1976 Eisenhower Trophy

The 1976 Eisenhower Trophy took place 13 to 16 October at the Penina Hotel & Golf Resort in Portimão, Algarve, Portugal. It was the tenth World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 38 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.

1976 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates13–16 October
LocationPortimão, Algarve, Portugal
Course(s)Penina Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par73
Length6,940 yards (6,350 m)
Field38 teams
152 players
Champion
 Great Britain &  Ireland
John Davies, Ian Hutcheon,
Michael Kelley & Steve Martin
892 (+16)
Location Map
Penina Hotel & Golf Resort
Location in Europe
Penina Hotel & Golf Resort
Location in Portugal

Great Britain and Ireland won the Eisenhower Trophy for the second time, finishing two strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Japan, who had also been runners-up in 1974. Australia took the bronze medal, three strokes further behind, while team Republic of China finished fourth. Chen Tze-ming from Republic of China and Ian Hutcheon, representing Great Britain and Ireland, had the lowest individual scores, one-over-par 293.

Teams

38 four-man teams contested the event.

CountryPlayers
 Argentina Horacio Carbonetti, Louis Carbonetti, Roberto Monguzzi, Jorge Ocampo
 AustraliaChris Bonython, Tony Gresham, Colin Kaye, Phil Wood
 Austria Max Lamberg, Franz Laimer, Klaus Nierlich, Florian Stolz
 Bahamas Robert Slatter, Brendan Lynch, Basil Smith, Michael Taylor
 Belgium Benoit Dumont, Yves Maham, Fredric Rodesch, Jean Rolin
 Bermuda Brendam Ingham, Blake Marshall, Lois Moniz, Hav Trott
 Brazil Priscillo Diniz, Jaime Gonzalez, Rafael Navarro, Ricardo Rossi
 CanadaKeith Alexander, Robbie Jackson, Jim Nelford, Doug Roxburgh
 Chile Thomas Boetigger, Michael Grasty, Ricardo Orelana, Felipe Taverne
 Costa Rica Ramon Jimenez, Xavier Gonzalez, Enrique Herrero, Arturo Montealegre
 Denmark Lars Jacobsen, Henry Knudsen, Ryan Olsen, Ole Wiberg
 Dominican Republic Jack Corrie, Luis F. Henriquez, José B. Lahoz, Salomom Melgen
 El Salvador Guillermo Aceto, Mauricio Alvarez, José Maria Duran, Carlos M. Guardin
 Finland Patrik Hallamaa, Harry Safonoff, Kari Salonen, Timo Sipponen
 France Alexis Godillot, Patrick Lemaire, Thierry Planchin, Philippe Ploujoux
 Great Britain
&  Ireland		John Davies, Ian Hutcheon, Michael Kelley, Steve Martin
 Israel Laurie Been, Jonathan Eting, Barry Mandel, Neil Shochet
 Italy Stefano Betti, Massimo Mannelli, Lorenzo Silva, Giuseppe Sita
 JapanGinjiro Nakabe, Micho Mori, Tetsuo Sakata, Masahiro Kuramoto
 Malaysia Eshak Bluah, Tan Yee Khanl, Nazamuddin Yusuf, Sahabuddin Yusof
 Mexico Rafael Alarcón, Juan A. Estrado, Roberto Lebrija, José Martinez
 Netherlands Carel Braun, Barend van Dam, Jaap van Neck, Victor Swane
 New Zealand Peter M. Burnley, Alex N. Bonnington, Geoffrey E. Clarke, Ted McDougall
 Norway Per Berge, Erik Dønnestad, Asbjørn Ramnefjell, Alexander Vik
 Papua New Guinea John Keating
 Portugal Nuno A. de Brito a Cunha, Pedro d'Hommee Caupers, Jorge Soares, José Lara de Sousa e Melo
 Puerto Rico Carlos Bolivar, Joe Passarel, James Teale, Fred Thon
 RhodesiaGeorge Harvey, Tony Johnstone, Nick Price, Teddy Webber
 South AfricaGavan Levenson, Robbie Stewart, David Suddards, Peter Todt
 South Korea Chang Whan Cho, Mi Rang Kim, Yung Chang Kim, Chong Min Lee
 Spain Santiago Fernandez, José Gancedo, Eduardo de la Riva, Snr, Roman Taya
 Sri Lanka W.J. Barsenbach, F.E. Captein, W.P. Fernando, C. Thural Rahaj
 SwedenHans Hedjerson, Göran Lundquist, Jan Rube, Mikael Sorling
  SwitzerlandMichael Rey, Tommy Fortmann, Yves Hofstetter, Johnny Storjohann
 TaiwanChen Tze-chung, Chen Tze-ming, Lu Hsi-chuen, Shen Chung-shyan
 United StatesJohn Fought, Fred Ridley, Bill Sander, Dick Siderowf
 Venezuela Jonathan Coles, Gustavo Larrazabal, Carlos Plaza, Carlos Whaite
 West Germany Jan G. Müller, Veit Pagel, Christoph Stadler, Christian Strenger

Scores
#CountryScoreTo par
 Great Britain
&  Ireland		219-224-225-224=892+16
 Japan227-220-223-224=894+18
 Australia230-220-220-227=897+21
4 China229-221-223-225=898+22
5 United States224-229-217-231=901+25
6 Canada227-226-225-228=906+30
7 Sweden223-229-232-227=911+35
8 South Africa219-224-239-230=912+36
T9 Rhodesia223-228-226-237=914+38
  Switzerland226-227-227-234=914
11 Argentina230-230-230-232=922+46
12 New Zealand224-233-228-238=923+47
13 France230-234-233-233=930+54
14 Mexico235-236-235-229=935+59
15 Spain233-236-238-230=937+61
16 Brazil235-234-231-239=939+63
17 Chile237-238-232-234=941+65
T18 Italy242-235-232-235=944+68
 Papua New Guinea239-237-237-231=944
20 Denmark238-237-233-238=946+70
T21 South Korea236-238-239-234=947+71
 Norway231-236-235-245=947
23 West Germany235-230-246-238=949+73
24 Malaysia241-233-236-240=950+74
25 Belgium231-242-240-242=955+79
T26 Austria238-242-244-240=964+88
 Finland243-235-242-244=964
28 Netherlands241-245-244-236=966+90
T29 Bermuda242-240-241-251=974+98
 Venezuela241-247-243-243=974
31 Portugal248-241-245-243=977+101
32 Israel248-252-250-252=1002+126
33 Dominican Republic248-260-252-251=1011+135
34 Sri Lanka265-250-248-257=1020+144
35 Bahamas254-265-270-253=1042+166
36 El Salvador256-266-263-262=1047+171
37 Costa Rica256-272-269-281=1078+202
38 Puerto Rico274-281-260-264=1079+203

Sources:[1][2][3][4]

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Chen Tze-ming China75-69-73-76=293+1
Ian Hutcheon Great Britain
&  Ireland		73-73-76-71=293
T3Masahiro Kuramoto Japan75-71-75-73=294+2
Phil Wood Australia76-70-76-72=294
5Keith Alexander Canada75-72-75-75=297+5
T6Fred Ridley United States74-77-70-77=298+6
Teddy Webber  Rhodesia 71-76-76-75=298
T8John Fought United States72-73-76-78=299+7
Michael Rey  Switzerland73-73-75-78=299
T10Jaime Gonzalez Brazil77-78-70-76=301+9
Michael Kelley Great Britain
&  Ireland		72-76-75-78=301

Source:[5]

References
  1. "Record Book 1976 World Amateur Golf Team Championships" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  2. "Golf-VM genom åren, VM-resultat genom tiderna" [World Team Championship through the years]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. August 1988. pp. 168–170, 174–175. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 150–152. ISBN 9172603283.
  4. Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 182–185. ISBN 91-86818007.
  5. "VM-Fakta, herrar" [World Championship Facts, Men]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 8. October 1976. p. 25.

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