2006 Eisenhower Trophy

The 2006 Eisenhower Trophy took place 26–29 October at De Zalze Golf Club and Stellenbosch Golf Club in Stellenbosch, east of Cape Town, South Africa. It was the 25th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 70 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 Stellenbosch Golf Club on the third day and at De Zalze Golf Club on the final day.

2006 Eisenhower Trophy
Tournament information
Dates26–29 October
LocationStellenbosch, South Africa
Course(s)De Zalze Golf Club
Stellenbosch Golf Club
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par72 (De Zalze)
72 (Stellenbosch)
Field70 teams
208 players
Champion
 Netherlands
Wil Besseling, Joost Luiten &
Tim Sluiter
554 (−22)

The Netherlands won their first Eisenhower Trophy, two strokes ahead of Canada, who took the silver medal. The United States took the bronze medal while Wales finished in fourth place. Wil Besseling had the best 72-hole aggregate of 275, 13 under par. In the last round Joost Luiten had four birdies and an eagle in his last five holes to finish with a 67. He birdied the par-five 14th and then holed a sand-wedge for an eagle two on the 15th and made birdies on the final three holes.[1]

The 2006 Espirito Santo Trophy was played on the same courses one week prior.

Teams

70 teams contested the event. Each team had three played with the exception of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Mauritius who only has two.

The following table lists the players on the leading teams.[2][1]

CountryPlayers
 ArgentinaEstanislao Goya, Sebastián Saavedra, Alan Wagner
 AustraliaStephen Dartnall, Won Joon Lee, Andrew Tampion
 CanadaJames Love, Andrew Parr, Richard Scott
 DenmarkPeter Baunsoe, Christoffer Christiansen, Mark Haastrup
 EnglandOliver Fisher, Ross McGowan, Jamie Moul
 FranceJulien Grillon, Julien Guerrier, Jean-Jacques Wolff
 GermanySean Einhaus, Florian Fritsch, Stephan Gross
 IrelandRory McIlroy, Gareth Shaw, Simon Ward
 JapanYuta Ikeda, Yuki Ito, Yuki Usami
 MalaysiaBen Leong, S. Sivachandran, Mohammed Sukree Rhasid
 MexicoRoberto Díaz, Mauricio Tamez, Julian Valenciana
 NetherlandsWil Besseling, Joost Luiten, Tim Sluiter
 New ZealandJosh Geary, James Gill, Mark Purser
 ScotlandScott Jamieson, George Murray, Richie Ramsay
 South KoreaKang Sung-hoon, Kim Do-hoon, Kim Kyung-tae
 SpainJosé Luis Adarraga, Jordi García, Pablo Martín
 SwedenBjörn Åkesson, Oscar Florén, Niklas Lemke
  SwitzerlandSteven Rojas, Damian Ulrich, Tino Weiss
 United StatesChris Kirk, Jonathan Moore, Trip Kuehne
 WalesLlewellyn Matthews, Rhys Davies, Nigel Edwards

Results
#CountryScoreTo par
1 Netherlands141-140-136-137=554−22
2 Canada139-139-141-137=556−20
3 United States143-136-140-138=557−19
4 Wales144-143-132-140=559−17
5 South Korea146-137-138-140=561−15
T6 Argentina148-142-134-139=563−13
 England149-138-140-136=563
 Scotland144-142-137-140=563
T9 France142-142-141-139=564−12
 Ireland146-138-140-140=564
11 Spain145-141-144-135=565−11
T12 Australia147-141-140-141=569−7
 Germany146-141-146-136=569
 Mexico143-138-145-143=569
 Sweden150-132-141-146=569
T16 Japan145-139-145-141=570−6
  Switzerland146-143-143-138=570
18 Malaysia143-142-145-141=571−5
T19 Denmark145-143-137-147=572−4
 New Zealand148-138-145-141=572
21 Portugal145-143-142-143=573-3
T22 Belgium150-140-139-145=574−2
 Colombia148-148-140-138=574
 Norway146-143-138-147=574
 South Africa143-145-138-148=574
T26 Chinese Taipei147-140-142-146=575−1
 Finland145-146-142-142=575
28 Chile147-143-142-144=576E
29 Italy147-142-142-146=577+1
30 Austria143-141-148-146=578+2
31 Brazil146-152-140-146=584+8
T32 Czech Republic152-145-143-145=585+9
 India148-143-143-151=585
34 Iceland151-145-147-147=590+14
35 Trinidad and Tobago147-146-148-152=593+17
36 Puerto Rico152-146-143-153=594+18
37 Bolivia158-146-143-149=596+20
38 Philippines154-150-154-141=599+23
T39 Bermuda154-150-152-147=603+27
 Hong Kong153-152-148-150=603
41 Russia149-153-151-152=605+29
42 Pakistan156-148-155-147=606+30
43 Zimbabwe147-156-155-149=607+31
44 Turkey161-152-148-150=611+35
T45 Ecuador161-153-155-144=613+37
 El Salvador149-156-158-150=613
 Peru157-148-158-150=613
48 Guatemala159-151-158-146=614+38
49 Namibia149-155-159-153=616+40
50 Tunisia156-155-156-151=618+42
51 Venezuela154-148-164-154=620+44
52 Fiji155-156-153-158=622+46
53 Uruguay155-159-156-156=626+50
54 Latvia165-156-153-154=628+52
55 Estonia163-158-157-152=630+54
56 Slovakia167-161-151-155=634+58
57 Greece163-160-160-152=635+59
58 Egypt159-164-163-152=638+62
59 Honduras155-158-173-161=647+71
T60 Botswana165-168-161-154=648+72
 United States Virgin Islands161-164-168-155=648
62 Ivory Coast170-168-162-155=655+79
63 United Arab Emirates174-172-162-149=657+81
64 Saudi Arabia176-162-162-159=659+83
65 Croatia173-169-162-169=673+97
66 Gabon187-169-169-174=699+123
67 Bulgaria190-176-167-169=702+126
68 Bosnia and Herzegovina180-173-180-171=704+128
69 Nigeria198-178-175-174=725+149
70 Mauritius196-198-193-187=774+198

Source:[2]

Individual leaders

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Wil Besseling Netherlands69-70-66-70=275−13
T2Julien Grillon France72-68-69-67=276−12
Chris Kirk United States71-66-70-69=276
Richard Scott Canada69-68-71-68=276
5Oliver Fisher England74-66-70-67=277−11
6Kang Sung-hoon South Korea73-67-68-72=280−8
T7Pablo Martín Spain73-71-70-67=281−7
Rory McIlroy Ireland73-69-72-67=281
T9Nigel Edwards Wales75-70-68-69=282−6
Joost Luiten Netherlands74-71-70-67=282
George Murray Scotland72-70-70-70=282
Richie Ramsay Scotland72-73-67-70=282

Source:[2]

References
  1. "2006 World Amateur Golf Team Championships Record Book" (PDF). IGF. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  2. "Team/Player Leaderboard". Golfstat. 2 November 2018.
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