SINGAPORE – After a dominant 36-hole efficiency, South Africa didn’t look again, ending eight photographs away from Australia to say its first ever Eisenhower Trophy on the 2025 Males’s World Beginner Group Championship at Tanah Merah Nation Membership (Tampines Course) in Singapore on Saturday.
South Africa completed the event at 29-under 547 to return to the rostrum for the primary time in over 40 years on the Males’s World Beginner Group Championship. For the fourth straight day, World No. 6 (WAGR) Christian Maas led South Africa and closed the event with a 3-under 69 to make sure victory each for his group and individually. Daniel Bennett closed with a fair par 72, Charl Barnard completed with a 5-over 77 on Saturday for the champions. South Africa’s earlier greatest end was a silver medal in 1980 together with two bronze medals in 1970 and 1972.
Maas completed with all 4 rounds within the 60s (66-66-65-69-266) to complete at 22-under, ten photographs away from the 2025 Canadian Males’s Beginner champion, Declan O’Donovan of Australia (12-under). The senior on the College of Texas registered solely three bogeys throughout 72 holes of play in Singapore on his option to the group and particular person gold medals. Maas’ rating of 266, ties the second lowest particular person rating in championship historical past becoming a member of Victor Perez (France), Lucas Herbert (Australia) and Alejandro Tosti (Argentina) who recorded the identical rating in Japan in 2014. That very same yr, the bottom 72-hole whole rating of 263 was set by Jon Rahm (Spain).
Australia completed as runner-up at 21-under to earn the silver medal whereas England additionally made the rostrum, ending 19-under to say bronze. Mexico (17-under) and France (15-under) rounded out the highest 5. Canada completed the event T24 at 1-over of the 36 international locations competing.
Canada was represented by Justin Matthews of Little Britain, Ont. who completed T46 at 3-over (74-73-72-72), Ashton McCulloch of Kingston, Ont. who completed T65 at 6-over (70-76-73-75) and Isaiah Ibit of Orleans, Ont., T81 at 10-over (75-70-80-73).
Becoming a member of Maas and O’Donovan on the rostrum was Adam Bresnu (Morocco) and Oscar Couilleau (France) who completed T3 at 10-under.
The 2027 World Beginner Group Championships will likely be hosted by the Royal Moroccan Golf Federation on the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in Rabat, Morocco.
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