of rough continued to plague Bermuda's team as they wrapped up the World Amateur Golf Team Championships here yesterday.

The slippery greens of Capilano and Marine Drive have confounded many a player this week. But perhaps no team has struggled as much as Bermuda, which counts the sloping 12th at Port Royal as an exception on an island of slow greens.

To illustrate the point, reigning Bermuda amateur champion Robert Vallis three-putted five greens yesterday and four-putted another. Vallis finished on 78 at Marine Drive, as did Jack Wahl and Arthur Jones. Glen Simmons struggled to a 47 on his final nine holes of the tournament, and straggled in with an 86.

Bermuda finished alone in 40th place in the 49-country field after beating the Ivory Coast by a stroke on the final day of the competition. Bermuda's 937 total was also better than Czechoslovakia, Luxembourg, Papua New Guinea, Israel, Guatemala, Nicaragua, the Cook Islands and El Salvador.

New Zealand stormed back from an early five-shot deficit on the final day to beat the US by seven shots to claim the championship. The Kiwis set a tournament-record total of 823 for the four rounds, 17 under par, to set off a wild celebration among the two Kiwi tour groups here to watch the tournament.

Their total eclipsed the 72-hole score of 834 set by the US in 1960 with a team that included Jack Nicklaus.

Leading the Kiwi resurgence were Michael Campbell and Philip Tataurangi.

Campbell was three under on the back nine yesterday to finish on 69, Tataurangi also shot 69 and claimed the individual title by a shot over Campbell after shooting four consecutive sub-par rounds (67-67-68-69--271).

Grant Moorhead also 69 for the Kiwis on the final day while no US player was able to break the par of 70. American David Duval, who finished in third spot in the individual standings, a shot behind Campbell, had a 71 yesterday while Justin Leonard was on 72 and Allen Doyle and Jay Sigel each shot 73.

France and Australia shared third spot on 842, 12 shots behind the Americans.

Sweden was fifth on 848, Germany finished sixth on 849 and the combined Great Britain/Ireland team was seventh on 850.

Simmons had a four-putt yesterday, too, the concluding three coming from just five feet on the final hole of the day.

"I'm pleased with the week, I just wish I putted better,'' said Simmons, who with Jones and Wahl finished the four rounds on 321. "I need my caddy Stanley Ingham to putt for me out here. The long ones I'm all right with, but the short ones this week really gave me problems.'' Said Jones: "If you add up the number of three-putts we made as a team this week, it would go a long way towards explaining some of the high scores we've shot. We've three-putted from places this week that we wouldn't dream of three-putting from in Bermuda.'' Vallis hit 12 of 14 greens in regulation on Friday, and shot 78 because he could not make a putt. Yesterday was much the same story, but he was not blaming the fast greens at Marine Drive. "Speed of the greens? It was more like the speed of my head, that's all,'' said Vallis, whose 306 total for the four rounds was Bermuda's best. "I'm tired. I'm going to take a long break from golf. I'm going to pack it in for a while.'' After a fine four-over-par 74 -- Bermuda's best round of the tournament -- at Capilano on Saturday, Vallis went out in four-over 38 yesterday and came back in 40, also four over. He made two birdies, eight pars, six bogeys and two doubles, including the aforementioned four-putt on the seventh hole after he hit his seven-iron approach to 20 feet.

Simmons, who shot 79 at Capilano on Saturday, was erratic yesterday. He had a birdie, seven pars, six bogeys, a double, a triple and a quadruple at the last. Simmons' birdie was very nearly an eagle -- he hit a pitching wedge inches from the cup on the 386-yard third hole.

After playing against the world's best amateurs, many of whom play golf full time on scholarship or at the pleasure of a sponsor, Simmons is convinced that Bermudians need more tournament toughness than they get by making the biennial trek to the World Amateur. In between, Bermuda's best amateurs stay home.

"Nobody here hits the ball longer than us, they just make fewer mistakes than us because they're always playing tournament golf,'' Simmons said. "A guy like David Duval of the US makes two three-putts and still shoots 68. When I three-putt, I'm looking at a 76.'' Wahl, making his third playing appearance at a World Amateur, was not far from par all day in the final round. He made 10 pars and eight bogeys in a round that slipped away from him in the back nine. The veteran of international play agreed that Bermudian amateurs need more exposure to top-level play if they are going to compete with the world's best.

"Most of the other players here this week do a lot of travelling, and play a lot of different golf courses,'' he said. "We are confined on a small island, and it costs so much to get away to play that not many of us can do it. But the other players here get used to different looks, different greens, different fairways.'' World Amateur rookie Jones had his worst round of the week at Capilano on Saturday, where he shot 86. But he rebounded yesterday to shoot 78 after two birdies, nine pars, five bogeys, a double and a triple.