| 1972 Eisenhower Trophy | |
| Dates: | 18–21 October |
| Location: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Course: | Olivos Golf Club |
| Format: | 72 holes stroke play |
| Par: | 71 |
| Yardage: | 6684yd |
| Field: | 32 teams 128 players |
| Champion: | Ben Crenshaw, Vinny Giles, Mark Hayes & Marty West |
| Score: | 865 (+13) |
| Map: | South America#Argentina#Argentina Buenos Aires Province |
| Map Label: | Olivos Golf Club |
| Map Relief: | yes |
| Map Size: | 220 |
| Previous: | 1970 |
| Next: | 1974 |
The 1972 Eisenhower Trophy took place 18 to 21 October at the Olivos Golf Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was the eighth 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.
The United States won the Eisenhower Trophy for the third successive time, finishing five strokes ahead of the silver medalists, Australia. South Africa took the bronze medal while Spain finished fourth. Tony Gresham from Australia had the lowest individual score, one-over-par 285, two strokes better than two Americans, Ben Crenshaw and Vinny Giles.
32 four-man teams contested the event.[1]
| Country | Players | |
|---|---|---|
| Horacio Carbonetti, Luis Daneri, Juan Carlos Devoto, Roberto Monguzzi | ||
| Mike Cahill, Terry Gale, Tony Gresham, Noel Ratcliffe | ||
| Valdo Prosa, Robert Slatter, Basil Smith, Michael Taylor | ||
| Yves Brose, Benoit Dumont, Yves Maham, Fredric Rodesch | ||
| Brendam Ingham, Lois Moniz, Keith Pearman, Noel van Putten | ||
| Joao Barbosa Correa, Jaime Gonzalez, Ricardo R. Rossi, Carlos A. Sozio | ||
| Keith Alexander, Dave Barr, Doug Roxburgh, Nick Weslock | ||
| Benjamin Astaburuaga Jr, Mauricio Galeno, Ricardo Orellana, Felipe Taverne | ||
| Chen Chien-chin, Fa Hung, Lu Tze-chi, Tsai Lung-tsu | ||
| Diego Correa Gomez, Ricardo Sala, Emilio Saidi Aparicio, Fernando Arriola Sierra | ||
| Jack Corrie, Luis F. Henriquez, Salomom Melgen, Arturo Pellerano | ||
| Carlos M. Cobo, Fernando Fiore, Antony Gittes, Isidro Icaza | ||
| Guillermo Aceto, Mauricio Alvarez, Henry Daubin, Jaime Munguia | ||
| Alexis Godillot, Roger Lagarde, Philippe Ploujoux, Michel Tapia | ||
& | Michael Bonallack, Charlie Green, Trevor Homer, Hugh Stuart | |
| Luca Fabrini, Delio Lovato, Alberto Schiaffino, Lorenzo Silva | ||
| Tsutomu Irie, Tetsuo Sakata, Zenjiro Takano, Kazunari Takahashi | ||
| Kwan C. Choo, Jalal Deran, Rashid Mallal, Saad Yusoff | ||
| Enrique Farias, Carlos Perez Acosta, Mauricio Urdaneta, Ricardo Vega | ||
| Jaap van Neck, Teun Roosenburg, Piet-Hein Streutgers, Victor Swane | ||
| Geoff Clarke, Stuart Jones, Ted McDougall, Ross Murray | ||
| Francisco Arias, Leo Dehlinger, Anibal Galindo, Jaime de la Guardia | ||
| Guillermo Gamon, Luis Grans, Hector Lali, Alejandro Morales | ||
| Nuno A. de Brito a Cunha, Pedro d'Hommee Caupers, Ricardo H. Soares, José Lara de Sousa e Melo | ||
 | Coen Dreyer, Johann Murray, Kevin Suddards, Neville Sundelson | |
| Michael Han, Kim In-bee, Huh Kwan-soo, Lee Soon-young | ||
| Eduardo de la Riva, Snr, José Gancedo, Nicasio Sagardia, Roman Taya | ||
| Olle Dahlgren, Claes Jöhncke, Jan Rube, Mikael Sorling | ||
| Thomas Fortmann, Peter Gutermann, Yves Hofstetter, Martin Kessler | ||
| Ben Crenshaw, Vinny Giles, Mark Hayes, Marty West | ||
| Franci Echeverry ferber, Victor Paullier, Pablo Paullier, Francisco Vidiella | ||
| Freidrich C. Janssen, Jan G. Müller, Veit Pagel, Christian Strenger |
| Place | Country | Score | To par | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 221-220-210-214=865 | +13 | ||||
| 215-219-214-222=870 | +18 | ||||
| | 224-218-214-222=878 | +26 | |||
| 4 | 217-220-222-220=879 | +27 | |||
| align=center rowspan=2 | T5 | 212-225-224-223=884 | align=center rowspan=2 | +32 | |
| 223-218-221-222=884 | |||||
| 7 | & | 218-221-223-226=888 | +36 | ||
| 8 | 221-218-228-222=889 | +37 | |||
| 9 | 221-228-224-218=891 | +39 | |||
| 10 | 222-227-225-229=903 | +51 | |||
| 11 | 217-227-229-232=905 | +53 | |||
| 12 | 228-226-227-226=907 | +55 | |||
| 13 | 226-227-231-228=912 | +60 | |||
| 14 | 229-226-228-230=913 | +61 | |||
| 15 | 226-238-226-225=915 | +63 | |||
| 16 | 241-223-228-224=916 | +64 | |||
| 17 | 236-235-229-225=925 | +73 | |||
| align=center rowspan=3 | T18 | 230-230-226-241=927 | align=center rowspan=3 | +75 | |
| 229-234-228-236=927 | |||||
| 235-230-235-227=927 | |||||
| 21 | 235-231-226-237=929 | +77 | |||
| 22 | 233-224-240-233=930 | +78 | |||
| 23 | 229-233-240-236=938 | +86 | |||
| 24 | 235-241-242-233=951 | +99 | |||
| 25 | 242-237-238-235=952 | +100 | |||
| 26 | 235-244-239-239=957 | +105 | |||
| 27 | 234-242-240-247=963 | +111 | |||
| 28 | 238-244-249-233=964 | +112 | |||
| 29 | 258-244-238-238=978 | +126 | |||
| 30 | 245-253-243-244=985 | +133 | |||
| 31 | 253-254-251-249=1007 | +155 | |||
| 32 | 250-255-254-262=1021 | +169 |
There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 70-69-73-73=285 | +1 | ||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | T2 | 74-76-69-68=287 | align=center rowspan=2 | +3 | ||
| 72-71-71-73=287 | ||||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | T4 | 72-71-72-73=288 | align=center rowspan=2 | +4 | ||
| | 75-72-72-69=288 | |||||
| 6 | 74-71-71-75=291 | +7 | ||||
| 7 | 70-76-73-73=292 | +8 | ||||
| 8 | | 77-72-70-75=294 | +10 | |||
| align=center rowspan=4 | T9 | & | 71-73-75-76=295 | align=center rowspan=4 | +11 | |
& | 74-73-73-75=295 | |||||
| 74-71-76-74=295 | ||||||
| 73-71-75-76=295 |