1980 Eisenhower Trophy

The 1980 Eisenhower Trophy took place October 8 to 11 on the No. 2 course at the Pinehurst Country Club in Pinehurst, North Carolina. It was the 12th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy and the second time the event had been held in the United States, after the 1960 event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 39 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.

1980 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
DatesOctober 8–11
LocationPinehurst, North Carolina
Course(s)Pinehurst Country Club
(No. 2 course)
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72
Length6,960 yards (6,360 m)
Field39 teams
156 players
Champion
 United States
Jim Holtgrieve, Jay Sigel,
Hal Sutton & Bob Tway
848 (−16)

United States won the Eisenhower Trophy for the eighth time, finishing 27 strokes ahead of the silver medalists, South Africa. Chinese Taipei took the bronze medal, nine strokes further behind, while Japan finished fourth. Hal Sutton had the lowest individual score, 12-under-par 276, six strokes better than any other player.

Teams

39 four-man teams contested the event.

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

CountryPlayers
 AustraliaTony Gresham, John Kelly, Jeff Senior, Peter Sweeney
 CanadaGraham Cooke, Stu Hamilton, Greg Olson, Richard Zokol
 Chinese TaipeiChang Dong-liang, Chen Tze-chung, Wu Chun-lung, Yuan Ching-chi
 Great Britain
&  Ireland		Gordon Brand Jnr, Ian Hutcheon, Peter McEvoy, Ronan Rafferty
 JapanTatsuhiko Asakawa, Masayuki Naito, Tetsuo Sakata, Fuminori Sano
 MexicoRafael Alarcon, Ignacio de Leon, José Martínez, Carlos Peláez
 New ZealandMichael Barltrop, Geoff Clarke, Paul Hartstone, Colin Taylor
 South AfricaEtienne Groenewald, Duncan Lindsay-Smith, Wayne Player, David Suddards
 SwedenPer Andersson, Anders Johnsson, Göran Lundquist, Jan Rube
 United StatesJim Holtgrieve, Jay Sigel, Hal Sutton, Bob Tway

Scores
#CountryScoreTo par
1 United States211-211-217-209=848−16
2 South Africa219-216-218-222=875+11
3 Chinese Taipei219-221-221-223=884+20
4 Japan223-219-225-220=887+23
T5 Australia231-225-213-221=890+26
 Canada221-221-225-223=890
 Great Britain
&  Ireland		229-217-221-223=890
8 Sweden230-221-223-220=894+30
9 Mexico221-224-228-226=899+35
10 New Zealand229-226-215-232=902+38
11 Spain230-224-224-226=904+40
T12 Argentina227-232-227-231=917+53
 Italy232-223-231-231=917
14 Philippines229-231-231-232=923+59
T15 Brazil230-231-228-235=924+60
 West Germany236-230-220-238=924
17 France229-233-229-235=926+62
18 Colombia240-229-225-233=927+63
19 South Korea223-245-227-234=929+65
T20 Chile236-233-234-232=935+71
 India235-226-233-241=935
 Netherlands233-232-234-236=935
  Switzerland241-232-229-233=935
 Zimbabwe238-235-230-232=935
25 Hong Kong244-229-232-239=944+80
26 Belgium240-232-234-239=945+81
T27 Austria240-233-237-237=947+83
 Denmark240-230-236-241=947
29 Venezuela239-238-232-243=952+88
30 Norway237-240-235-241=953+89
31 Fiji247-239-242-243=971+107
32 Bermuda254-251-237-237=979+115
33 Portugal242-239-247-256=984+120
34 Papua New Guinea256-239-251-245=991+127
35 Israel257-252-243-250=1002+138
36 Dominican Republic251-245-253-254=1003+139
37 Guatemala260-249-248-252=1009+145
38 El Salvador255-257-266-265=1043+179
39 Puerto Rico274-258-273-272=1077+213

Source:[1]

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Hal Sutton United States68-69-71-68=276−12
2Chen Tze-chung Chinese Taipei69-70-71-72=282−6
3Jim Holtgrieve United States72-71-72-70=285−3
4Ronan Rafferty Great Britain
&  Ireland		72-70-71-73=286−2
5Bob Tway United States72-71-74-71=288E
T6Tetsuo Sakata Japan73-70-76-72=291+3
Peter Sweeney Australia75-74-69-73=291
T8Masayuki Naito Japan73-74-73-72=292+4
David Suddards South Africa79-72-71-70=292
10Anders Johnsson Sweden72-75-75-71=293+5

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References
  1. "Record Book 1980 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 29 October 2018.

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