KARUIZAWA, Japan (AP) β SMU junior Bryson DeChambeau birdied the final hole and Canadian playing partner Corey Conners closed with a bogey to give the United States a two-stroke victory in the World Amateur Team Championship.
The United States won the Eisenhower Trophy for the record 15th time.
Spain’s Jon Rahm, a junior at Arizona State, broke Jack Nicklaus’ individual record, closing with a 5-under 67 on Karuizawa 72 Golf East’s Iriyama Course for a 23-under 263 total. Nicklaus finished at 269 in 1960 at Merion in Pennsylvania.
DeChambeau had a 73 in the final group, and Virginia senior Denny McCarthy added a 64 to give the United States a record 38-under 534 total. Texas sophomore Beau Hossler shot 75, with only the top two scores counting in the team total.
The U.S. broke the record of 554 set by the Netherlands in 2006 in South Africa.
