New Zealand ties with USA in Eisenhower

Ryan Chisnall

New Zealand was tied with the United States when finishing sixth in the Eisenhower Trophy.
The tournament, officially named the world amateur teams’ championship, was held in Mexico last month.
The New Zealand team comprised Luke Toomey, Nick Voke and Ryan Chisnall.
In a format where the best two scores counted towards the team’s score over four rounds, New Zealand finished at 15 under par. That was only four shots shy of second-placed England.
Australia was a runaway winner with a score of 38 under par.
Toomey, from Waikato, was the leading performer for New Zealand.
He had counting scores in all four rounds with totals of 74, 70, 66 and 70.
Toomey finished the tournament at six under par and finished 16th on the individual table. He was very pleased with the team’s effort.
“All of us can be proud of how we carried ourselves this week and to finish sixth is a super achievement,” Toomey said.
Voke, from Auckland, was the second top performer for New Zealand with counting scores in each of the first three rounds. He shot 69, 68, 72 and 72. He was 20th on the individual table with a total of five under par.
There was no hiding Voke’s delight at representing his country.
“This has been the most enjoyable and memorable golfing week of my career,” Voke said.
Chisnall, from Tasman, had non-counting scores of 75, 74 and 76 on the first three days but chimed in with 68, the best score of the Kiwis on the fourth day. He was relieved to contribute.
“That was pretty huge really to get the monkey off the back,’’ Chisnall said.
“I would have been gutted to come away and not have a score contributing to the week.
“The boys were pretty fizzed with how we went. Tied sixth is a great result and finishing tied with the USA is a good achievement.”
The star performers for Australia were Cameron Davis and Curtis Luck. They finished first and second respectively on the individual table with scores of 17 and 15 under par.
The Australian team finished at 38 under par, a massive 19 shots ahead of runner-up England on 19 under par.
Sharing third at 18 under par was Austria and Ireland while fifth was Norway at 17 under par.