Hume blasts 66 to put Ireland in silver medal position in Eisenhower Trophy
Ireland World Amateur Team, from left to right, Paul McBride, Stuart Grehan, captain Tony Goode, and Jack Hume at the 2016 Eisenhower Trophy at Iberostar Resort in Riviera Maya, Mexico on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. (Copyright USGA/Steve Gibbons)
Jack Hume fired eight birdies in a six under 66 to help Ireland roar into second place and contention for a medal in the World Amateur Team Championships for the Eisenhower Trophy in Mexico.
While the team led by Tony Goode is 16 strokes behind leaders Australia, who head the 71-nation field on 32 under par, they are not taking anything for granted at Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club.
After watching Paul McBride shoot 69 and Stuart Grehan a discarded 71, team captain Goode said: “It has been a superb performance, they fought hard and Jack’s six-under on the back nine was something very special.
"Today is moving day and we moved very well so I’m pleased. If we can shoot low tomorrow then you never know.
“We’re not thinking about a medal just yet, there is still a bit of work to do. Tomorrow is the important round, the fourth quarter as they say in American Football, so we’ll have to put something together for the last quarter.
"The boys are up for it, they’re on good form. They are in the right frame of mind so to go out and do their best tomorrow.”
Hume has gotten better each day, following a 75 with a 70 before lighting up Ireland’s challenge yesterday with a homeward run of six under 30.
“I played really nice on the back nine, could have better on the front nine, but happy with the performance,” said Hume, who had two bogeys and two birdies in an outward 36.
He began his red hot run with a sand wedge to four feet at the 10th, made further birdies at the 12th, 13th, 14th and 16th and then hit an 8-iron to seven feet at the par-4 18th before rapping home the birdie putt.
“You never know how Australia might go tomorrow,” Hume added. "You just have to focus on your own game and if we can get off to a fast start tomorrow, a strong finish would be a good end to the week.”
Curtis Luck of Australia, is all smiles after making a birdie at the par 5 fifth hole, during the second round of the 2016 Eisenhower Trophy at El Camaleon G.C. in Riviera Maya, on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. (Copyright USGA/Steven Gibbons)
Curtis Luck fired a 63 and Cameron Davis added a 68, both bogey-free rounds, and Australia took a nearly insurmountable 16-stroke lead.
Luck, the 2016 U.S. Amateur champion, made nine birdies to match the fourth-lowest round in WATC history and the Australians’ three-round total was one off the championship record set by the USA in 2014. Davis had an opportunity to tie record but missed a 6½-foot birdie putt on the final hole.
“I don’t want to look too far ahead, but it’s exciting to be in the hunt,” said Australian captain Matt Cutler, whose country could win its fourth Eisenhower Trophy and first since 1996.
“To be quite considerably ahead is a great position to be, but we are excited about the prospect of what could occur.”
Luck, who posted two non-counting scores in the opening two rounds as just two of three-man team scores are used toward the total each day, birdied his first hole when he stuck a 9-iron within two feet.
He later made a 14-foot putt for birdie on No. 8 and converted another one on the next hole for a 5-under 31 on the outward nine. Luck would hit a lob wedge to tap-in-range on No. 10 and birdied both par 5s coming home.
“I had a good day at the office,” said Luck, who became the third Australian to win the U.S. Amateur last month. “I felt like I let the team down a bit yesterday shooting even par and the boys obviously having good scores. It was great to come out, put a good round together and a 63 looks really nice on the scoreboard.”
Davis, who was this year’s Brabazon Trophy runner-up, shot his third consecutive round in the 60s and is the low individual at 14-under for the championship. He had three birdies on the inward nine as his team equaled the third-largest 54-hole lead in WATC annals and matched the second-lowest third-round score (131).
“The guys are all experienced players and could go out there tomorrow without any advice,” said Cutler about looking forward to the final round. “I don’t think you change what has got you here.”
Scottie Scheffler shot a 69 and Maverick McNealy carded a 71 as the USA was one behind Ireland in third place at 15-under 415. The Americans were eight strokes back of Australia to begin the round but failed to keep pace early on. Scheffler rallied his team with birdies on three of his last five holes. He got up and down on the par-5 16th and sank a 20-footer from the fringe on No. 17.
“I just started building some confidence,” said Scheffler, a junior at the University of Texas and who was paired with Luck. “In the beginning of my rounds I am not playing my game and kind of doubting myself. Watching Curtis make so many birdies helped me out a bit. I was watching good shots all day.”
England, Austria and Poland are tied for fourth at 13-under. Alfie Plant, of England, made four of his five birdies on the inward nine in recording a 5-under 67. Scott Gregory, who won the 2016 Amateur Championship at Royal Porthcawl, had a 70.
“It was a nice back nine,” said Plant, who was last year’s English Amateur runner-up. “On the front nine, I wasn’t holing anything and it was quite frustrating. Then the putts starting rolling in and it got better.”
Austria’s Michael Ludwig and Matthias Schwab each shot 3-under 69s. Ludwig’s round included four birdies and three bogeys and an eagle at the par-4 seventh when he holed a 93-yard approach shot from the rough.
“I decided to hit a 3-wood from the tee today and it was a bit too long.” said Ludwig, who used a 58-degree sand wedge to make his eagle. “I pushed it a bit and it was straight on the flag. It pitched and went it on the second bounce and I was really surprised.”
Australian captain Matt Cutler, (left), knuckles Cameron Davis of Australia, after Davis sinks his birdie putt at the par 5 seventh hole, during the second round of the 2016 Eisenhower Trophy at El Camaleon G.C. in Riviera Maya, on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016. (Copyright USGA/Steven Gibbons)
Poland will be searching for its first top-10 World Amateur Team finish in the final round. Adrian Meronk, who is a playing captain, posted an under-par round for the third straight day with a 2-under 70 and Mateuz Gradecki matched that score. The two players are competing in their third WATC together and were teammates at East Tennessee State University.
New Zealand, Norway, Thailand and Spain are tied for seventh at 11-under-par 419. A pair of teenagers are leading the way for Thailand as Kousuke Hamamoto, 17, and Sadom Keawkanjana, 18, each turned in 3-under 69s.
Playing in the morning wave, Canada improved its standing 12 places with an 8-under 136 and is now tied for 11th. Hugo Bernard, the 2016 Canadian Amateur champion, carded a 66, while Garrett Rank, who works as a National Hockey League game official, had a 70. Bernard birdied three of the four par 3s. He struck an 8-iron to within 8 feet at No.8 and hit a three-quarter pitching wedge to set up another birdie at No. 15.
“He’s a wonderful iron player,” said Doug Roxburgh, who has served as the Canadian captain seven times. “I have only seen him hit a couple of irons that were not directly at the pin. He’s a big, strong guy who takes advantage of his length.”
Twenty-nine of the 71 teams had 54-hole scores that were under par. The field recorded 50 sub-par individual counted scores in the third round, the second-highest total in WATC history.
The IGF is the international federation for golf for the International Olympic Committee and conducted the 2016 Olympic golf competition in Rio de Janeiro.
In each round, the total of the two lowest scores from each team constitutes the team score for the round. The four-day total (72-hole) is the team’s score for the championship.
The teams in the upper half of the scoring will play par-71, 6,771-yard/6,187-meter Mayakoba El Camaleon Golf Club in the fourth round and the teams in the bottom half will play Iberostar Playa Paraiso.
For complete results, visit www.igfgolf.org.
2016 World Amateur Team Championship
Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club (I) Par-72, 6,988 yards/6,38 metres
Mayakoba El Camaleon Golf Club (M) Par-71, 6,771 yards/6,187 metres
1.Australia (AUS) - 135 I-132 M-131 I--398 (-32)
Cameron Davis 67-66-68--201
Curtis Luck 69-71-63--203
Harrison Endycott 68-66-73--207
2.Ireland (IRL) - 136 M-143 I-135 I--414 (-16)
Paul McBride 66-73-69--208
Jack Hume 75-70-66--211
Stuart Grehan 70-75-71--216
3.United States of America (USA) - 137 M-138 I-140 I--415 (-15)
Maverick McNealy 70-69-71--210
Scottie Scheffler 73-69-69--211
Brad Dalke 67-72-72--211
T4.Austria (AUT) - 139 M-140 I-138 I--417 (-13)
Matthias Schwab 67-72-69--208
Michael Ludwig 72-70-69--211
Markus Maukner 80-70-74--224
T4.England (ENG) - 139 M-141 I-137 I--417 (-13)
Alfie Plant 69-72-67--208
Scott Gregory 70-70-70--210
Jamie Bower 73-71-75--219
T4.Poland (POL) - 138 I-139 M-140 I--417 (-13)
Adrian Meronk 66-69-70--205
Mateusz Gradecki 72-70-70--212
Jakub Dymecki 78-80-85--243
T7.New Zealand (NZL) - 143 M-138 I-138 I--419 (-11)
Nick Voke 69-68-72--209
Luke Toomey 74-70-66--210
Ryan Chisnall 75-74-76--225
T7.Norway (NOR) - 141 I-139 M-139 I--419 (-11)
Kristoffer Ventura 70-69-69--208
Viktor Hovland 71-70-70--211
Knud Krokeide 74-78-80--232
T7.Spain (ESP) - 136 I-145 M-138 I--419 (-11)
Manuel Elvira 69-71-70--210
Ivan Cantero 71-74-68--213
Mario Galiano 67-74-76--217
T7.Thailand (THA) - 138 I-143 M-138 I--419 (-11)
Kousuke Hamamoto 69-71-69--209
Sadom Keawkanjana 69-72-69--210
Witchayanon Chothirunrungrueng 76-76-72--224
T11.Canada (CAN) - 144 I-140 M-136 I--420 (-10)
Hugo Bernard 73-70-66--209
Garrett Rank 74-72-70--216
Jared du Toit 71-70-75--216
T11.Switzerland (SUI) - 139 I-137 M-144 I--420 (-10)
Jeremy Freiburghaus 68-68-75--211
Mathias Eggenberger 71-69-73--213
Marco Iten 72-76-71--219
13.Scotland (SCO) - 134 I-144 M-143 I--421 (-9)
Grant Forrest 68-73-71--212
Robert MacIntyre 69-71-72--212
Connor Syme 66-73-78--217
T14.Denmark (DEN) - 143 M-139 I-140 I--422 (-8)
Marcus Helligkilde 73-67-68--208
John Axelsen 70-75-72--217
Peter Launer Baek 73-72-73--218
T14.Mexico (MEX) - 141 M-140 I-141 I--422 (-8)
Alvaro Ortiz 74-65-72--211
Isidro Benitez 70-75-69--214
Luis Gerardo Garza 71-77-72--220
T16.Argentina (ARG) - 142 I-142 M-139 I--423 (-7)
Alejandro Tosti 71-68-67--206
Gaston Bertinotti 72-74-72--218
Andres Gallegos 71-75-79--225
T16.France (FRA) - 139 I-142 M-142 I--423 (-7)
Ugo Coussaud 70-69-67--206
Jeremy Gandon 69-74-76--219
Antoine Rozner 73-73-75--221
T16.Sweden (SWE) - 139 M-142 I-142 I--423 (-7)
Fredrik Nilehn 68-71-71--210
Robin Petersson 71-71-74--216
Hannes Ronneblad 71-74-71--216
T19.Germany (GER) - 147 I-137 M-140 I--424 (-6)
Hurly Long 76-68-70--214
Max Schmitt 75-69-70--214
Jeremy Paul 72-69-74--215
T19.Japan (JPN) - 139 I-144 M-141 I--424 (-6)
Kazuki Higa 67-71-75--213
Junya Kameshiro 75-73-68--216
Takumi Kanaya 72-73-73--218
T21.Colombia (COL) - 142 I-138 M-145 I--425 (-5)
Nicolas Echavarria 72-68-72--212
Mateo Gomez Villegas 70-70-73--213
Santiago Gomez 72-76-74--222
T21.Republic of Korea (KOR) - 145 M-139 I-141 I--425 (-5)
Sung ho Yun 73-66-69--208
Seung bo Jang 74-73-72--219
Je chang Ryu 72-75-73--220
T23.Iceland (ISL) - 141 M-142 I-143 I--426 (-4)
Gudmundur Kristjansson 70-72-71--213
Haraldur Magnus 76-70-72--218
Andri Bjornsson 71-75-74--220
T23.Peru (PER) - 142 I-142 M-142 I--426 (-4)
Felipe Strobach 72-70-71--213
Luis Fernando Barco 73-72-71--216
Julian Perico 70-77-79--226
T25.Chinese Taipei (TPE) - 140 M-140 I-147 I--427 (-3)
Chun-An Yu 70-67-73--210
Yu-Chen Yeh 70-73-74--217
Wei-Hsiang Wang 76-79-76--231
T25.Netherlands (NED) - 145 M-138 I-144 I--427 (-3)
Vince van Veen 71-69-75--215
Lars van Meijel 74-73-70--217
Rowin Caron 81-69-74--224
T25.Venezuela (VEN) - 143 M-143 I-141 I--427 (-3)
Jorge Garcia 69-68-71--208
Manuel Torres 76-75-70--221
George Trujillo 74-77-80--231
T25.Wales (WAL) - 144 M-143 I-140 I--427 (-3)
David Boote 69-73-68--210
Owen Edwards 76-70-72--218
Josh Davies 75-79-73--227
29.Singapore (SGP) - 146 M-135 I-147 I--428 (-2)
Gregory Foo 70-70-72--212
Joshua Ho 76-65-78--219
Joshua Shou 76-73-75--224
T30.Brazil (BRA) - 143 M-142 I-148 I--433 (+3)
Herik Machado 70-70-75--215
Daniel Kenji Ishii 73-72-73--218
Gustavo Chuang 73-75-79--227
T30.Morocco (MAR) - 140 M-148 I-145 I--433 (+3)
Ayoub Id-Omar 72-72-72--216
Yassine Touhami 68-76-76--220
Ayoub Lguirati 77-83-73--233
T30.South Africa (RSA) - 141 M-144 I-148 I--433 (+3)
Jovan Rebula 70-70-76--216
Dylan Naidoo 75-74-72--221
Marco Steyn 71-74-79--224
T33.Chile (CHI) - 149 M-146 I-139 M--434 (+6)
Joaquin Niemann 71-73-71--215
Claudio Correa 78-73-68--219
Carlos Bustos 83-81-80--244
T33.Hong Kong, China (HKG) - 148 M-144 I-142 M--434 (+6)
Terrence Ng 75-73-67--215
Matthew Cheung 74-71-75--220
Leon Philip D'Souza 74-77-77--228
T33.Italy (ITA) - 141 M-145 I-150 I--436 (+6)
Guido Migliozzi 74-76-70--220
Stefano Mazzoli 67-71-89--227
Luca Cianchetti 75-74-80--229
T36.Guatemala (GUA) - 146 M-145 I-146 I--437 (+7)
Alejandro Villavicencio 72-74-75--221
Sebastian Barnoya 79-71-71--221
Pablo Castellanos 74-82-85--241
T36.India (IND) - 147 M-144 I-146 I--437 (+7)
Aalaap Indira Lakshminarayana 73-75-69--217
Arjun Prasad 74-71-78--223
Kshitij Naveed Kaul 76-73-77--226
38.Finland (FIN) - 141 M-151 I-145 M--437 (+9)
Kim Koivu 71-77-73--221
Juuso Kahlos 70-74-77--221
Ilari Saulo 75-77-72--224
T39.Uruguay (URU) - 145 I-152 M-141 M--438 (+10)
Juan Alvarez 68-72-71--211
Agustin Tarigo 77-82-70--229
Nicholas Teuten 77-80-79--236
T39.Zimbabwe (ZIM) - 144 M-148 I-146 M--438 (+10)
Kieran Vincent 69-71-75--215
Benjamin Follett-Smith 76-77-71--224
David Amm 75-79-81--235
41.Dominican Republic (DOM) - 139 M-155 I-145 M--439 (+11)
Juan Guerra 68-79-70--217
Rhadames Pena 71-79-76--226
Enrique Valverde 78-76-75--229
42.Portugal (POR) - 140 M-144 I-158 I--442 (+12)
Tomas Silva 69-71-77--217
Pedro Lencart Silva 71-73-81--225
Vitor Londot Lopes 71-76-82--229
T43.Czech Republic (CZE) - 142 M-152 I-147 M--441 (+13)
Vitek Novak 76-75-71--222
Simon Zach 69-77-76--222
Matyas Zapletal 73-77-76--226
T43.Peoples Republic of China (CHN) - 146 I-147 M-148 M--441 (+13)
Zihong Zhang 71-84-70--225
Junbin Zhang 79-71-79--229
Yilong Chen 75-76-78--229
T45.Ecuador (ECU) - 150 M-149 I-143 M--442 (+14)
Rafael Miranda 75-74-71--220
Juan Miguel Heredia 75-75-72--222
Jose Miranda 77-75-73--225
T45.Puerto Rico (PUR) - 146 I-148 M-148 M--442 (+14)
Daniel Caban 71-74-74--219
Erick Juan Morales 75-74-74--223
Max Alverio 81-74-74--229
47.Guam (GUM) - 146 M-152 I-145 M--443 (+15)
Devin Hua 71-74-72--217
Redge Camacho 75-78-73--226
Nalapon Vongjalorn 82-80-80--242
48.Slovakia (SVK) - 149 M-148 I-147 M--444 (+16)
Adam Puchmelter 73-74-69--216
Michal Brezovsky 76-74-78--228
Jakub Hrinda 87-WD-WD--WD
49.Bermuda (BER) - 152 I-146 M-152 M--450 (+22)
Jarryd Dillas 77-74-73--224
Mark Phillips 75-74-82--231
Eric West 80-72-79--231
50.Turkey (TUR) - 151 I-150 M-152 M--453 (+25)
Ali Altuntas 71-75-73--219
Alihan Afsar 85-75-79--239
Leon Acikalin 80-80-82--242
51.Belgium (BEL) - 152 M-152 I-150 M--454 (+26)
Adrien Dumont de Chassart 75-76-74--225
Alan De Bondt 77-76-76--229
Kristof Ulenaers 80-80-78--238
52.Croatia (CRO) - 156 I-143 M-158 M--457 (+29)
Ivan Vucemil 75-71-86--232
Adam Brnic 93-72-75--240
Luka Karaula 81-80-83--244
53.Slovenia (SLO) - 149 M-156 I-154 M--459 (+31)
Zan Luka Stirn 74-75-79--228
Mark Trnovec 75-85-75--235
Luka Naglic 78-81-79--238
54.Egypt (EGY) - 151 I-156 M-154 M--461 (+33)
Issa Abouelela 71-74-70--215
Gougou Abdeltawab 91-82-84--257
Dean Naime 80-84-WD--WD
T55.Costa Rica (CRC) - 157 M-152 I-154 M--463 (+35)
Paul Chaplet 79-78-73--230
Jose Mendez 79-74-81--234
Manuel Jimenez 78-88-85--251
T55.Serbia (SRB) - 150 I-162 M-151 M--463 (+35)
Branimir Gudelj 73-79-81--233
Mihailo Dimitrijevic 77-84-76--237
Ranko Helc 80-83-75--238
57.Jamaica (JAM) - 162 M-150 I-152 M--464 (+36)
Sean Morris 78-73-87--238
Jonathan Newnham 84-77-79--240
Ian Facey 86-85-73--244
58.Qatar (QAT) - 153 M-159 I-153 M--465 (+37)
Saleh Al Kaabi 71-79-77--227
Ali Al Shahrani 82-81-76--239
Abdulrahman Al Shahrani 90-80-91--261
59.Panama (PAN) - 155 I-154 M-157 M--466 (+38)
Paolo Cargiulo 78-82-74--234
Luis Cargiulo 83-72-85--240
Jose Guillermo Lewis 77-83-83--243
60.Cayman Islands (CAY) - 156 I-153 M-159 M--468 (+40)
Michael Wight 74-80-79--233
Payten Wight 82-78-80--240
Andrew Jarvis 87-75-81--243
61.Mauritius (MRI) - 160 I-158 M-155 M--473 (+45)
Rakesh Channoo 79-79-79--237
Phil Minkley 86-79-76--241
Ian Espitalier Noel 81-89-82--252
62.El Salvador (ESA) - 156 I-167 M-152 M--475 (+47)
Rodrigo Sol 78-81-75--234
Tino Flores 82-86-77--245
Bobby Moore 78-88-89--255
63.Greece (GRE) - 162 I-158 M-157 M--477 (+49)
Panagiotis Pantazopoulos 83-77-77--237
Dimitrios Rokadakis 79-81-80--240
Panagiotis Samakovlis 89-84-83--256
64.Kenya (KEN) - 158 I-155 M-165 M--478 (+50)
Sujan Shah 80-75-84--239
Neer Chandaria 81-80-82--243
Bo Gatundu 78-83-83--244
65.United Arab Emirates (UAE) - 158 I-160 M-161 M--479 (+51)
Ahmad Skaik 78-82-81--241
Saif Thabet 86-78-80--244
Rashid Hamood 80-89-81--250
66.Malta (MLT) - 165 I-166 M-158 M--489 (+61)
Jay Jay Micallef 80-81-78--239
Andy Borg 85-85-80--250
Christian Brown 85-86-81--252
67.Bulgaria (BUL) - 161 I-170 M-159 M--490 (+62)
Vladi Marinov 85-84-75--244
Asen Mihaylov 77-87-88--252
Ryan Staykov 84-86-84--254
68.Republic of Moldova (MDA) - 165 I-162 M-165 M--492 (+64)
Aleksei Koika 79-77-76--232
Dennis Volostnykh 86-86-89--261
Artiom Podgainii 95-85-98--278
69.Haiti (HAI) - 176 I-167 M-178 M--521 (+93)
Jean-Philippe Mehu 81-77-82--240
Pierre-Antoine Donte 95-100-96--291
Maurice Pasha Brandt 99-90-108--297
70.Kazakhstan (KAZ) - 189 I-172 M-190 M--551 (+123)
Baurzhan Sarkytbayev 92-85-95--272
Yerbolat Ospanov 97-87-95--279
Yerbol Bukharbayev 103-94-100--297
71.Armenia (ARM) - 206 I-221 M-208 M--635 (+207)
Levon Karakhanyan 86-94-97--277
Karen Hovhannisyan 120-127-111--358
