The 2016 Eisenhower Trophy took place 21–24 September at the Mayakoba El Camaleón Golf Club and the Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club on the Riviera Maya, south of Cancun, Mexico. It was the 30th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy and the second to be held in Mexico.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21–24 September |
| Location | Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Riviera Maya, Mexico 20°41′22″N 87°01′52″W / 20.6895°N 87.0312°W |
| Course(s) | Mayakoba El Camaleón Golf Club Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club |
| Format | 72 holes stroke play |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71 (Mayakoba) 72 (Iberostar) |
| Field | 71 teams 212 players |
| Champion | |
 AustraliaCameron Davis, Harrison Endycott & Curtis Luck | |
| 534 (−38) | |
| Location map | |
  Mayakoba El Camaleon Golf Club Location in Mexico  Mayakoba El Camaleon Golf Club Location in Quintana Roo | |
Format edit
The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 72 three-man teams. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total. Each team played two rounds on the two courses. The leading teams played at the Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club on the third day and at the Mayakoba El Camaleón Golf Club on the final day.
Winners edit
Australia won their third Eisenhower Trophy, 19 strokes ahead of England, who took the silver medal. Austria and Ireland tied for third place and received bronze medals. Cameron Davis had the best 72-hole aggregate of 269, two better than fellow-Australian Curtis Luck.[1]
The 2016 Espirito Santo Trophy was played on the same courses one week prior.
Teams edit
71 teams contested the event. Each team had three players with the exception of Armenia who were represented by only two players.
The following table lists the players on the leading teams.[2]
Results edit
| Place | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Australia |
135-132-131-136=534 | −38 |
 |
 England |
139-141-137-136=553 | −19 |
 |
 Austria |
139-140-138-137=554 | −18 |
 Ireland |
136-143-135-140=554 | ||
| 5 |  Norway |
141-139-139-136=555 | −17 |
| T6 |  New Zealand |
143-138-138-138=557 | −15 |
 United States |
137-138-140-142=557 | ||
| 8 |  Poland |
138-139-140-141=558 | −14 |
| T9 |  Canada |
144-140-136-140=560 | −12 |
 Spain |
136-145-138-141=560 | ||
| 11 |  Scotland |
134-144-143-140=561 | −11 |
| 12 |  Germany |
147-137-140-138=562 | −10 |
| T13 |  South Korea |
145-139-141-138=563 | −9 |
 Sweden |
139-142-142-140=563 | ||
 Venezuela |
143-143-141-136=563 | ||
| T16 |  France |
139-142-142-141=564 | −8 |
 Mexico |
141-140-141-142=564 | ||
 Thailand |
138-143-138-145=564 | ||
 Wales |
144-143-140-137=564 | ||
| T20 |  Colombia |
142-138-145-141=566 | −6 |
 Denmark |
143-139-140-144=566 | ||
| 22 |  Singapore |
146-135-147-140=568 | −4 |
| 23 |  Japan |
139-144-141-145=569 | −3 |
| 24 |  Iceland |
141-142-143-144=570 | −2 |
| 25 |  Argentina |
142-142-139-148=571 | −1 |
| T26 |  Chinese Taipei |
140-140-147-147=574 | +2 |
 Peru |
142-142-142-148=574 | ||
| 28 |  Netherlands |
145-138-144-148=575 | +3 |
| T29 |  Finland |
141-151-145-140=577 | +5 |
 Switzerland |
140-144-146-147=577 | ||
| T31 |  Chile |
149-146-139-145=579 | +7 |
 India |
147-144-146-142=579 | ||
 South Africa |
141-144-148-146=579 | ||
| T34 |  Brazil |
143-142-148-148=581 | +9 |
 Italy |
141-145-150-145=581 | ||
 Morocco |
140-148-145-148=581 | ||
 Zimbabwe |
144-148-146-143=581 | ||
| 38 |  Uruguay |
145-152-141-145=583 | +11 |
| T39 |  Ecuador |
150-149-143-143=585 | +13 |
 Portugal |
140-144-158-143=585 | ||
| T41 |  China |
146-147-148-146=587 | +15 |
 Dominican Republic |
139-155-145-148=587 | ||
| 43 |  Hong Kong |
148-144-142-154=588 | +16 |
| T44 |  Czech Republic |
142-152-147-148=589 | +17 |
 Puerto Rico |
146-148-148-147=589 | ||
| T46 |  Guam |
146-152-145-149=592 | +20 |
 Guatemala |
146-145-146-155=592 | ||
| 48 |  Slovakia |
147-149-148-154=598 | +26 |
| 49 |  Bermuda |
152-146-152-149=599 | +27 |
| 50 |  Belgium |
152-152-150-148=602 | +30 |
| 51 |  Croatia |
156-143-158-149=606 | +34 |
| 52 |  Egypt |
151-156-154-147=608 | +36 |
| 53 |  Turkey |
151-150-152-156=609 | +37 |
| 54 |  Slovenia |
149-156-154-151=610 | +38 |
| 55 |  Jamaica |
162-150-152-148=612 | +40 |
| 56 |  Serbia |
150-162-151-150=613 | +41 |
| 57 |  Costa Rica |
157-152-154-151=614 | +42 |
| 58 |  Panama |
155-154-157-150=616 | +44 |
| 59 |  Cayman Islands |
156-153-159-159=627 | +55 |
| 60 |  Qatar |
153-159-153-164=629 | +57 |
| 61 |  El Salvador |
156-167-152-155=630 | +58 |
| 62 |  Kenya |
158-155-165-159=637 | +65 |
| 63 |  Greece |
162-158-157-162=639 | +67 |
| 64 |  United Arab Emirates |
158-160-161-161=640 | +68 |
| 65 |  Mauritius |
160-158-155-168=641 | +69 |
| 66 |  Bulgaria |
161-170-159-155=645 | +73 |
| 67 |  Moldova |
165-162-165-166=658 | +86 |
| 68 |  Malta |
165-166-158-170=659 | +87 |
| 69 |  Haiti |
176-167-178-179=700 | +128 |
| 70 |  Kazakhstan |
189-172-190-186=737 | +165 |
| 71 |  Armenia |
206-221-208-224=859 | +287 |
Source:[2]
Individual leaders edit
There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameron Davis | Australia |
67-66-68-68=269 | −17 |
| 2 | Curtis Luck | Australia |
69-71-63-68=271 | −15 |
| T3 | Adrian Meronk | Poland |
66-69-70-69=274 | −12 |
| Alfie Plant | England |
69-72-67-66=274 | ||
| Yun Sung-ho | South Korea |
73-66-69-66=274 | ||
| 6 | Matthias Schwab | Austria |
67-72-69-67=275 | −11 |
| T7 | Jorge García | Venezuela |
69-68-71-68=276 | −10 |
| Viktor Hovland | Norway |
71-70-70-65=276 | ||
| 9 | David Boote | Wales |
69-73-68-67=277 | −9 |
| 10 | Ugo Coussaud | France |
70-69-67-72=278 | −8 |
Source:[2]
References edit
- ^ "Australia Records 19-Stroke Victory to Win Fourth World Amateur Team Championship". IGF. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ a b c "Eisenhower Trophy Scoring". IGF. 27 October 2018.