2016 World Amateur Team Championships Fact Sheet

FACT SHEET

2016 WORLD AMATEUR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

Conducted by the International Golf Federation (www.IGFgolf.org)

Hosted by the Mexican Golf Federation (http://www.fmg.org.mx)

27th Women’s World Amateur Team Championship: 14-17 Sept., 2016

30th World Amateur Team Championship: 21-24 Sept., 2016
Mayakoba El Camaleón Golf Club and the Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club in Riviera Maya, Mexico.

WHAT ARE THE WORLD AMATEUR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS?

Conducted by the International Golf Federation, the World Amateur Team Championships are a biennial international amateur golf competition that rotates among three geographic zones of the world: Asia-Pacific, Americas and Europe-Africa.

FORMAT

Each team has two or three players, who each play 18 holes of stroke play over four days. In each round, the total of the two lowest scores from each team constitutes the team score for the round. The four-day (72-hole) total is the team’s score for the championship.

ELIGIBILITY

Players must be amateur golfers under the Rules of Amateur Status and nationals of the countries they represent.

SCHEDULE OF PLAY

During the Espirito Santo Trophy competition for women, 18 holes of stroke play will be conducted Wednesday 14 Sept., through Saturday 17 Sept. Similarly, 18 holes of stroke play will be conducted Wednesday 21 Sept., through Saturday 24 Sept. for the Eisenhower Trophy competition for men.

PRIZES

The winning team in the women’s competition receives custody of the Espirito Santo Trophy for the ensuing two years. The winning team in the men’s competition receives custody of the Eisenhower Trophy for the ensuing two years. Members of the winning teams receive gold medals, members of the second-place teams receive silver medals and members of the third-place teams receive bronze medals. The player with the lowest individual score in each championship is recognized at the respective closing ceremony, but no prize is awarded.

ENTRIES

For the 2016 championships, there will be a record number of entries for the Espirito Santo Trophy competition (55) and a record-tying number of entries for the Eisenhower Trophy competition (72). The 2012 WATC in Turkey also had 72 teams. In Japan in 2014, a total of 50 teams competed for the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship and 69 for the World Amateur Team Championship.

THE COURSES AND ARCHITECTS

P.B. Dye designed the Playa Paraiso course, which opened in 2005. Greg Norman was the architect for the El Camaleon course, which opened in 2005 and is the site of the PGA Tour’s OHL Mayakoba Classic.