2014 EurAsia Cup explained

EurAsia Cup
Year:2014
Venue:Glenmarie Golf and Country Club
Location:Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Dates:27–29 March 2014
Home:Asia
Away:Europe
Homecaptain:Thongchai Jaidee
Awaycaptain:Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Homescore:10
Awayscore:10
Result:A tie in

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]

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.

Teams

Asia Europe
Player Country Player Country
Thongchai Jaidee
Playing captain
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Playing captain
Boonchu Ruangkit
Non-playing vice-captain
Des Smyth
Non-playing vice-captain

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

Thursday's matches (four-ball)

width=160AsiaResultswidth=160Europe
Jaidee/Aphibarnrat2 & 1Jiménez/Larrazábal
Oda/Tanihara2 upBjørn/Olesen
Marksaeng/Siddikur3 & 2Dubuisson/Luiten
Bhullar/Lahiri4 & 3Fdez-Castaño/Gallacher
Kim/Fung3 and 1McDowell/Donaldson
0Session5
0Overall5
Source:[3]

Friday's matches (foursomes)

width=160AsiaResultswidth=160Europe
Jaidee/AphibarnrathalvedJiménez/Larrazábal
Marksaeng/Kim4 & 3Bjørn/Olesen
Oda/TaniharahalvedFdez-Castaño/Gallacher
Lahiri/Siddikur1 upLuiten/Dubuisson
Bhullar/Fung2 & 1McDowell/Donaldson
3Session2
3Overall7
Source:[4]

Saturday's matches (singles)

width=160AsiaResultswidth=160Europe
Fung1 upJiménez
Jaidee3 & 2McDowell
Aphibarnrat2 & 1Bjørn
MarksaenghalvedDonaldson
Kim4 & 2Larrazábal
Lahiri2 & 1Dubuisson
Bhullar5 & 3Olesen
Oda1 upLuiten
TaniharahalvedFdez-Castaño
Siddikur4 & 3Gallacher
7Session3
10Overall10
Source:[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Rules and Terminology . EurAsia Cup . 29 March 2014 . 29 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140329184537/http://www.eurasiacup.com/team-europe/event-info/rules-and-terminology/ . 29 March 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Eligibility, Event Format & Prize Fund - EurAsia Cup presented by DRB-HICOM . . 7 November 2013 . 27 March 2014.
  3. News: Europe commands EurAsia Cup lead . ESPN . Associated Press . 27 March 2014.
  4. News: Europe leads but Asia bounces back . ESPN . Associated Press . 28 March 2014.
  5. News: Asia shares Cup after closing rally . ESPN . Associated Press . 29 March 2014.