# 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.
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.
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.
| 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 |

## Results

| 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 |
| T6 | England | 149-138-140-136=563 | −13 |
| T6 | Scotland | 144-142-137-140=563 | −13 |
| T9 | France | 142-142-141-139=564 | −12 |
| T9 | Ireland | 146-138-140-140=564 | −12 |
| 11 | Spain | 145-141-144-135=565 | −11 |
| T12 | Australia | 147-141-140-141=569 | −7 |
| T12 | Germany | 146-141-146-136=569 | −7 |
| T12 | Mexico | 143-138-145-143=569 | −7 |
| T12 | Sweden | 150-132-141-146=569 | −7 |
| T16 | Japan | 145-139-145-141=570 | −6 |
| T16 | Switzerland | 146-143-143-138=570 | −6 |
| 18 | Malaysia | 143-142-145-141=571 | −5 |
| T19 | Denmark | 145-143-137-147=572 | −4 |
| T19 | New Zealand | 148-138-145-141=572 | −4 |
| 21 | Portugal | 145-143-142-143=573 | -3 |
| T22 | Belgium | 150-140-139-145=574 | −2 |
| T22 | Colombia | 148-148-140-138=574 | −2 |
| T22 | Norway | 146-143-138-147=574 | −2 |
| T22 | South Africa | 143-145-138-148=574 | −2 |
| T26 | Chinese Taipei | 147-140-142-146=575 | −1 |
| T26 | Finland | 145-146-142-142=575 | −1 |
| 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 |
| T32 | India | 148-143-143-151=585 | +9 |
| 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 |
| T39 | Hong Kong | 153-152-148-150=603 | +27 |
| 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 |
| T45 | El Salvador | 149-156-158-150=613 | +37 |
| T45 | Peru | 157-148-158-150=613 | +37 |
| 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 |
| T60 | United States Virgin Islands | 161-164-168-155=648 | +72 |
| 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 |
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## Individual leaders

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 |
| T2 | Chris Kirk | United States | 71-66-70-69=276 | −12 |
| T2 | Richard Scott | Canada | 69-68-71-68=276 | −12 |
| 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 |
| T7 | Rory McIlroy | Ireland | 73-69-72-67=281 | −7 |
| T9 | Nigel Edwards | Wales | 75-70-68-69=282 | −6 |
| T9 | Joost Luiten | Netherlands | 74-71-70-67=282 | −6 |
| T9 | George Murray | Scotland | 72-70-70-70=282 | −6 |
| T9 | Richie Ramsay | Scotland | 72-73-67-70=282 | −6 |
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