2023 Eisenhower Trophy

2023 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates	18–21 October 2023
Location	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 24°28′N 54°32′E / 24.467°N 54.533°E
Course(s)	Abu Dhabi Golf Club (National Course)
Organized by	International Golf Federation
Format	72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,552 yards (6,906 m)
Field	36 teams; 108 players
Champion
	United States; Nick Dunlap, David Ford, Gordon Sargent
	540 (−36)
Location map
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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

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

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
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

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

Final team standings^[10]
Place	Country	Score	To par
	United States	135-137-136-132=540	−36
	Australia	137-137-139-138=551	−25
	Norway	144-134-134-139=551	−25
4	France	135-138-139-140=552	−24
5	Italy	142-138-136-137=553	−23
5	New Zealand	139-139-139-136=553	−23
7	South Africa	139-138-138-139=554	−22
T8	Czech Republic	139-135-140-142=556	−20
T8	Ireland	145-139-138-134=556	−20
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
T15	Germany	141-141-145-135=562	−14
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
T25	Korea	144-142-135-147=568	−8
T27	Guatemala	146-143-139-141=569	−7
T27	Sweden	145-141-140-143=569	−7
T29	Austria	147-144-138-142=571	−5
T29	Singapore	154-142-143-132=571	−5
T31	Finland	149-139-144-141=573	−3
T31	Thailand	149-145-141-138=573	−3
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

Individual leaders
Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
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
T3	Herman Sekne	Norway	73-64-68-69=274	−14
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

^ "2023 WATC Abu Dhabi, UAE". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ 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.
^ Jourdan, Cameron (21 October 2023). "United States runs away with Men's World Amateur Team Championship title". Golfweek. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "Teams announced for 2023 World Amateur Team Championships in Abu Dhabi". Gulf News. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^ "GolfRSA announces power-packed 2023 Eisenhower Team". Golf RSA. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^ "Move to Yas Island heralds new era for Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship". European Tour. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^ "WATC 2023 UAE, Golf Course, WATC 2023 Yardages – Eisenhower Trophy (men)" (PDF). International Golf Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ "WATC 2023 UAE, 2023 WATC Team list – Eisenhower Trophy" (PDF). International Golf Federation. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b "2023 WATC Abu Dhabi, UAE, Eisenhower scoring, Male Team". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^ Eikebrokk, Erik (22 October 2023). "Vant historisk VM-sølv" [Won historic World Championship silver]. Fædrelandsvennen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 October 2023.

External links

[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.

[:0-5] "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.

[:1-10] "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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