TEAM ASIA HEROIC COMEBACK HOLDS TEAM EUROPE AT EURASIA CUP

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EURASIA CUP: TEAM ASIA 10(7) - TEAM EUROPE 10(3)

A stunning fight back from Team Asia saw the inaugural EurAsia Cup presented by DRB-HICOM end in a 10-10 draw after a thrilling final day at the Glenmarie Golf and Country Club on Saturday. Trailing 3-7 overnight going into the singles session  and having been 0-5 behind after the first day’s fourball session, not many gave Thongchai Jaidee’s team much realistic hope of turning matters around. But they did just that, winning the session 7-3 to see the gleaming silver trophy shared with Miguel Angel Jiménez’s European troops at the end of the day.
 
Asian captain Thongchai got Asia off to the perfect start with a 3 & 2 win over 2010 U.S. Open Champion Graeme McDowell. Jiménez, who was one of only two outrights winners for Europe when he nervelessly holed an eight foot birdie putt on the final green to beat a luckless Malaysian home favourite Nicholas Fung in the first match.


With the captains’ points in the bag for their respective sides, the next hour on the golf course firmly belonged to the hosts. Respective wins for Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Kim Hyung-sung, Gaganjeet Bhullar and Anirban Lahiri, allied to Prayad Marksaeng’s half point against Jamie Donaldson, saw the overall scores levelled at 8 ½ - 8 ½. Bangladesh’s Siddikur Rahman then moved Asia ahead for the first time at Glenmarie Golf and Country Club with a 4 & 3 win before Dutchman Joost Luiten held his nerve to hole a four footer for a winning par four to bring parity once again.

It left the outcome of the entire contest on the match between Fernandez-Castaño and Tanihara. In the end, Fernandez-Castaño putted held his nerve to roll his par effort into the back of the cup before sportingly conceding the Japanese player’s putt. The half point being a fitting conclusion.


Final Day Singles Results (Team Europe first)


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