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1962 Eisenhower Trophy

Coordinates: 34°56′20″N 139°08′28″E / 34.939°N 139.141°E / 34.939; 139.141
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1962 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates10–13 October
LocationItō, Shizuoka, Japan
Course(s)Kawana Hotel (Fuji Golf Course)
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par70
Length6,587 yards (6,023 m)
Field23 teams
92 players
Champion
 United States
Deane Beman, Labron Harris Jr.,
Billy Joe Patton & R. H. Sikes
854 (+14)
Location map
Kawana Hotel is located in Japan
Kawana Hotel
Kawana Hotel
Location in Japan
Kawana Hotel is located in Shizuoka Prefecture
Kawana Hotel
Kawana Hotel
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The 1962 Eisenhower Trophy took place 10 to 13 October on the Fuji Golf Course at the Kawana Resort in Itō, Shizuoka, Japan. It was the third World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 23 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.

United States retained the Eisenhower Trophy, finishing 8 strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Canada. Great Britain and Ireland finished 12 strokes behind Canada and took the bronze medal for the third successive time while New Zealand finished fourth. Canadian Gary Cowan had the best aggregate for the 72 holes with a level-par 280.

Teams

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23 four-man teams contested the event.[1]

Country Players
 Argentina Oscar Cella, Jorge Ledesma, Hugo Nicora, Raul Travieso
 Australia Doug Bachli, Phil Billings, Tom Crow, Kevin Donohoe
 Bermuda George McLachlan, James A. Pearman, Richard S.L. Pearman, George E. Wardman
 Brazil Humberto de Almeida, Joao Barbosa, Carlos Sozio, Nestor L. Sozio Jr
 Canada Gary Cowan, Bill Wakeham, Nick Weslock, Bob Wylie
 Republic of China Chang Tung-chan, Chen Chien-chin, Hsieh Min-Nan, Kuo Chie-Hsiung
 Great Britain
&  Ireland
Michael Bonallack, Martin Christmas, Sandy Saddler, Ronnie Shade
 Hong Kong George G.D. Carter, Kim Hall, John Mackie, Alan F. Sutcliffe
 India J.H. Forman, Ashok S. Malik, R.K. Pitamber, P. G. Sethi
 Italy Franco Bevione, Carlo Cobianchi, Angelo Croce, Lorenzo Silva
 Japan Yoshikane Hirose, Kiyoshi Ishimoto, Naomoto Nabeshima, Ginjiro Nakabe
 Malaya Choong Ewe Seong, Too Joon Loke, Patrick Lim, Henry W. Liu
 Mexico Hector Alvarez, Juan Antonio Estrada, Roberto Halpern, Tomás Lehman
 New Zealand Walter Godfrey, Stuart Jones, Ross Murray, Ross Newdick
 Pakistan R.D. Habib, M.M. Hashim Khan, M. Ibrahim Musa, Tajuddin Salimi
 Peru Maxwell Cooper, Miguel Grau, Ricardo Hernandez, Arnie Lidback
 Philippines Alex Montelibano, Alejandro Prieto, Luis F. Silverio, Dick Villalon
 South Africa Barry Franklin, John Hayes, Jannie le Roux, Reg Taylor
 Spain Duke of Fernán-Núñez, Iván Maura, Francisco Sanchiz, Juan de Sentmenat
 Sweden G.A. Bielke, P-O Johansson, Claes Jöhncke, Rune Karlfeldt
 Switzerland Olivier Barras, Otto Dillier, Peter Gutermann, Rudolf Müller
 United States Deane Beman, Labron Harris Jr., Billy Joe Patton, R. H. Sikes
 West Germany Walter Brühne, Peter Müller, Helge Rademacher, Erik Sellschopp

Scores

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Place Country Score To par
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 212-226-211-205=854 +14
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada 215-217-219-211=862 +22
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain
&  Ireland
222-222-214-216=874 +34
4  New Zealand 218-224-218-222=882 +42
5  Mexico 225-232-215-215=887 +47
6  Chinese Taipei 225-228-222-217=892 +52
7  Australia 230-225-220-218=893 +53
8  South Africa 223-233-222-218=896 +56
9  Japan 227-230-221-224=902 +62
10  Argentina 225-233-222-225=905 +65
11  Italy 228-233-227-224=912 +72
12  West Germany 231-245-223-227=926 +86
13  Philippines 232-238-226-233=929 +89
14  India 233-240-227-231=931 +91
15  Hong Kong 236-237-242-227=942 +102
16  Sweden 242-239-232-230=943 +103
17  Switzerland 235-243-237-232=947 +107
18  Spain 240-242-239-240=961 +121
19  Brazil 240-246-249-229=964 +124
20  Bermuda 245-255-239-241=980 +140
21  Peru 245-252-243-245=985 +145
22  Malaya 268-260-257-251=1036 +196
23  Pakistan 265-264-268-259=1056 +216

Individual leaders

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There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Gary Cowan  Canada 68-71-72-69=280 E
2 R. H. Sikes  United States 69-76-69-69=283 +3
3 Deane Beman  United States 70-80-70-66=286 +6
4 Juan Antonio Estrada  Mexico 73-79-69-66=287 +7
5 Ronnie Shade  Great Britain
&  Ireland
75-66-74-76=291 +11
T6 Labron Harris Jr.  United States 73-77-72-70=292 +12
Nick Weslock  Canada 71-73-75-73=292
8 Michael Bonallack  Great Britain
&  Ireland
74-80-69-70=293 +13
T9 Hector Alvarez  Mexico 73-78-72-71=294 +14
Reg Taylor  South Africa 73-81-70-70=294

Sources:[2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Record Book 3rd World Amateur Golf Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 1 March 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. 176–177. 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. 180–183. ISBN 91-86818007.
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