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2023 Eisenhower Trophy

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2023 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates18–21 October 2023
LocationAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
24°28′N 54°32′E / 24.467°N 54.533°E / 24.467; 54.533
Course(s)Abu Dhabi Golf Club (National Course)
Organized byInternational Golf Federation
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72
Length7,552 yards (6,906 m)
Field36 teams
108 players
Champion
 United States
Nick Dunlap, David Ford, Gordon Sargent
540 (−36)
Location map
Abu Dhabi Golf Club is located in United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi Golf Club
Abu Dhabi Golf Club
Location in United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi Golf Club is located in Persian Gulf
Abu Dhabi Golf Club
Abu Dhabi Golf Club
Location in Persian Gulf
Abu Dhabi Golf Club is located in West and Central Asia
Abu Dhabi Golf Club
Abu Dhabi Golf Club
Location in West Asia
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The 2023 Eisenhower Trophy took place 18–21 October at Abu Dhabi Golf Club in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was the 33rd World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Venue

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Abu Dhabi Golf Club had previously hosted the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship on the European Tour 2006 to 2021.[7]

Course layout

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Metre 370 548 401 144 402 429 183 523 417 3,417 532 420 161 378 448 182 434 420 509 3,484 6,901
Yards 405 600 439 158 440 469 200 572 456 3,739 582 460 176 414 490 199 475 460 557 3,813 7,552
Par 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 36 5 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 36 72

Source:[8]

Teams

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36 teams entered the event and completed the competition. Each team had three players.[9]

The top ten finishing teams at the 2022 Eisenhower Trophy and the 2023 host nation were automatically qualified. The field was filled based on the two highest ranked players from each nation in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, with places assured from all five continents in the championship.[5]

Country Players
 Argentina Joaquín Ludueña, Vicente Marzilio, Segundo Oliva Pinto
 Australia Jack Buchanan, Jeff Guan, Karl Vilips
 Austria Christoph Bleier, Fabian Lang, Florian Schweighofer
 Canada Piercen Hunt, Ashton McCulloch, Brady McKinlay
 China Justin Bai, Zihang Qiu, Ziqin Zhou
 Chinese Taipei Chen Chi-Chun , Lin Chuan-Tai, Su Ching-Hung
 Colombia Carlos Ardila, Manuel Merizalde, Nicolas Quintero Macias
 Czech Republic Petr Hruby, Filip Jakubcik, Louis Klein
 Denmark Gustav Frimodt, Frederik Kjettrup, Jacob Skov Olesen
 England Jack Bigham, Barclay Brown, Tyler Weaver
 Finland Elias Haavisto, Markus Luoma, Jesse Saareks
 France Bastien Amat, Paul Beauvy, Hugo LeGoff
 Germany Jonas Baumgartner, Tiger Christensen, Tim Wiedemeyer
 Guam Markus Nanpei, Eugene Park, Nalapon Vongjalorn
 Guatemala Juan Ricardo Davila Bone, Gabriel Palacios, Alejandro Villavicencio
 India Shaurya Bhattacharya, Rohit Narwal, Yuvraj Singh
 Ireland Alex Maguire, Matthew McClean, Liam Nolan
 Italy Pietro Bovari, Riccardo Fantinelli, Flavio Michetti
 Japan Riura Matsui, Minato Oshima, Yuta Sugiura
 Mexico Santiago De La Fuente, José Cristobal Islas, Omar Morales
 Morocco Soufiane Dahmane, El Mehdi Fakori, Hugo Mazen Trommetter
 Netherlands Jack Ingham, Benjamin Reuter, Lars van der Vight
 New Zealand Jayden Ford, Sam Jones, Kazuma Kobori
 Norway Mats Ege Herman, Michael Mjaaseth, Herman Wibe Sekne
 Scotland Connor Graham, Calum Scott, Gregor Tait
 Singapore Ryan Ang, Troy Storm, Hiroshi Tai
 South Africa Christo Lamprecht, Christiaan Maas, Altin van der Merwe
 Korea An Seong-hyeon, Lee Sung-ho, Moon Dong-hyun
 Spain Angel Ayora Fanegas, José Luis Ballester, Luis Masaveu Roncal
 Sweden Tobias Jonsson, Albert Hansson, Daniel Svärd
  Switzerland Nicola Gerhardsen, Marc Keller, Maximilien Sturdza
 Thailand Jiradech Chaowarat, Ashita Piamkulvanich, Parin Sarasmut
 United Arab Emirates Rayan Ahmed, Thomas Nesbitt, Ahmad Skaik
 United States Nick Dunlap, David Ford, Gordon Sargent
 Wales James Ashfield, Tomi Bowen, Matt Roberts
 Zimbabwe David Amm, Tafadzwa Nyamukondiwa, Keegan Shutt

Winners

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Team United States won the trophy for their 15th title, eleven strokes ahead of Australia and Norway, who shared second place, why no team was awarded the bronze medal. It was Norway's first finish on the podium in the history of the event. Defending champion Italy finished tied fifth, 13 strokes behind the winner.[10][11]

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual score, but Kazuma Kobori, New Zealand, had the best 72-hole aggregate of 272, 16 under par and one better than Nick Dunlap, United States.

Results

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Place Country Score To par
Final team standings[10]
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 135-137-136-132=540 −36
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia 137-137-139-138=551 −25
 Norway 144-134-134-139=551
4  France 135-138-139-140=552 −24
5  Italy 142-138-136-137=553 −23
 New Zealand 139-139-139-136=553
7  South Africa 139-138-138-139=554 −22
T8  Czech Republic 139-135-140-142=556 −20
 Ireland 145-139-138-134=556
10  Netherlands 136-140-139-142=557 −19
T11  Denmark 137-138-143-142=560 −16
 Mexico 143-133-142-142=560
 Spain 138-140-142-140=560
14  Argentina 137-138-146-140=561 −15
T15  England 137-143-142-140=562 −14
 Germany 141-141-145-135=562
T17  Canada 146-142-136-139=563 −13
 Chinese Taipei 143-136-141-143=563
 Japan 142-140-141-140=563
 Wales 142-139-141-141=563
T21  China 138-135-144-149=566 −10
 Scotland 141-140-140-145=566
  Switzerland 142-142-143-139=566
24  Morocco 141-142-143-141=567 −9
T25  Colombia 142-139-138-149=568 −8
 Korea 144-142-135-147=568
T27  Guatemala 146-143-139-141=569 −7
 Sweden 145-141-140-143=569
T29  Austria 147-144-138-142=571 −5
 Singapore 154-142-143-132=571
T31  Finland 149-139-144-141=573 −3
 Thailand 149-145-141-138=573
33  India 150-142-148-142=582 +6
34  Zimbabwe 143-147-151-144=585 +9
35  United Arab Emirates 155-153-153-154=615 +39
36  Guam 169-158-157-161=645 +69
Place Player Country Score To par
Individual leaders
1 Kazuma Kobori  New Zealand 70-70-67-65=272 −16
2 Nick Dunlap  United States 69-67-69-68=273 −15
T3 Bastien Amat  France 68-70-67-69=274 −14
Herman Sekne  Norway 73-64-68-69=274
T5 Pietro Bovari  Italy 67-69-69-70=275 −13
David Ford  United States 68-74-69-64=275
Gordon Sargent  United States 67-70-67-71=275
T8 Christoph Bleier  Austria 73-71-66-67=277 −11
Jeff Guan  Australia 68-69-68-72=277
Filip Jakubcik  Czech Republic 69-67-70-71=277
Christo Lamprecht  South Africa 71-68-68-70=277
Matthew McClean  Ireland 72-68-68-69=277
Michael Mjaaseth  Norway 71-70-66-70=277

Note: There was no official award for the lowest individual scores.

References

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  1. ^ "2023 WATC Abu Dhabi, UAE". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  2. ^ Strege, John (21 October 2023). "David Ford's closing 64 leads U.S. to victory in the World Amateur Team Championship". Golf Digest. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  3. ^ Jourdan, Cameron (21 October 2023). "United States runs away with Men's World Amateur Team Championship title". Golfweek. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  4. ^ Rodriguez, Juliana (21 October 2023). "United States Claims Victory at 2023 World Amateur Team Championship in Abu Dhabi". Genkii Sports Marketplace. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Teams announced for 2023 World Amateur Team Championships in Abu Dhabi". Gulf News. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  6. ^ "GolfRSA announces power-packed 2023 Eisenhower Team". Golf RSA. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Move to Yas Island heralds new era for Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship". European Tour. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  8. ^ "WATC 2023 UAE, Golf Course, WATC 2023 Yardages – Eisenhower Trophy (men)" (PDF). International Golf Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  9. ^ "WATC 2023 UAE, 2023 WATC Team list – Eisenhower Trophy" (PDF). International Golf Federation. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  10. ^ a b "2023 WATC Abu Dhabi, UAE, Eisenhower scoring, Male Team". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  11. ^ Eikebrokk, Erik (22 October 2023). "Vant historisk VM-sølv" [Won historic World Championship silver]. Fædrelandsvennen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 October 2023.
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