Origins
The Eisenhower Trophy is the men’s tournament of the World Amateur Team Championship, the highest-ranked event for amateur golfers. Organised by the International Golf Federation, it was named after Dwight D Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States. Founded in 1958, the first event took place at St Andrew’s, Scotland.
Location
Karuizawa 72 East Golf Club, in central Japan, plays host to this year’s event. There are 69 teams, tying the third-largest field in the competition’s history. Played every two years, this is its 29th staging.
Powerhouses
The United States have been the tournament’s dominant side, lifting the trophy 14 times. Great Britain & Ireland (4) and Australia (3) are the only two other teams to have been crowned champions more than once. The US are defending champions.
Set-up
Each team has two or three players play four 18-hole rounds of stroke play. In each round, the two lowest scores from each team are then added to provide the score for that round. The four-day (72-hole) total is the team’s score for the championship.
Representatives
The UAE team consists of Sohail Marzouqi, pictured, Khalid Yousuf, Abdalla Al Musharrekh, Hassan Al Musharrekh, Rashid Hamood, Saeed Balooshi and Ahmed Skaik. Last month, they spent a two-week training camp at the Vines Resort & Country Club in Perth, Australia, before travelling to Japan.
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