1962 Eisenhower Trophy

1962 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates	10–13 October
Location	Itō, Shizuoka, Japan
Course(s)	Kawana Hotel (Fuji Golf Course)
Format	72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,587 yards (6,023 m)
Field	23 teams; 92 players
Champion
	United States; Deane Beman, Labron Harris Jr.,; Billy Joe Patton & R. H. Sikes
	854 (+14)
Location map
	Kawana Hotel Location in Japan Kawana Hotel Location in Shizuoka Prefecture
	← 1960 1964 →

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[edit]

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, Fransisco 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[edit]

Place	Country	Score	To par
	United States	212-226-211-205=854	+14
	Canada	215-217-219-211=862	+22
	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[edit]

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
T6	Nick Weslock	Canada	71-73-75-73=292	+12
8	Michael Bonallack	Great Britain & Ireland	74-80-69-70=293	+13
T9	Hector Alvarez	Mexico	73-78-72-71=294	+14
T9	Reg Taylor	South Africa	73-81-70-70=294	+14

Sources:^[2]^[3]^[4]

References[edit]

^ "Record Book 3rd World Amateur Golf Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ "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.
^ Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 150–152. ISBN 9172603283.
^ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten [Golf - The great sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 180–183. ISBN 91-86818007.

External links[edit]

World Amateur Team Championships on International Golf Federation website

34°56′20″N 139°08′28″E / 34.939°N 139.141°E / 34.939; 139.141

[1] "Record Book 3rd World Amateur Golf Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

[:0-2] "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.

[:1-3] Jansson, Anders (1979). Golf - Den gröna sporten [Golf - The green sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. pp. 150–152. ISBN 9172603283.

[:2-4] 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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