1978 Eisenhower Trophy
# 1978 Eisenhower Trophy

The 1978 Eisenhower Trophy took place 18 to 21 October at the Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club in Navua, Viti Levu, Fiji. It was the 11th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 24 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.

United States won the Eisenhower Trophy for the seventh time, finishing 13 strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Canada. Australia took the bronze medal, five strokes further behind, while New Zealand finished fourth. Bobby Clampett, United States, had the lowest individual score, one-under-par 287.

After the 1974 Eisenhower Trophy was moved from Malaysia to the Dominican Republic, the 1978 event had been allocated to the Asia/Australasia zone with the 1980 event allocated to the American zone and the 1982 event to the Europe/Africa zone.

## Teams

24 teams contested the event. Each team except one had four players. The team representing South Korea had only three.

| Country | Players |
| - | - |
| Argentina | Louis Carbonetti, Luis Daneri, Jorge Eiras, Oscar Vetere |
| Australia | Chris Bonython, Tony Gresham, Peter Sweeney, Phil Wood |
| Austria | Rudi Bondenseer, Max Lamberg, Johann Lamberg, Klaus Nierlich |
| Belgium | Benoit Dumont, Bruno Dupont, Thierry Goosens, Philippe Relecom |
| Bermuda | Lois Moniz, Kim Swan, Eric Hav Trott, Llewellyn Tucker |
| Brazil | Roberto Gomez, Rafael Gonzalez, Marco Ruberti, Marcello Stallone |
| Canada | Gary Cowan, Dave Mick, Doug Roxburgh, Yves Tremblay |
| Fiji | Rahim Buksh, Raymond Fisher, Eremasi Lutunatabua, Rafiq Mohammed |
| France | François Illouz, Jean Ignace Mouhica, Thierry Planchin, Philippe Ploujoux |
| Great Britain & Ireland | Gordon Brand Jnr, Allan Brodie, Brian Marchbank, Peter McEvoy |
| Hong Kong | David Chan, Mark Chow, Yau Tak, Alex Tang |
| India | P. G. Sethi, Alan Singh, Lakshman Singh, Vikramjit Singh |
| Italy | Franco Gigliarelli, Antonio Lionello, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva |
| Japan | Ginjiro Nakabe, Tetsuo Sakata, Fuminori Sano, Masao Shioda |
| Netherlands | Barend van Dam, Jaap van Neck, Bart Nolte, Victor Swane |
| New Zealand | Geoff Clarke, Paul Hartstone, Phil Mosley, Frank Nobilo |
| Papua New Guinea | Greg Fennell, B. Giles, Tony Gover, John Keating, Jimmy Wu |
| South Korea | Chang Hwan Cho, Byong Hoon Kim, Dae Soon Kim |
| Spain | Gonzaga Escuariaza, Nicasio Sagardia, Roman Taya, Alfonso Vidaor |
| Sweden | Göran Lundquist, Jan Rube, Mikael Sorling, Björn Svedin |
| Switzerland | Francis Boillat, Marcus Frank, Yves Hofstetter, Johnny Storjohann |
| Thailand | Tamsak Ansusinha, Pratuang Nop-Ubol, Santa Pestonji, Thongplew Rungsang |
| United States | Bobby Clampett, John Cook, Scott Hoch, Jay Sigel |
| West Germany | Kai Flint, Thomas Hübner, Veit Pagel, Christian Strenger |

## Scores

| Place | Country | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| | United States | 213-220-219-221=873 | +9 |
| | Canada | 222-222-225-217=886 | +22 |
| | Australia | 222-223-224-222=891 | +27 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 227-219-229-220=895 | +31 |
| 5 | Sweden | 221-230-228-235=914 | +50 |
| 6 | Great Britain & Ireland | 221-229-238-231=919 | +55 |
| 7 | France | 230-236-236-221=923 | +59 |
| 8 | West Germany | 231-240-229-233=933 | +69 |
| 9 | Japan | 235-226-242-232=935 | +71 |
| T10 | Italy | 235-239-231-239=944 | +80 |
| T10 | Spain | 238-237-238-231=944 | +80 |
| 12 | Switzerland | 235-240-236-234=945 | +81 |
| 13 | Argentina | 245-241-233-230=949 | +85 |
| 14 | India | 239-245-245-229=958 | +94 |
| 15 | Papua New Guinea | 246-242-235-237=960 | +96 |
| 16 | Netherlands | 239-250-234-240=963 | +99 |
| T17 | Austria | 239-252-240-238=969 | +105 |
| T17 | Bermuda | 238-243-243-245=969 | +105 |
| 19 | Brazil | 247-244-236-245=972 | +108 |
| 20 | Belgium | 243-251-245-241=980 | +116 |
| 21 | Thailand | 249-245-248-240=982 | +118 |
| 22 | Fiji | 252-250-243-240=985 | +121 |
| 23 | Hong Kong | 254-243-240-249=986 | +122 |
| 24 | South Korea | 254-254-245-248=1001 | +137 |

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## Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bobby Clampett | United States | 69-71-71-76=287 | −1 |
| 2 | Doug Roxburgh | Canada | 72-74-74-69=289 | +1 |
| 3 | Geoff Clarke | New Zealand | 71-76-72-71=290 | +2 |
| 4 | Gary Cowan | Canada | 73-71-77-71=292 | +4 |
| 5 | John Cook | United States | 75-73-73-72=293 | +5 |
| T6 | Scott Hoch | United States | 70-76-75-73=294 | +6 |
| T6 | Peter Sweeney | Australia | 76-73-71-74=294 | +6 |
| 8 | Tony Gresham | Australia | 75-75-77-71=298 | +10 |
| T9 | Phil Mosley | New Zealand | 76-70-81-72=299 | +11 |
| T9 | Mikael Sorling | Sweden | 70-76-75-78=299 | +11 |

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