2024 Platinum
When they finally added their name to the trophy for a sixth time, however, they did so in a manner that the Tartan Tour giants of the nineties - Russell Weir, John Chillas and their ilk - would have been proud. Scotland's latest heroes are Craig Lee, Jim McKinnon and Sam Cairns who led from starting line to finishing post with a best-two-from-three total of 29-under-par 547, for the 72-hole tournament to share the €6,000 first prize. Lee was the inspiration of the Scotland team, and the ITC's individual lowest scorer overall, with a four-round total of 267, 21 under par.
Ireland's Robert Giles, John Dwyer and Leslie Walker made a bold attempt to outscore Scotland to record their second victory but settled for an honourable runners-up place on 26-under, 550 after pulling back two shots on the Scots with one to hole to play.
Giles, who was a member of the last Ireland team to win the tournament in 1998, was second-highest individual scorer with an 18-under-par total of 270 to finish three shots clear of Norway and Wales, with pre-tournament favourites, England, in fifth place.
PGAs OF Europe International Team Championship 2006
Supported by Glenmuir
Roda Golf & Beach Resort, Murcia, Spain.
Final Leading Scores: (Best two from three individual daily scores) Par 576 (8 x 72).
547 Scotland 134 136 138 139 (C Lee, J McKinnon, S Cairns).
550 Ireland 139 137 136 138 (J Dwyer, L Walker, R Giles).
553 Wales 136 140 141 136 (A Evans, S Edwards, M Litton);
Norway 142 135 139 137 (J Elgborn, J Uppard, N Diethelm).
555 England 139 142 138 136 (P Simpson 66, P Wesselingh 70, D Muscroft 75).
565 Austria 143 144 138 140 (M Krainz , S Beretzki, A Wernig);
Italy 143 141 142 139 (M Bianco, S Betti, J Baglioni).
567 Finland 143 138 147 139 (S Aho, R Soravuo, M Martikainen).
568 South Africa 143 139 142 144 (I Palmer, M Truter , I Ficalbi).
573 Czech Republic 142 139 147 145 (J Nemecek, P Strougal , J Juhaniak);
Germany 142 145 141 145 (S Brown, M Stevenson, L Spencer ).