1964 Eisenhower Trophy

The 1964 Eisenhower Trophy took place 7–10 October at the Olgiata Golf Club in Olgiata, north of Rome, Italy. It was the fourth World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 33 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.

1964 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates7–10 October
LocationRome, Italy
42.039°N 12.368°E / 42.039; 12.368
Course(s)Olgiata Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72
Field33 teams
132 players
Champion
 Great Britain &  Ireland
Michael Bonallack, Rodney Foster,
Michael Lunt & Ronnie Shade
895 (+31)
Location Map
Olgiata Golf Club is located in Italy
Olgiata Golf Club
Olgiata Golf Club
Location in Italy
Olgiata Golf Club is located in Lazio
Olgiata Golf Club
Olgiata Golf Club
Location in Lazio

Great Britain and Ireland won the Eisenhower Trophy, beating Canada by two strokes. Canada took the silver medal while New Zealand, a further three strokes behind, took the bronze. The defending champions, the United States, finished fourth.

Teams

33 teams contested the event. Each team had four players.

The following table lists the players on the leading teams.[1]

CountryPlayers
 ArgentinaHernan Fernandez, Jorge Ledesma, Angel Monguzzi, Raul Travieso
 AustraliaBarrie Baker, Phil Billings, Tom Crow, Kevin Hartley
 Austria Fritz Jonak, Alexander Maculan, Klaus Nierlich, Wolfganf Pollak
 Belgium Jaques Moerman, Paul Rolin, Fredric Rodesch, Philippe Washer
 Bermuda Ford Hutchings, Brendam Ingham, Lois Moniz, George E. Wardman
 Brazil Fernando Chaves Barcellos, Robert Falkenburg, Carlos Sozio, Nestor L. Sozio Jr
 CanadaKeith Alexander, Gary Cowan, Douglas Silverberg, Nick Weslock
 Chile Arturo Mori, Christian Prieto, Eric van der Valk, Jaime R. Vergara
 Republic of ChinaChen Chien-chin, Hsieh Min-Nan, Hsu Sheng-san, Kuo Chie-Hsiung
 Denmark John Jacobsen, Nils Elsøe Jensen, Niels Thygesen, Ole Wilberg-Jørgensen
 FrancePatrick Cros, Hervé Frayssineau, Alexis Godillot, Gaëtan Mourgue D'Algue
 Great Britain
&  Ireland		Michael Bonallack, Rodney Foster, Michael Lunt, Ronnie Shade
 Iceland Petur Bjornsson, Magnus Gudmundsson, Gunnar Solnes, Ottar Yngvasson
 India Ashok S. Malik, S.S. Malik, R.K. Pitamber, P. G. Sethi
 ItalyCarlo Bordogna, Angelo Croce, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva
 Japan Yoshikane Hirose, Kiyoshi Ishimoto, Hiroshi Morimoto, Ginjiro Nakabe
 Malaysia Sulaiman Bin Bluah, Darwis Deren, Rashid Mallal, Brian R. Marks
 MexicoJuan Antonio Estrada, Tomás Lehmann, Rafael Quiroz, Enrique Sterling
 Netherlands Robbie E. van Erven Dorens, Joan F. Dudok van Heel, Jani A.R. Roland Holst, Ajef F. Knappert
 New ZealandJohn Durry, Stuart Jones, Ted McDougall, Ross Murray
 Northern Rhodesia John Drysdale, Phil Dunne, Jackie Muir, Ken Treloar
 Peru Maxwell Cooper, Miguel Grau, Ricardo Hernandez, Guillermo Salazar
 Philippines Alejandro Prieto, Alberto Silverio, Luis F. Silverio, Dick Villalon
 Portugal Fernando P. Coelho, Jorge J. de Figueiredo, Daniel B. Lane, Manuel Leao
 South Africa Murray Grindrod, David Symons, Reginald C. Taylor, Dorian Wharton-Hood
 Southern Rhodesia R.A. Cahl, Gordon Owen, M.J. Reinders, R.W. White
 Spain Luis Alvarez de Bohorques, Duke of Fernán-Núñez, Iván Maura, Francisco Sanchiz
 Sweden Gunnar Carlander, Claes Jöhncke, Lennart Leinborn, Bengt Möller
  Switzerland Olivier Barras, Otto Dillier, Peter Gutermann, Rudolf Müller
 United StatesDeane Beman, William C. Campbell, Dale Morey, Ed Tutwiler
 Uruguay Francisco Etchecerry, Carlos Giambruno, Pablo Paullier, Fernando Valdez
 Venezuela Manuel Bernandez, Fernan Frias R. Keith Guise, José M. Stuyck
 West Germany Klaus R Bez, Walter Brühne, Peter Möller, Nils Wirichs

Scores
PlaceCountryScoreTo par
1st place, gold medalist(s) Great Britain
&  Ireland		214-231-226-224=895+31
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Canada224-227-225-221=897+33
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) New Zealand225-223-229-223=900+36
4 United States221-225-230-232=908+44
5 Australia223-230-229-228=910+46
T6 Italy218-231-233-229=911+47
 Chinese Taipei219-233-227-232=911
8 Argentina220-236-229-228=913+49
9 Mexico219-234-231-233=917+53
10 France228-233-229-232=922+58
11 South Africa223-225-243-238=929+65
12 Spain228-237-241-236=942+78
13 Southern Rhodesia230-237-237-239=943+79
14 Sweden237-237-237-235=946+82
T15 Northern Rhodesia223-241-246-239=949+85
 India231-233-242-243=949
17 Denmark230-249-238-235=952+88
18 Venezuela231-245-235-243=954+90
19 Belgium232-248-238-237=955+91
20  Switzerland232-234-249-244=959+95
21 Austria239-247-231-243=960+96
22 Bermuda233-247-241-243=964+100
T23 Chile238-240-242-245=965+101
 Japan227-248-245-245=965
25 Philippines236-248-244-239=967+103
26 West Germany236-247-238-250=971+107
27 Brazil229-254-245-249=977+113
28 Netherlands237-248-245-248=978+114
29 Peru242-260-252-252=1006+142
30 Malaysia255-252-263-249=1019+155
31 Portugal251-257-256-261=1025+161
32 Iceland253-265-266-259=1043+179
33 Uruguay257-271-269-262=1059+195

Source:[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hsieh Min-Nan Chinese Taipei72-77-72-73=294+6
2Raul Travieso Argentina73-74-73-75=295+7
T3Keith Alexander Canada76-75-72-74=297+9
Ross Murray New Zealand77-70-76-74=297
T5Juan Antonio Estrada Mexico72-74-75-77=298+10
Nick Weslock Canada74-72-75-77=298
T7Angelo Croce Italy70-75-75-79=299+11
Ted McDougall New Zealand72-76-77-74=299
9Ronnie Shade Great Britain
&  Ireland		70-81-74-75=300+12
T10Rodney Foster Great Britain
&  Ireland		72-79-75-75=301+13
Michael Lunt Great Britain
&  Ireland		72-76-79-74=301

Source:[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

References
  1. "Record Book 1964 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. "Britain lead in World Team Event". The Glasgow Herald. 8 October 1964. p. 6.
  3. "Britain's lead cut to one shot". The Glasgow Herald. 9 October 1964. p. 6.
  4. "Britain now five shots ahead". The Glasgow Herald. 10 October 1964. p. 5.
  5. "Britain's "Great Team Effort" in Rome". The Glasgow Herald. 12 October 1964. p. 5.
  6. "World Golf Trophy goes to British Side". The Age. 12 October 1964. p. 25.
  7. "Golf-VM genom åren, VM-resultat genom tiderna" [World Team Championship through the years]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 1988. pp. 176–177. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  8. Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 150–152. ISBN 9172603283.
  9. Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 180–183. ISBN 91-86818007.
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