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2006 Eisenhower Trophy

Tournament information
Dates	26–29 October
Location	Stellenbosch, South Africa 33°56′12″S 18°51′41″E / 33.93667°S 18.86139°E / -33.93667; 18.86139
Course(s)	De Zalze Golf Club Stellenbosch Golf Club
Format	72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par	72 (De Zalze) 72 (Stellenbosch)
Field	70 teams 208 players
Champion
Netherlands Wil Besseling, Joost Luiten & Tim Sluiter
554 (−22)
Location map
Stellenbosch Location in South Africa Show map of South Africa Stellenbosch Location in Western Cape Show map of Western Cape
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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.

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.

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]

Country	Players
Argentina	Estanislao Goya, Sebastián Saavedra, Alan Wagner
Australia	Stephen Dartnall, Won Joon Lee, Andrew Tampion
Canada	James Love, Andrew Parr, Richard Scott
Denmark	Peter Baunsoe, Christoffer Christiansen, Mark Haastrup
England	Oliver Fisher, Ross McGowan, Jamie Moul
France	Julien Grillon, Julien Guerrier, Jean-Jacques Wolff
Germany	Sean Einhaus, Florian Fritsch, Stephan Gross
Ireland	Rory McIlroy, Gareth Shaw, Simon Ward
Japan	Yuta Ikeda, Yuki Ito, Yuki Usami
Malaysia	Ben Leong, S. Sivachandran, Mohammed Sukree Rhasid
Mexico	Roberto Díaz, Mauricio Tamez, Julian Valenciana
Netherlands	Wil Besseling, Joost Luiten, Tim Sluiter
New Zealand	Josh Geary, James Gill, Mark Purser
Scotland	Scott Jamieson, George Murray, Richie Ramsay
South Korea	Kang Sung-hoon, Kim Do-hoon, Kim Kyung-tae
Spain	José Luis Adarraga, Jordi García, Pablo Martín
Sweden	Björn Åkesson, Oscar Florén, Niklas Lemke
Switzerland	Steven Rojas, Damian Ulrich, Tino Weiss
United States	Chris Kirk, Jonathan Moore, Trip Kuehne
Wales	Llewellyn Matthews, Rhys Davies, Nigel Edwards

Place	Country	Score	To par
	Netherlands	141-140-136-137=554	−22
	Canada	139-139-141-137=556	−20
	United States	143-136-140-138=557	−19
4	Wales	144-143-132-140=559	−17
5	South Korea	146-137-138-140=561	−15
T6	Argentina	148-142-134-139=563	−13
	England	149-138-140-136=563
	Scotland	144-142-137-140=563
T9	France	142-142-141-139=564	−12
	Ireland	146-138-140-140=564
11	Spain	145-141-144-135=565	−11
T12	Australia	147-141-140-141=569	−7
	Germany	146-141-146-136=569
	Mexico	143-138-145-143=569
	Sweden	150-132-141-146=569
T16	Japan	145-139-145-141=570	−6
	Switzerland	146-143-143-138=570
18	Malaysia	143-142-145-141=571	−5
T19	Denmark	145-143-137-147=572	−4
	New Zealand	148-138-145-141=572
21	Portugal	145-143-142-143=573	-3
T22	Belgium	150-140-139-145=574	−2
	Colombia	148-148-140-138=574
	Norway	146-143-138-147=574
	South Africa	143-145-138-148=574
T26	Chinese Taipei	147-140-142-146=575	−1
	Finland	145-146-142-142=575
28	Chile	147-143-142-144=576	E
29	Italy	147-142-142-146=577	+1
30	Austria	143-141-148-146=578	+2
31	Brazil	146-152-140-146=584	+8
T32	Czech Republic	152-145-143-145=585	+9
	India	148-143-143-151=585
34	Iceland	151-145-147-147=590	+14
35	Trinidad and Tobago	147-146-148-152=593	+17
36	Puerto Rico	152-146-143-153=594	+18
37	Bolivia	158-146-143-149=596	+20
38	Philippines	154-150-154-141=599	+23
T39	Bermuda	154-150-152-147=603	+27
	Hong Kong	153-152-148-150=603
41	Russia	149-153-151-152=605	+29
42	Pakistan	156-148-155-147=606	+30
43	Zimbabwe	147-156-155-149=607	+31
44	Turkey	161-152-148-150=611	+35
T45	Ecuador	161-153-155-144=613	+37
	El Salvador	149-156-158-150=613
	Peru	157-148-158-150=613
48	Guatemala	159-151-158-146=614	+38
49	Namibia	149-155-159-153=616	+40
50	Tunisia	156-155-156-151=618	+42
51	Venezuela	154-148-164-154=620	+44
52	Fiji	155-156-153-158=622	+46
53	Uruguay	155-159-156-156=626	+50
54	Latvia	165-156-153-154=628	+52
55	Estonia	163-158-157-152=630	+54
56	Slovakia	167-161-151-155=634	+58
57	Greece	163-160-160-152=635	+59
58	Egypt	159-164-163-152=638	+62
59	Honduras	155-158-173-161=647	+71
T60	Botswana	165-168-161-154=648	+72
	United States Virgin Islands	161-164-168-155=648
62	Ivory Coast	170-168-162-155=655	+79
63	United Arab Emirates	174-172-162-149=657	+81
64	Saudi Arabia	176-162-162-159=659	+83
65	Croatia	173-169-162-169=673	+97
66	Gabon	187-169-169-174=699	+123
67	Bulgaria	190-176-167-169=702	+126
68	Bosnia and Herzegovina	180-173-180-171=704	+128
69	Nigeria	198-178-175-174=725	+149
70	Mauritius	196-198-193-187=774	+198

Source:^[2]

There was no official recognition for the lowest individual scores.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Wil Besseling	Netherlands	69-70-66-70=275	−13
T2	Julien Grillon	France	72-68-69-67=276	−12
	Chris Kirk	United States	71-66-70-69=276
	Richard Scott	Canada	69-68-71-68=276
5	Oliver Fisher	England	74-66-70-67=277	−11
6	Kang Sung-hoon	South Korea	73-67-68-72=280	−8
T7	Pablo Martín	Spain	73-71-70-67=281	−7
	Rory McIlroy	Ireland	73-69-72-67=281
T9	Nigel Edwards	Wales	75-70-68-69=282	−6
	Joost Luiten	Netherlands	74-71-70-67=282
	George Murray	Scotland	72-70-70-70=282
	Richie Ramsay	Scotland	72-73-67-70=282

Source:^[2]

• Record Book on International Golf Federation website Archived 2019-04-21 at the Wayback Machine