36 teams competing in each championship in 2023. For the first time since the event’s inception in 1958, the number of teams was limited to 36 for both the men’s and women’s competition to lessen the cost and complexity of hosting the event, as approved at the IGF’s 2018 biennial meeting. In 2022, 72 teams entered the Eisenhower Trophy men’s competition and 56 teams entered the Espirito Santo Trophy women’s competition.
The men’s and women’s team lists for 2023 can be viewed here.
MOST APPEARANCES
Seven countries have entered all 33 World Amateur Team Championships since its inception in 1958 – Germany, Great Britain and Ireland (since 2002 – England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales), Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden and the United States of America. Five nations have entered all 30 Women’s World Amateur Team Championships since its inception in 1964 – Australia, France, Japan, Sweden and the United States of America.
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.
