The list of players that will represent their countries on the 36 men’s and 36 women’s teams in the 2023 World Amateur Team Championships (WATC) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, has been finalized.
The Championships are hosted by the Emirates Golf Federation and will be played at Abu Dhabi Golf Club. The men will compete for the Eisenhower Trophy from 18-21 October and the women will play for the Espirito Santo Trophy from 25-28 October.
The Championships are played over 72 holes of stroke play. Each country is represented by a team of two or three players with the two lowest scores counting per round. Sweden won the Espirito Santo Trophy in 2022 while the men’s team from Italy took home the Eisenhower Trophy.
Eight of the top 10 players in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking® will compete in Abu Dhabi later this month, including Sweden’s Ingrid Lindblad (No. 1), Spain’s Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio (No. 2), the Republic of Korea’s Minsol Kim (No. 4) and the USA’s Anna Davis (No. 5).
Four of the top five players in the men’s ranking headline the field for the Eisenhower Trophy, including No. 2 Christo Lamprecht, of South Africa, and the USA’s Gordon Sargent (No. 1), Nick Dunlap (No. 4) and David Ford (No. 5).
The full field lists are as follows:
Eisenhower Trophy – Men’s Teams
Argentina: Joaquín Ludueña, Vicente Marzilio, Segundo Oliva Pinto
Australia: Jack Buchanan, Jeffrey Guan, Karl Vilips
Austria: Christoph Bleier, Fabian Lang, Florian Schweighofer
Canada: Piercen Hunt, Ashton McCulloch, Brady McKinlay
People’s Republic of China: Xiangyun Bai, Zihang Qiu, Ziqin Zhou
Colombia: Carlos Ardila Conde, Manuel Jose Merizalde Padilla, Nicolas Quintero
Czechia: Petr Hruby, Filip Jakubcik, Louis Klein
Denmark: Gustav Frimodt, Frederik Kjettrup, Jacob Skov Olesen
England: Jack Bigham, Barclay Brown, Tyler Weaver
Finland: Elias Haavisto, Markus Luoma, Jesse Saareks
France: Bastien Amat, Paul Beauvy, Hugo Le Goff
Germany: Jonas Baumgartner, Tiger Christensen, Tim Wiedemeyer
Guam: Markus Nanpei, Eugene Park, Nalapon Vongjalorn
Guatemala: Juan Ricardo Davila, Gabriel Palacios, Alejandro Villavicencio
India: Shaurya Bhattacharya, Rohit Narwal, Yuvraj Singh
Ireland: Alex Maguire, Matthew McClean, Liam Nolan
Italy: Pietro Bovari, Riccardo Fantinelli, Flavio Michetti
Japan: Riura Matsui, Minato Oshima, Yuta Sugiura
Republic of Korea: Seonghyeon An, Sungho Lee, Donghyun Moon
Mexico: Santiago De la Fuente del Valle, José Cristobal Islas, Omar Morales
Morocco: Soufiane Dahmane, El Mehdi Fakori, Hugo Mazen Trometter
Netherlands: Jack Ingham, Benjamin Reuter, Lars van der Vight
New Zealand: Jayden Ford, Samuel Jones, Kazuma Kobori
Norway: Mats Ege, Michael Mjaaseth, Herman Wibe Sekne
Scotland: Connor Graham, Calum Scott, Gregor Tait
Singapore: Ryan John Ang, Troy Tian Storm, Hiroshi Tai
South Africa: Christo Lamprecht, Christiaan Maas, Altin van der Merwe
Spain: Angel Ayora, Jose Luis Ballester Barrio, Luis Masaveu Roncal
Sweden: Albert Hansson, Daniel Svard, Tobias Jonsson
Switzerland: Nicola Gerhardsen, Marc Keller, Maximilien Sturdza
Chinese Taipei: Chichun Chen, Chuan-Tai Lin, Ching Hung Su
Thailand: Jiradech Chaowarat, Ashita Piamkulvanich, Parin Sarasmut
United Arab Emirates: Rayan Ahmed, Thomas Nesbitt, Ahmad Skaik
United States of America: Nick Dunlap, David Ford, Gordon Sargent
Wales: James Ashfield, Tomi Bowen, Matt Roberts
Zimbabwe: Tafadzwa Nyamukondiwa, Keegan James Shutt, David Amm
Espirito Santo Trophy – Women’s Teams
Australia: Justice Bosio, Maddison Hinson-Tolchard, Caitlin Peirce
Belgium: Sophie Bert, Savannah De Bock, Céline Manche
Bolivia: Florencia Cuellar, Constanza Quiroga Hinojosa, Victoria Suarez
Canada: Monet Chun, Lauren Kim, Katie Cranston
Chile: Carolina Alcaíno, Michelle Melandri, Amelia Ruiz
People’s Republic of China: Tong An, Xinyu Cao, Zixin Ni
Colombia: Maria Alejandra Hoyos Villegas, Ana Sofia Murcia, Cristina Ochoa Hidalgo
Czechia: Veronika Kedronova, Patricie Mackova, Denisa Vodickova
Denmark: Olivia Grønborg, Natacha Høst Husted, Cecilie Leth-Nissen
England: Charlotte Heath, Caley McGinty, Lottie Woad
Finland: Katri Bakker, Henni Mustonen, Emilia Väistö
France: Adela Cernousek, Vairana Heck, Louise Uma Landgraf
Germany: Helen Briem, Celina Sattelkau, Chiara Horder
Hong Kong, China: Sophie Han, Arianna Lau, Hoi Ki Lau
India: Mannatpreet Kaur Brar, Nishna Patel, Avani Prashanth
Ireland: Sara Byrne, Beth Coulter, Aine Donegan
Italy: Natalia Aparicio, Francesca Fiorellini, Matilde Partele
Japan: Mizuki Hashimoto, Mamika Shinchi, Miku Ueta
Republic of Korea: Minsol Kim, Hyosong Lee, Kyorim Seo
Mexico: Lauren Daiana Olivares Leon, Corey Lopez, Vania Alicia Simont
Morocco: Malak Bouraeda, Sofia Cherif Essakali, Rim Imni
Netherlands: Rosanne Boere, Anne-Sterre den Dunnen, Lynn van der Sluijs
New Zealand: Eunseo Choi, Vivian Lu, Fiona Xu
Norway: Anna Krekling, Mia Lussand, Silje Ohma
Pakistan: Humna Amjad, Parkha Ijaz, Rimsha Ijaz
Philippines: Junia Louise Gabasa, Rianne Mikhaela Malixi, Grace Pauline Quintanilla
Scotland: Hannah Darling, Carmen Griffiths, Lorna McClymont
Singapore: Aloysa Margiela Mabutas Atienza, Xingtong Chen, Inez Xin Yi Ng
South Africa: Caitlyn Macnab, Kajal Mistry, Megan Streicher
Spain: Carla Bernat Escuder, Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio, Julia Lopez Ramirez
Sweden: Kajsa Arwefjäll, Meja Örtengren, Ingrid Lindblad
Switzerland: Yana Beeli, Victoria Levy, Caroline Sturdza
Chinese Taipei: Huai-Chien Hsu, TingHsuan Huang, Hsin Chun Liao
Thailand: Eila Galitsky, Navaporn Soontreeyapas, Suvichaya Vinijchaitham
United Arab Emirates: Jamie Camero, Lara El Chaib, Intissar Rich
United States of America: Anna Davis, Rachel Kuehn, Megan Schofill
About the World Amateur Team Championships (WATC)
The World Amateur Team Championships are a biennial international amateur golf competition conducted by the International Golf Federation. The women contest the Espirito Santo Trophy while the men compete for the Eisenhower Trophy. This year marks the 30th edition of the women’s WATC which was first played in 1964 in France. The men’s Championship was first played in 1958 on the Old Course of St. Andrews and 2023 is its 33rd edition.
About the International Golf Federation (IGF)
The IGF is recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the international federation for golf. In addition to the World Amateur Team Championships, the IGF also organises the golf competitions at the Olympic Games and the Youth Olympic Games. The IGF is composed of 152 members federations from 149 countries, representing more than 66 million people who play golf.
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