The 2014 EurAsia Cup presented by DRB-HICOM was the first edition of the EurAsia Cup, a team golf event contested between teams representing Asia and Europe. It was held from 27 to 29 March at the Glenmarie Golf and Country Club in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. The match ended in a 10–10 tie and, under the rules of the inaugural event, the Cup was shared between the teams.[1]
| Dates | 27–29 March 2014 | ||||
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| Venue | Glenmarie Golf and Country Club | ||||
| Location | Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia | ||||
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| A tie in the EurAsia Cup | |||||
The event had a $4,000,000 purse; $300,000 to each member of the winning team and $100,000 to each member of the losing team.[2]
Teams edit
| Asia | Europe | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Country | Player | Country |
| Thongchai Jaidee Playing captain |
 Thailand |
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Playing captain |
 Spain
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| Boonchu Ruangkit Non-playing vice-captain |
Thailand |
Des Smyth Non-playing vice-captain |
 Ireland
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| Kiradech Aphibarnrat | Thailand |
Thomas Bjørn |  Denmark
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| Gaganjeet Bhullar |  India |
Jamie Donaldson |  Wales
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| Nicholas Fung |  Malaysia |
Victor Dubuisson |  France
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| Kim Hyung-sung |  South Korea |
Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño | Spain
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| Anirban Lahiri | India |
Stephen Gallacher |  Scotland
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| Prayad Marksaeng | Thailand |
Pablo Larrazábal | Spain
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| Koumei Oda |  Japan |
Joost Luiten |  Netherlands
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| Siddikur Rahman |  Bangladesh |
Graeme McDowell |  Northern Ireland
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| Hideto Tanihara | Japan |
Thorbjørn Olesen | Denmark
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The Asian team consisted of (a) the captain, (b) the leading four members on the final 2013 Asian Tour Order of Merit: Aphibarnrat (1), Lahiri (3), Rahman (4) and Bhullar (5) (c) the leading three members, not already entered, on the Official World Golf Ranking as published on 2 February 2014: Kim (70), Oda (76), Tanihara (101), (d) two captain's choices. Jaidee chose Fung and Marksaeng.
The European team consisted of (a) the leading four members on the final 2013 Race to Dubai: McDowell (4), Donaldson (5), Dubuisson (6) and Fernández-Castaño (7) (b) the leading four members, not already entered, on the Official World Golf Ranking as published on 2 February 2014: Bjørn (24), Gallacher (37), Jiménez (39) and Luiten (43), (c) the captain, (d) a captain's choice. Since Jiménez qualified through (b) he was able to choose a second member. He chose Larrazábal and Olesen.[2]
Schedule edit
- 27 March (Thursday) Four-ball x 5
- 28 March (Friday) Foursomes x 5
- 29 March (Saturday) Singles x 10
Thursday's matches (four-ball) edit
| Asia | Results | Europe |
|---|---|---|
| Jaidee/Aphibarnrat | 2 & 1 | Jiménez/Larrazábal |
| Oda/Tanihara | 2 up | Bjørn/Olesen |
| Marksaeng/Siddikur | 3 & 2 | Dubuisson/Luiten |
| Bhullar/Lahiri | 4 & 3 | Fdez-Castaño/Gallacher |
| Kim/Fung | 3 and 1 | McDowell/Donaldson |
| 0 | Session | 5 |
| 0 | Overall | 5 |
Source:[3]
Friday's matches (foursomes) edit
| Asia | Results | Europe |
|---|---|---|
| Jaidee/Aphibarnrat | halved | Jiménez/Larrazábal |
| Marksaeng/Kim | 4 & 3 | Bjørn/Olesen |
| Oda/Tanihara | halved | Fdez-Castaño/Gallacher |
| Lahiri/Siddikur | 1 up | Luiten/Dubuisson |
| Bhullar/Fung | 2 & 1 | McDowell/Donaldson |
| 3 | Session | 2 |
| 3 | Overall | 7 |
Source:[4]
Saturday's matches (singles) edit
| Asia | Results | Europe |
|---|---|---|
| Fung | 1 up | Jiménez |
| Jaidee | 3 & 2 | McDowell |
| Aphibarnrat | 2 & 1 | Bjørn |
| Marksaeng | halved | Donaldson |
| Kim | 4 & 2 | Larrazábal |
| Lahiri | 2 & 1 | Dubuisson |
| Bhullar | 5 & 3 | Olesen |
| Oda | 1 up | Luiten |
| Tanihara | halved | Fdez-Castaño |
| Siddikur | 4 & 3 | Gallacher |
| 7 | Session | 3 |
| 10 | Overall | 10 |
Source:[5]
References edit
- ^ "Rules and Terminology". EurAsia Cup. 29 March 2014. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ^ a b "Eligibility, Event Format & Prize Fund - EurAsia Cup presented by DRB-HICOM". European Tour. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ "Europe commands EurAsia Cup lead". ESPN. Associated Press. 27 March 2014.
- ^ "Europe leads but Asia bounces back". ESPN. Associated Press. 28 March 2014.
- ^ "Asia shares Cup after closing rally". ESPN. Associated Press. 29 March 2014.