Asia-Pacific takes big lead over China
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Asia-Pacific stormed to a big 4 1/2 to 1 1/2 lead over China at the Dongfeng Nissan Cup in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, yesterday as it eyed a third straight victory in the Ryder Cup-style event.
Scott Laycock and Michael Long put the Asian team on top with a 7 & 6 win over Wu Ashun and Wu Kangchun, before Zhang Lianwei and Huang Wenyi levelled it up 2 & 1 against Choo Tze-huang and Eric Mina.
Rory Hie and Thaworn Wiratchant then traded birdies with Yang Guanming and Yan Bin before clinching the match 1 up on the first of three days.
Kim Dae-sub and Choi Ho-sung beat Li Chao and Huang Mingjie 4 & 2, and Masamichi Uehira and Kazuhiro Yamashita won 4 & 3 against Wang Mingao and Li Xinyang.
Su Dong and amateur Dou Zecheng, 16, were denied victory by an outrageous, 60-foot birdie putt on the 18th by Matthew Griffin to halve the match with his partner Gareth Paddison.
“It’s not over by a long way,” Laycock said. “With matchplay anything can happen and the scores don’t really reflect how hard the Chinese players pushed us.”
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