# 1970 Eisenhower Trophy

The 1970 Eisenhower Trophy took place 23 to 26 September at the Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro in Madrid, Spain. It was the seventh World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 36 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.
The United States won the Eisenhower Trophy for the fourth time, finishing 12 strokes ahead of the silver medalists, New Zealand. South Africa took the bronze medal while Australia finished fourth. Victor Regalado from Mexico had the lowest individual score, eight-under-par 280, three strokes better than Dale Hayes from South Africa. Tom Kite was ill on the final day and didn't complete his final round.

## Teams

36 four-man teams contested the event.
| Country | Players |
| Argentina | Alberto Barreira, Carlos Bracht, Jorge Ledesma, Roberto Monguzzi |
| Australia | Kevin Donohoe, Terry Gale, Tony Gresham, Kevin Hartley |
| Austria | Max Lamberg, Alexander Maculan, Klaus Nierlich, Helmuth Reichel |
| Belgium | George Boomer, Jaques Moerman, Fredric Rodesch, Philippe Toussaint |
| Bermuda | Ford Hutchings, Brendam Ingham, Lois Moniz, Keith Pearman |
| Brazil | José Joaquin Borbosa, Jaime Gonzalez, Lee Smith, Carlos Alfredo Sozio |
| Canada | Keith Alexander, Gary Cowan, Stu Hamilton, Wayne McDonald |
| Chile | Guy Barroilhet, Francisco Condon, Mauricio Galeno, Eric van der Valk |
| Republic of China | Chang Tung-chan, Chen Chien-chin, Ho Ming-chung, Li Chang-hsiung |
| Colombia | Diego Correa Gomez, Juan Pablo Gutierrez, Emilio Saidi Aparicio, Fernando Arriola Sierra |
| Denmark | Nils Elsøe Jensen, Klaus Hove, John Jacobsen, Henry Knudsen |
| Finland | Jalo Grönlund, Juhani Hämäläinen, Harry Safonoff, Kari Salonen |
| France | Didier Charmat, Hervé Frayssineau, Alexis Godillot, Roger Lagarde |
| Guatemala | Roberto Cottone, Oscar Escobar, Juan José Hermosilla, Adolfo Rios |
| Great Britain & Ireland | Michael Bonallack, Rodney Foster, Charlie Green, Geoff Marks |
| Hong Kong | C.R. Cribben, J.D. Mackie, H.M.P. Miles, Bartie To Jr |
| Iceland | Johann Benediktsson, Thorarinn B. Jonsson, Torbjörn Kjaerbo, Gunnilugur Ragnarsson |
| Italy | Stefano Cimatti, Baldovino Dassù, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva |
| Japan | Tsutomu Irie, Tetsuo Sakata, Nobuo Takahashi, Kenichi Yamada |
| Mexico | Hector Alvarez, Enrique Farias, Tomás Lehmann, Victor Regalado |
| Netherlands | Piet-Hein Streutgers, Lout Mangelaar Maertens, Victor Swane, Jaap van Neck |
| New Zealand | Geoff Clarke, Stuart Jones, Ted McDougall, Ross Murray |
| Norway | Erik Dønnestad, Yngve Eriksen, Johan Horn, Lars Musæus Jr |
| Pakistan | Masud Ahmed, Asad I.A. Khan, M.M. Hashim Khan, Mohammed Hassan Musa |
| Papua New Guinea | John Keating, Ian Trevena, John Wilkinson, James Wu |
| Peru | Enrique Grau, Felipe Osma, Carlos Rafio, Guillermo Salazar |
| Philippines | Tommy Manotoc, Miguel Preysler, Luis Silverio, Edmundo Unson |
| Portugal | Nuno A. De Brito a Cunha, Antonio Carmona Santos, Daniel B. Lane, José Lara de Sousa e Melo |
| South Africa | Hugh Baiocchi, John Fourie, Dale Hayes, Dave Symons |
| South Korea | Hang Soo Kim, Sung Long Kim, Yuong Chang Kim, Kyo Won Lee |
| Spain | José Gancedo, Iván Maura, Eduardo de la Riva Casanueva, Javier Viladomiu |
| Sweden | Hans Hedjerson, Claes Jöhncke, Magnus Lindberg, Sven Tumba |
| Switzerland | Thomas Fortmann, Peter Gutermann, Jürg Pesko, Michel Rey |
| United States | Vinny Giles, Tom Kite, Allen Miller, Lanny Wadkins |
| Venezuela | Jonathan Coles, Fernan Frias, Gustavo Kalen, Carlos Raza |
| West Germany | Heini Adam, Walter Bruhne, Peter Jochums, Jan G. Müller |

## Scores

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| | United States | 213-213-214-217=857 | −7 |
| | New Zealand | 220-214-218-217=869 | +5 |
| | South Africa | 214-219-216-221=870 | +6 |
| 4 | Australia | 224-215-212-220=871 | +7 |
| 5 | Mexico | 221-212-220-220=873 | +9 |
| 6 | Canada | 218-216-228-218=880 | +16 |
| 7 | Great Britain & Ireland | 222-216-225-219=882 | +18 |
| 8 | Japan | 223-222-220-218=883 | +19 |
| 9 | France | 226-221-222-217=886 | +22 |
| 10 | Philippines | 221-220-223-225=889 | +25 |
| 11 | Chinese Taipei | 223-224-222-221=890 | +26 |
| 12 | Spain | 224-224-218-226=892 | +28 |
| 13 | Sweden | 228-227-224-222=901 | +37 |
| 14 | West Germany | 226-224-226-227=903 | +39 |
| 15 | Italy | 219-229-233-223=904 | +40 |
| T16 | Belgium | 230-228-224-227=909 | +45 |
| T16 | Brazil | 228-217-231-233=909 | +45 |
| 18 | Argentina | 226-236-230-225=917 | +53 |
| 19 | Venezuela | 231-229-222-236=918 | +54 |
| 20 | South Korea | 228-226-230-235=919 | +55 |
| 21 | Colombia | 233-227-233-230=923 | +59 |
| 22 | Switzerland | 227-225-238-235=925 | +61 |
| T23 | Austria | 228-239-230-232=929 | +65 |
| T23 | Norway | 233-228-240-228=929 | +65 |
| 25 | Denmark | 236-229-227-238=930 | +66 |
| 26 | Bermuda | 235-234-235-230=934 | +70 |
| 27 | Netherlands | 234-233-237-234=938 | +74 |
| 28 | Portugal | 227-238-242-232=939 | +75 |
| 29 | Papua New Guinea | 237-227-237-239=940 | +76 |
| 30 | Chile | 233-232-240-238=943 | +79 |
| 31 | Hong Kong | 242-237-235-241=955 | +91 |
| 32 | Finland | 244-243-234-236=957 | +93 |
| 33 | Peru | 240-244-247-251=982 | +118 |
| 34 | Pakistan | 254-251-253-255=1013 | +149 |
| 35 | Guatemala | 264-249-254-250=1017 | +153 |
| 36 | Iceland | 262-255-255-276=1048 | +184 |
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## Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Victor Regalado | Mexico | 72-67-71-70=280 | −8 |
| 2 | Dale Hayes | South Africa | 70-71-68-74=283 | −5 |
| 3 | Lanny Wadkins | United States | 70-72-72-72=286 | −2 |
| T4 | Tony Gresham | Australia | 71-74-71-71=287 | −1 |
| T4 | Allen Miller | United States | 72-71-71-73=287 | −1 |
| 6 | Ted McDougall | New Zealand | 72-73-73-70=288 | E |
| T7 | Vinny Giles | United States | 73-73-71-72=289 | +1 |
| T7 | Nobuo Takahashi | Japan | 72-74-70-73=289 | +1 |
| 9 | Kenichi Yamada | Japan | 73-75-74-68=290 | +2 |
| T10 | Geoff Clarke | New Zealand | 75-71-71-74=291 | +3 |
| T10 | Ho Ming-chung | Republic of China | 72-75-73-71=291 | +3 |
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