1970 Eisenhower Trophy


The 1970 Eisenhower Trophy took place 23 to 26 September at the Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro in Madrid, Spain. It was the seventh World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 36 four-man teams. The best three scores for each round counted towards the team total.
The United States won the Eisenhower Trophy for the fourth time, finishing 12 strokes ahead of the silver medalists, New Zealand. South Africa took the bronze medal while Australia finished fourth. Victor Regalado from Mexico had the lowest individual score, eight-under-par 280, three strokes better than Dale Hayes from South Africa. Tom Kite was ill on the final day and didn't complete his final round.

Teams

36 four-man teams contested the event.
The following table lists the players on the leading teams.
CountryPlayers
Kevin Donohoe, Terry Gale, Tony Gresham, Kevin Hartley
Keith Alexander, Gary Cowan, Stu Hamilton, Wayne McDonald
Didier Charmat, Hervé Frayssineau, Alexis Godillot, Roger Lagarde

& 		Michael Bonallack, Rodney Foster, Charlie Green, Geoff Marks
Tsutomu Irie, Tetsuo Sakata, Nobuo Takahashi, Kenichi Yamada
Hector Alvarez, Enrique Farias, Tomás Lehmann, Victor Regalado
Geoff Clarke, Stuart Jones, Ted McDougall, Ross Murray
Tommy Manotoc, Miguel Preysler, Luis Silverio, Edmundo Unson
Hugh Baiocchi, John Fourie, Dale Hayes, Dave Symons
Vinny Giles, Tom Kite, Allen Miller, Lanny Wadkins

Scores

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Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Victor Regalado72-67-71-70=280−8
2Dale Hayes70-71-68-74=283−5
3Lanny Wadkins70-72-72-72=286−2
T4Tony Gresham71-74-71-71=287−1
T4Allen Miller72-71-71-73=287−1
6Ted McDougall72-73-73-70=288E
T7Vinny Giles73-73-71-72=289+1
T7Nobuo Takahashi72-74-70-73=289+1
9Kenichi Yamada73-75-74-68=290+2
T10Geoff Clarke75-71-71-74=291+3
T10Ho Ming-chung72-75-73-71=291+3

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