# 1972 Eisenhower Trophy

The 1972 Eisenhower Trophy took place 18 to 21 October at the Olivos Golf Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the eighth 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.
The United States won the Eisenhower Trophy for the third successive time, finishing five strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Australia. South Africa took the bronze medal while Spain finished fourth. Tony Gresham from Australia had the lowest individual score, one-over-par 285, two strokes better than two Americans, Ben Crenshaw and Vinny Giles.

## Teams

32 four-man teams contested the event.
| Country | Players |
| Argentina | Horacio Carbonetti, Luis Daneri, Juan Carlos Devoto, Roberto Monguzzi |
| Australia | Mike Cahill, Terry Gale, Tony Gresham, Noel Ratcliffe |
| Bahamas | Valdo Prosa, Robert Slatter, Basil Smith, Michael Taylor |
| Belgium | Yves Brose, Benoit Dumont, Yves Maham, Fredric Rodesch |
| Bermuda | Brendam Ingham, Lois Moniz, Keith Pearman, Noel van Putten |
| Brazil | Joao Barbosa Correa, Jaime Gonzalez, Ricardo R. Rossi, Carlos A. Sozio |
| Canada | Keith Alexander, Dave Barr, Doug Roxburgh, Nick Weslock |
| Chile | Benjamin Astaburuaga Jr, Mauricio Galeno, Ricardo Orellana, Felipe Taverne |
| Chinese Taipei | Chen Chien-chin, Fa Hung, Lu Tze-chi, Tsai Lung-tsu |
| Colombia | Diego Correa Gomez, Ricardo Sala, Emilio Saidi Aparicio, Fernando Arriola Sierra |
| Dominican Republic | Jack Corrie, Luis F. Henriquez, Salomom Melgen, Arturo Pellerano |
| Ecuador | Carlos M. Cobo, Fernando Fiore, Antony Gittes, Isidro Icaza |
| El Salvador | Guillermo Aceto, Mauricio Alvarez, Henry Daubin, Jaime Munguia |
| France | Alexis Godillot, Roger Lagarde, Philippe Ploujoux, Michel Tapia |
| Great Britain & Ireland | Michael Bonallack, Charlie Green, Trevor Homer, Hugh Stuart |
| Italy | Luca Fabrini, Delio Lovato, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva |
| Japan | Tsutomu Irie, Tetsuo Sakata, Zenjiro Takano, Kazunari Takahashi |
| Malaysia | Kwan C. Choo, Jalal Deran, Rashid Mallal, Saad Yusoff |
| Mexico | Enrique Farias, Carlos Perez Acosta, Mauricio Urdaneta, Ricardo Vega |
| Netherlands | Jaap van Neck, Teun Roosenburg, Piet-Hein Streutgers, Victor Swane |
| New Zealand | Geoff Clarke, Stuart Jones, Ted McDougall, Ross Murray |
| Panama | Francisco Arias, Leo Dehlinger, Anibal Galindo, Jaime de la Guardia |
| Peru | Guillermo Gamon, Luis Grans, Hector Lali, Alejandro Morales |
| Portugal | Nuno A. de Brito a Cunha, Pedro d'Hommee Caupers, Ricardo H. Soares, José Lara de Sousa e Melo |
| South Africa | Coen Dreyer, Johann Murray, Kevin Suddards, Neville Sundelson |
| South Korea | Michael Han, Kim In-bee, Huh Kwan-soo, Lee Soon-young |
| Spain | Eduardo de la Riva, Snr, José Gancedo, Nicasio Sagardia, Roman Taya |
| Sweden | Olle Dahlgren, Claes Jöhncke, Jan Rube, Mikael Sorling |
| Switzerland | Thomas Fortmann, Peter Gutermann, Yves Hofstetter, Martin Kessler |
| United States | Ben Crenshaw, Vinny Giles, Mark Hayes, Marty West |
| Uruguay | Franci Echeverry ferber, Victor Paullier, Pablo Paullier, Francisco Vidiella |
| West Germany | Freidrich C. Janssen, Jan G. Müller, Veit Pagel, Christian Strenger |

## Scores

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| | United States | 221-220-210-214=865 | +13 |
| | Australia | 215-219-214-222=870 | +18 |
| | South Africa | 224-218-214-222=878 | +26 |
| 4 | Spain | 217-220-222-220=879 | +27 |
| T5 | Argentina | 212-225-224-223=884 | +32 |
| T5 | New Zealand | 223-218-221-222=884 | +32 |
| 7 | Great Britain & Ireland | 218-221-223-226=888 | +36 |
| 8 | Canada | 221-218-228-222=889 | +37 |
| 9 | Japan | 221-228-224-218=891 | +39 |
| 10 | France | 222-227-225-229=903 | +51 |
| 11 | West Germany | 217-227-229-232=905 | +53 |
| 12 | Chinese Taipei | 228-226-227-226=907 | +55 |
| 13 | Italy | 226-227-231-228=912 | +60 |
| 14 | Sweden | 229-226-228-230=913 | +61 |
| 15 | Brazil | 226-238-226-225=915 | +63 |
| 16 | Chile | 241-223-228-224=916 | +64 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 236-235-229-225=925 | +73 |
| T18 | Belgium | 230-230-226-241=927 | +75 |
| T18 | Mexico | 229-234-228-236=927 | +75 |
| T18 | Portugal | 235-230-235-227=927 | +75 |
| 21 | Switzerland | 235-231-226-237=929 | +77 |
| 22 | Colombia | 233-224-240-233=930 | +78 |
| 23 | Malaysia | 229-233-240-236=938 | +86 |
| 24 | Ecuador | 235-241-242-233=951 | +99 |
| 25 | Panama | 242-237-238-235=952 | +100 |
| 26 | Peru | 235-244-239-239=957 | +105 |
| 27 | Bermuda | 234-242-240-247=963 | +111 |
| 28 | Uruguay | 238-244-249-233=964 | +112 |
| 29 | South Korea | 258-244-238-238=978 | +126 |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | 245-253-243-244=985 | +133 |
| 31 | Bahamas | 253-254-251-249=1007 | +155 |
| 32 | El Salvador | 250-255-254-262=1021 | +169 |
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## Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Tony Gresham | Australia | 70-69-73-73=285 | +1 |
| T2 | Ben Crenshaw | United States | 74-76-69-68=287 | +3 |
| T2 | Vinny Giles | United States | 72-71-71-73=287 | +3 |
| T4 | Eduardo de la Riva, Sr. | Spain | 72-71-72-73=288 | +4 |
| T4 | Neville Sundelson | South Africa | 75-72-72-69=288 | +4 |
| 6 | Mark Hayes | United States | 74-71-71-75=291 | +7 |
| 7 | Roberto Monguzzi | Argentina | 70-76-73-73=292 | +8 |
| 8 | Coen Dreyer | South Africa | 77-72-70-75=294 | +10 |
| T9 | Michael Bonallack | Great Britain & Ireland | 71-73-75-76=295 | +11 |
| T9 | Charlie Green | Great Britain & Ireland | 74-73-73-75=295 | +11 |
| T9 | Stuart Jones | New Zealand | 74-71-76-74=295 | +11 |
| T9 | Ross Murray | New Zealand | 73-71-75-76=295 | +11 |
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