Australia chasing 5th Eisenhower Trophy in Singapore
The Australian team of manager Dean Kinney, Billy Dowling, Harry Takis and Declan O’Donovan – image IGF
This week’s World Amateur Team Championship (Eisenhower Trophy) at the Tanah Merah Country Club in Singapore will see the Australian team of Harry Takis, Billy Dowling, and Declan O’Connor chasing Australia’s 5th win in the event and New Zealand its second victory.
Australia’s last victory came in Mexico in 2016 when Curtis Luck, Cam Davis, and Harrison Endycott won by a massive 19 shots over England while New Zealand’s only victory came in Canada in 1992 when the then four-man team of Phil Tataurangi, Michael Campbell, Grant Moorehead and Stephen Scahill defeated the USA by seven shots.
New Zealand is represented this year by Cooper Moore, Zackary Swanwick, and Robby Turnbull.
Played over 72 holes, the best two of the three scores recorded by each team each day are counted towards the total.
The event, followed soon after by the Asia Pacific Amateur Championship in Dubai are often the final events several of those in this week’s field will play as an amateur before tackling the demands of a professional career.
The Americans, who have won the title a massive 16 times, will start as favourites, given that two of their three-man team are inside the top three in the world amateur ranking. Even though their third, Mason Howell, is currently ranked outside the top 100, he is the current US Amateur Champion.
Harry Takis at # 117 is the best of the Australians while Zackary Swanwick at # 75 leads the New Zealanders.
