1960 Eisenhower Trophy

1960 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates	September 28 – October 1
Location	Ardmore, Pennsylvania
Course(s)	Merion Golf Club
Format	72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,694 yards (6,121 m)
Field	32 teams; 126 players
Champion
	United States; Deane Beman, Robert W. Gardner,; Bill Hyndman & Jack Nicklaus
	834 (−6)

The 1960 Eisenhower Trophy took place September 28 to October 1 at the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. It was the second World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 32 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.

United States won the Eisenhower Trophy, finishing 42 strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Australia. Great Britain and Ireland finished five strokes behind Australia and took the bronze medal while South Africa finished fourth. Jack Nicklaus completed the four rounds in 269, 13 strokes better than anyone else and 19 strokes better than the best non-American, Bruce Devlin.

Teams

32 teams contested the event. Each team had four players with the exception of Ceylon and the United Arab Republic who were represented by only three players. Of the teams that competed in 1958, Iceland, Kenya and Spain were not represented. Ceylon, Denmark, Mexico, Peru, Rhodesia & Nyasaland and the United Arab Republic were represented for the first time.

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

Country	Players
Argentina	Roberto Benito, Guillermo Carman, Jorge Ledesma, Angel Monguzzi
Australia	Ted Ball, Jack Coogan, Bruce Devlin, Eric Routley
Canada	Keith Alexander, Gary Cowan, John Johnston, Bob Wylie
Great Britain & Ireland	Michael Bonallack, Joe Carr, Doug Sewell, Guy Wolstenholme
Mexico	Juan Antonio Estrada, Roberto Halpern, Rafael Quiroz, Mauricio Urdaneta
New Zealand	Bob Charles, Walter Godfrey, Stuart Jones, Ross Newdick
Rhodesia and Nyasaland	Benny Brews, John Drysdale, Dave Proctor, Ken Treloar
South Africa	Murray Grindrod, Jannie le Roux, Reg Taylor, Arthur Walker
Sweden	Gustaf Adolf Bielke, Rune Karlfeldt, Lennart Leinborn, Göran Lindeblad
United States	Deane Beman, Robert W. Gardner, Bill Hyndman, Jack Nicklaus

Scores

#	Country	Score	To par
1	United States	208-205-203-218=834	−6
2	Australia	219-220-215-222=876	+36
3	Great Britain & Ireland	218-215-221-227=881	+41
4	South Africa	220-225-215-233=893	+53
5	New Zealand	217-225-220-233=895	+55
6	Canada	230-220-222-234=906	+66
7	Mexico	217-225-227-240=909	+69
8	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	224-226-223-241=914	+74
9	Argentina	225-228-224-240=917	+77
10	Sweden	227-228-229-239=923	+83
11	Italy	227-229-233-246=935	+95
12	France	226-232-232-247=937	+97
13	West Germany	236-230-226-248=940	+100
14	Philippines	230-229-232-251=942	+102
15	Denmark	230-231-243-248=952	+112
16	Japan	237-231-245-241=954	+114
17	Belgium	231-242-244-243=960	+120
18	Venezuela	245-231-238-248=962	+122
19	Brazil	235-244-239-254=972	+132
20	India	233-244-245-253=975	+135
T21	Chinese Taipei	237-240-240-260=977	+137
T21	Switzerland	238-248-243-248=977	+137
23	Norway	239-243-240-257=979	+139
24	Peru	242-258-245-254=999	+159
25	Bermuda	243-252-248-258=1001	+161
26	Austria	244-247-248-266=1005	+165
27	Netherlands	250-245-252-261=1008	+168
28	Finland	246-259-264-254=1023	+183
29	Portugal	250-259-247-279=1035	+195
30	United Arab Republic	263-255-256-271=1045	+205
31	Malaya	263-271-282-283=1099	+259
32	Ceylon	271-265-282-286=1104	+264

Source:[1]

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jack Nicklaus	United States	66-67-68-68=269	−11
2	Deane Beman	United States	71-67-69-75=282	+2
3	Bruce Devlin	Australia	74-70-70-74=288	+8
T4	Robert W. Gardner	United States	71-71-68-79=289	+9
T4	Bill Hyndman	United States	71-76-67-75=289	+9
T6	Bob Charles	New Zealand	70-75-70-76=291	+11
T6	Eric Routley	Australia	72-75-72-72=291	+11
8	Juan Antonio Estrada	Mexico	71-72-76-75=294	+14
9	Jannie le Roux	South Africa	74-75-72-74=295	+15
10	Michael Bonallack	Great Britain & Ireland	73-72-73-78=296	+16

Source:[1]

References

"Record Book 2nd World Amateur Golf Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 26 September 2018.

External links

Record Book on International Golf Federation website

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[results-1] "Record Book 2nd World Amateur Golf Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 26 September 2018.