 | South Africa | 225-218-220-226=889 | +13 |
| 6 | Mexico | 222-211-232-228=893 | +17 |
| 7 | New Zealand | 224-223-223-225=895 | +19 |
| 8 | Chinese Taipei | 226-224-223-227=900 | +24 |
| 9 | Japan | 228-219-227-234=908 | +32 |
| 10 | West Germany | 229-229-224-228=910 | +34 |
| 11 | France | 227-229-223-233=912 | +36 |
| 12 | Argentina | 226-221-233-236=916 | +40 |
| 13 | India | 231-222-233-239=925 | +49 |
| 14 | Malaysia | 239-224-233-234=930 | +54 |
| 15 | Spain | 232-232-236-239=939 | +63 |
| 16 | Italy | 230-242-229-246=947 | +71 |
| 17 | Philippines | 236-233-233-248=950 | +74 |
| 18 | Switzerland | 234-233-242-245=954 | +78 |
| 19 | South Korea | 238-230-245-243=956 | +80 |
| 20 | Papua New Guinea | 243-235-241-239=958 | +82 |
| 21 | Bermuda | 241-244-237-249=971 | +95 |
| 22 | Brazil | 257-239-239-241=976 | +100 |
| 23 | Hong Kong | 250-244-246-241=981 | +105 |
| 24 | Chile | 247-243-248-245=983 | +107 |
| 25 | Libya | 264-249-251-257=1021 | +145 |
| 26 | Venezuela | 261-276-263-267=1067 | +191 |
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## Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| T1 | Michael Bonallack | Great Britain & Ireland | 72-72-66-76=286 | −6 |
| T1 | Vinny Giles | United States | 74-68-71-73=286 | −6 |
| T3 | Peter Oosterhuis | Great Britain & Ireland | 70-71-72-76=289 | −3 |
| T3 | Dick Siderowf | United States | 74-69-73-73=289 | −3 |
| T5 | Kevin Donohoe | Australia | 68-75-72-76=291 | −1 |
| T5 | Ernesto Perez Acosta | Mexico | 72-69-72-78=291 | −1 |
| 7 | Gary Cowan | Canada | 73-69-72-79=293 | +1 |
| 8 | Ross Murray | New Zealand | 75-74-72-73=294 | +2 |
| 9 | Ronnie Shade | Great Britain & Ireland | 76-72-70-77=295 | +3 |
| T10 | Ho Ming-chung | Chinese Taipei | 75-74-72-75=296 | +4 |
| T10 | Jack Lewis Jr. | United States | 72-74-72-78=296 | +4 |
| T10 | Ginjiro Nakabe | Japan | 76-73-71-76=296 | +4 |
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