The World Amateur Team Championships are organized every two years by the International Golf Federation. They take place over two consecutive weeks, each being dedicated to one or the other of the championships, men or women. They are strictly reserved for amateurs, and open by definition to all countries in the world. In 2022, 57 nations for women and 72 for men will participate in the French edition. With only three entered in each team, the simple fact of being selected is already an accomplishment in itself.

Some of the players present are future headliners of world golf, and this without
that there is necessarily a need to wait a long time: during this 2018 edition, names such as Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland, Nicolai and Rasmus Højgaard or Jennifer Kupcho (these last three moreover left titles) were present on the leaderboards … to recite nobody else but them.
For many of them, the Worlds even represent the last important deadline in
the ranks of amateurs, as well as one of the ultimate opportunities to wear the colors of their country. And the French are no exception.

Where and when will this take place?

France has been designated to organize the 2022 edition of these World Championships, which will thus make their third visit to France. Saint-Germain hosted the inaugural edition of the Women's World Team Championships in 1964, and Golf National hosted both events in 1994 (as well as Golf de La Boulie for the men's tournament).
For 2022, the championships will take place jointly at the Golf National (on the course of
l'Albatros) and Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche (on the red route). The ladies will open the ball on the 24th
to August 27, 2022, and the gentlemen will close it from August 31 to September 3.

How does it work?

Unlike other team championships (and in particular the European championships), the
formula is quite simple: everything is played in stroke play, in 72 holes over four days. Each team is
composed of three players, and the total of each day is made up of the two best cards.

Above all, during each day, the players of the same team systematically start each other
following the others, in three consecutive games. In particular, this allows supporters (for example
just in case those of the French teams…) to come and follow the games without having to navigate to the four corners of the course.

And who is playing where?

Due to the number of nations involved, for many editions now, two courses
are necessary for the organization of the Championships. During the first two rounds, half of the
teams will evolve on the Albatros, and the other half in Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche (with permutation between the
two days).
Tournaments do not have a cut per se, in other words everyone stays in the same
ranking throughout the race. However, after the first round, the tableau is split into
two: the first half will play at Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche on the third day, and at the Golf National on
fourth. The other half will do the opposite, while keeping the possibility of going back to the first
part of the leaderboard.

And France in all this?

Whether for ladies or gentlemen, the preparation for these Worlds at home has already
started in the French clan. All have, in any case, glorious elders in whose steps
put: France won the Eisenhower Trophy (the men's tournament trophy) in 2010, thanks to
Alexander Levy, Romain Wattel and Johann Lopez-Lazaro; she also won the first
edition of the Espirito Santo Trophy (the women's tournament) in 1964, with Catherine Lacoste in its ranks,
Brigitte Varangot and Claudine Cros, as well as the 2000 edition, with Maïtena Alsuguren, Virginie Auffret
and Karine Icher. See you from August 24.

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