It’s time for the 33rd Men’s World Amateur Team Championship.
The Emirates Golf Federation will host the 2023 World Amateur Team Championships. The men’s and women’s championships were originally set to be held in Dubai but moved to Abu Dhabi, where they’ll be contested at the National Course at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club.
In another recent change, the order of play for the men’s and women’s championships will be reversed to avoid a conflict in dates with other prestigious tournaments, meaning the men will play first while the women will battle it out next week.
This marks the first time the event, which dates to 1958, will be held in the Middle East. It also will be the first with a reduced scope of one golf course and 36 teams to lessen the cost and complexity of hosting the event, as approved at the IGF’s 2018 biennial meeting.
Here’s everything you need to know about the 2023 Men’s World Amateur Team Championship.
Format
Each team has two or three players and plays 18 holes of stroke play for 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.
Prizes
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 lowest individual score in each championship is recognized at the respective closing ceremony, but no prize is awarded.
Schedule
Wednesday, Oct. 18
First round of play
Thursday, Oct. 19
Second round of play
Friday, Oct. 20
Third round of play
Saturday, Oct. 21
Final round of play
Tee times
Tee times begin at 10:30 p.m. ET Tuesday (6:30 a.m. local time). As of now, no TV or streaming information is listed on the event’s website. However, live scoring will be available here.
Golf course
No. 1: 405-yard par 4
No. 2: 600-yard par 5
No. 3: 439-yard par 4
No. 4: 158-yard par 3
No. 5: 440-yard par 4
No. 6: 469-yard par 4
No. 7: 200-yard par 3
No. 8: 572-yard par 5
No. 9: 456-yard par 4
OUT: 3,739 yards, par 36
No. 10: 582-yard par 5
No. 11: 460-yard par 4
No. 12: 176-yard par 3
No. 13: 414-yard par 4
No. 14: 490-yard par 4
No. 15: 199-yard par 3
No. 16: 475-yard par 4
No. 17: 460-yard par 4
No. 18: 557-yard par 5
IN: 3,813 yards, par 36
TOTAL: 7,552 yards, par 72
Notables in the field
Four of the top five players in the World Amateur Golf Ranking are in the field. Christo Lamprecht, No. 1 and a senior at Georgia Tech, will tee it up for South Africa alongside Texas’ Christiaan Maas.
World No. 2 Gordon Sargent, No. 4 and U.S. Amateur champion Nick Dunlap and No. 5 David Ford will represent the American team.
No. 15 Frederik Kjettrup is the next highest-ranked player in the field representing Denmark.
