1958 Eisenhower Trophy

1958 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates	8–11, 13 October
Location	St Andrews, Scotland
Course(s)	Old Course
Format	72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,996 yards (6,397 m)
Field	29 teams; 115 players
Champion
	Australia; Doug Bachli, Bruce Devlin,; Bob Stevens & Peter Toogood
	918 (+54), playoff
Location map
	Old Course at St Andrews Location in United Kingdom Old Course at St Andrews Location in Scotland Old Course at St Andrews Location in Fife
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The 1958 Eisenhower Trophy took place 8–11 and 13 October on the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. It was the first World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 29 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.

Australia won the Eisenhower Trophy, beating the United States by 222 to 224 in a playoff after both teams had finished on 918. The United States took the silver medal. Great Britain and Ireland finished a stroke behind and took the bronze medal while New Zealand, who led after 54 holes, finished fourth.

The playoff took place on Monday 13 October and followed the same format as the main event with the leading three scores counting. For Australia, Doug Bachli scored 77, Bruce Devlin 72, Bob Stevens 75 and Peter Toogood 75 for a total of 222. For the United States, Charles Coe scored 73, Bill Hyndman 78, Billy Joe Patton 75 and Bud Taylor 76 for a total of 224.

Teams[edit]

29 teams contested the event. Each team had four players with the exception of team Republic of China, which were represented by only three players.^[1]

Country	Players
Argentina	Carlos Bracht, Oscar Cella, Jorge Ledesma, Hugo Nicora
Australia	Doug Bachli, Bruce Devlin, Bob Stevens, Peter Toogood
Austria	Heinrich Harrer, Hugo Hild, Alexander Maculan, Attilio Conte de Smecchia
Belgium	Jacky Moerman, Freddy Rodesch, Paul Rolin, Eric Tavernier
Bermuda	Ronald A. Dwyer, C.H. Ford Hutchings, Richard S.L. Pearlman, George E. Wardman
Brazil	Humberto C. De Almeida, Raul Borges, Joao Barbosa Correa, Silvio Pinto Freire
Canada	Doug Bajus, Bruce Castator, Eric Hanson, Bob Kidd
China	Chang Tung-chang, Jeffrey Koo, Richard Koo
Finland	Jalo Grönlund, Eero Hänninen, Taavi Pohjanpalo, Mauri Vikström
France	Henri de Lamaze, Marius Bardana, Roger Lagarde, Jean-Pierre Hirigoyen
Great Britain & Ireland	Joe Carr, Reid Jack, Arthur Perowne, Guy Wolstenholme
Iceland	Sveinn Arsaeksson, Magnus Gudmundsson, Hermann Ingimarsson, Ólafur August Ólafsson
India	A.S. Malik, C-I. S. Malik, R.K. Pitamber, P. G. Sethi
Italy	Nadi Berruti, Franco Bevione, Angelo Croce, Alberto Schiaffino
Japan	Kiyoshi Ishimoto, Naoyasu Nabeshima, Ichizo Oguri, Junzo Shibamoto
Kenya	William N.B. Loudon, Alistair J. Robertson, Christopher L.D. Sykes, Peter G. Tait
Malaya	W.J. Gibb, J.C. Hutcheson, J.W.R. Muraille, K.C. MacNair
Netherlands	J.F. Dudok, A.F. Knappert, W. van Moorsel, W.F. Smit
Norway	John Johansen, Kåre Kittilsen, Erik Osland, Einar Wahlstøm
New Zealand	Bob Charles, John Durry, Stuart Jones, Ted McDougall
Philippines	Mel Gana, Alex Prieto, Francisco Reyes Jr, Luis Silverio
Portugal	Manuel de Brito e Cunha, Visconde de Pereira Machado, Duarte Espirito Santo Silva, José de Sousa e Melo
South Africa	Jimmy Boyd, Denis Hutchinson, Arthur Stewart, Arthur Walker
Spain	Juan Antonio Andreu, Duke de Fernán-Núñez, Iván Maura, Luis Rezola
Sweden	Gustaf Adolf Bielke, Gunnar Carlander, Rune Karlfeldt, Bengt Möller
Switzerland	André Barras, Oliviér Barras, Peter Gutermann, John Panchaud
United States	Charles Coe, Bill Hyndman, Billy Joe Patton, Bud Taylor
Venezuela	Jack Alexander Jr, Guillermo Behrens, Jack Corrie, Fernan Frias
West Germany	Werner Götz, Hans Lampert, Jean Phillipps, Erik Sellschopp

Results[edit]

Place	Country	Score	To par
	Australia	244-226-221-227=918	+54
	United States	233-232-225-228=918	+54
	Great Britain & Ireland	227-234-230-228=919	+55
4	New Zealand	236-226-225-234=921	+57
5	Argentina	236-242-232-230=940	+76
T6	Canada	240-241-228-236=945	+81
T6	South Africa	246-231-229-239=945	+81
8	France	242-240-231-236=949	+85
9	Sweden	251-242-227-237=957	+93
10	Italy	246-239-237-241=963	+99
11	Belgium	245-250-229-240=964	+100
12	Philippines	248-245-239-238=970	+106
13	Spain	249-254-234-237=974	+110
T14	India	244-251-237-249=981	+117
T14	Switzerland	249-244-243-245=981	+117
16	Bermuda	249-251-240-245=985	+121
T17	West Germany	260-260-241-237=998	+134
T17	Kenya	253-259-239-247=998	+134
19	Netherlands	250-256-253-246=1005	+141
20	Japan	250-255-244-257=1006	+142
21	Brazil	253-262-249-245=1009	+145
22	Venezuela	264-261-242-248=1015	+151
23	Finland	265-255-242-255=1017	+153
24	Malaya	262-257-252-258=1029	+165
25	Norway	261-262-263-254=1040	+176
T26	China	269-268-260-252=1049	+185
T26	Portugal	259-269-265-256=1049	+185
28	Austria	268-272-269-262=1071	+207
29	Iceland	273-277-263-271=1084	+220

Playoff scores: Australia: 222 (+6), United States: 224 (+8)

Individual leaders[edit]

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Bruce Devlin	Australia	81-73-74-73=301	+13
	Bill Hyndman	United States	79-77-73-72=301
	Reid Jack	Great Britain & Ireland	72-77-74-78=301
T4	Bob Charles	New Zealand	74-74-76-81=305	+17
T4	Charles Coe	United States	74-77-76-78=305	+17
6	Henri de Lamaze	France	77-77-75-78=307	+19
7	Luis Silverio	Philippines	75-81-77-75=308	+20
T8	Bob Stevens	Australia	82-77-76-75=310	+22
	Peter Toogood	Australia	84-76-71-79=310
	Arthur Walker	South Africa	83-74-74-79=310
	Guy Wolstenholme	Great Britain & Ireland	76-79-78-77=310

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

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Record Book first World Amateur Golf Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy with teams" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 11 February 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]

Record Book on International Golf Federation website

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[:0-1] "Record Book first World Amateur Golf Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy with teams" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. Retrieved 11 February 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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