Europe off to a flier at inaugural EurAsia Cup
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MIGUEL Angel Jimenez and fellow Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal beat Asia captain Thongchai Jaidee and Kiradech Aphibarnrat 2 & 1 yesterday to set Europe on course for a commanding 5-0 lead on the opening day of the first EurAsia Cup.
In other fourballs competition, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano and Stephen Gallacher beat India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar and Anirban Lahiri 4 & 3 before Victor Dubuison and Joost Luiten, who came close to hitting an albatross at the 11th, made it 3-0 in by defeating Prayad Marksaeng and Siddikur Rahman 3 & 2 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn and Thorbjorn Olesen had a 2-up win over the Japanese pair of Koumei Oda and Hideto Tanihara and Europe completed a clean sweep when Graeme McDowell and Jamie Donaldson recovered from being 3-down to beat Kim Hyung-sung and Nicholas Fung of South Korea 3 & 1.
The EurAsia Cup format is similar to the Ryder Cup, with the teams playing foursomes, or alternate shot, on Friday and concluding with singles on Saturday.
Europe captain Jimenez said he’ll proceed with the same European pairings today.
“Yeah, can’t get anything better than that really. I started with my match with Pablo and played good today and I don’t think there is a better way to lead a team,” Jimenez said.
The first team to reach 10 1/2 points will be crowned the champion.
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