2018 EurAsia Cup

The 2018 EurAsia Cup presented by DRB-HICOM was the third edition of the EurAsia Cup, a team golf event contested between teams representing Asia and Europe. It was held from 12–14 January at the Glenmarie Golf and Country Club in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. The team captains were Thomas Bjørn and Arjun Atwal.[1]

2018 EurAsia Cup
Dates12–14 January 2018
VenueGlenmarie Golf and Country Club
LocationShah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Captains
Asia 10 14 Europe
Europe wins the EurAsia Cup

The event had a $4,800,000 purse; $300,000 to each member of the winning team and $100,000 to each member of the losing team.[2]

Europe won the match 14 to 10. Asia had held a narrow 6½ to 5½ lead at the start of the final day's singles session but Europe won 8 of the first 9 matches and retained the trophy.[3][2]

Teams
Asia
PlayerCountryAgeMoney list ranksOWGRPrevious
appearances		MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
AsianJapanEuroPGA
Tour
Arjun Atwal India44Non-playing captain
Gavin Green Malaysia2411790Rookie
Shiv Chawrasia India395109214131–2–033.33
Phachara Khongwatmai Thailand183871231590Rookie
Poom Saksansin Thailand248641881720Rookie
Yuta Ikeda Japan324360Rookie
Li Haotong China2217590Rookie
Kiradech Aphibarnrat Thailand281149262–3–141.67
Anirban Lahiri India301335168263–3–050.00
Hideto Tanihara Japan39552769130–2–116.67
Kang Sung-hoon South Korea3059810Rookie
An Byeong-hun South Korea2693102100131–2–033.33
Nicholas Fung Malaysia2728255335260–4–216.67

OWGR as of 7 January.
Yellow background indicates a captain's pick.

The Asian team was selected as follows: the leading four available Asian players from the 2017 Asian Tour Order of Merit as of 27 November, the leading four eligible and available Asian players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of 27 November, and four captain’s picks. The leading four Asian players from the Asian Tour Order of Merit were Gavin Green (1), Shiv Chawrasia (4), Phachara Khongwatmai (5) and Poom Saksansin (6).[4] The leading Asian players from the Official World Golf Ranking were Hideki Matsuyama (5), Yuta Ikeda (37), Kim Si-woo (40), Satoshi Kodaira (53), Li Haotong (57), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (59) and Anirban Lahiri (65). Matsuyama, Kim and Kodaira did not play. The captain's picks were Hideto Tanihara, Kang Sung-hoon, An Byeong-hun and Nicholas Fung.

Europe
PlayerCountryAgeEuro
rank		OWGRPrevious
appearances		MatchesW–L–HWinning
percentage
Thomas Bjørn Denmark46Non-playing captain
Tommy Fleetwood England261180Rookie
Tyrrell Hatton England265170Rookie
Ross Fisher England37631132–0–183.33
Rafa Cabrera-Bello Spain337200Rookie
Alex Norén Sweden358190Rookie
Matthew Fitzpatrick England231229132–1–066.67
Bernd Wiesberger Austria321442132–1–066.67
Henrik Stenson Sweden411590Rookie
Paul Dunne Ireland2516750Rookie
Thomas Pieters Belgium2520380Rookie
Alexander Lévy France2721740Rookie
Paul Casey England40n/a140Rookie

OWGR as of 7 January.
Yellow background indicates a captain's pick.

The European team was selected as follows: the leading 10 available European players from the final 2017 European Tour Race to Dubai rankings plus two captain’s picks. The qualifiers from the Race to Dubai were Fleetwood (1), Hatton (5), Fisher (6), Cabrera-Bello (7), Norén (8), Fitzpatrick (12), Wiesberger (14), Stenson (15), Dunne (16), and Pieters (20); Justin Rose (2), Jon Rahm (3), Sergio García (4), Francesco Molinari (9) and Rory McIlroy (13) chose not to participate. Lévy and Casey were chosen as captain picks.[5]

Schedule
  • 12 January (Friday) Four-ball x 6
  • 13 January (Saturday) Foursomes x 6
  • 14 January (Sunday) Singles x 12

Friday's matches (four-ball)
Asia Results Europe
An/Aphibarnrat 4 & 3 Fleetwood/Casey
Ikeda/Green 2 & 1 Pieters/Fitzpatrick
Tanihara/Khongwatmai 2 up Norén/Dunne
Kang/Saksansin 5 & 4 Stenson/Lévy
Fung/Li halved Wiesberger/Cabrera-Bello
Lahiri/Chawrasia 5 & 4 Fisher/Hatton
3½ Session 2½
3½ Overall 2½

Saturday's matches (foursomes)
Asia Results Europe
Chawrasia/Lahiri 3 & 2 Fleetwood/Stenson
Aphibarnrat/An 2 & 1 Casey/Hatton
Green/Ikeda 1 up Cabrera-Bello/Lévy
Saksansin/Kang 3 & 2 Fitzpatrick/Pieters
Khongwatmai/Tanihara 2 & 1 Dunne/Norén
Li/Fung 3 & 1 Fisher/Wiesberger
3 Session 3
6½ Overall 5½

Sunday's matches (singles)
Asia Results Europe
Fung 4 & 2 Norén
Saksansin 1 up Casey
Chawrasia 2 & 1 Fleetwood
Tanihara 2 & 1 Stenson
Green 4 & 3 Cabrera-Bello
Khongwatmai 2 & 1 Wiesberger
Aphibarnrat 3 & 1 Lévy
An 1 up Pieters
Lahiri 2 & 1 Hatton
Kang halved Fitzpatrick
Ikeda 1 up Fisher
Li 3 & 1 Dunne
3½ Session 8½
10 Overall 14

References
  1. "Thomas Bjørn and Arjun Atwal confirmed as captains for 2018 EurAsia Cup". EurAsia Cup. 28 September 2017.
  2. "Team Europe rallies to take home EurAsia Cup 2018". 15 January 2018.
  3. "Europe come from behind to win EurAsia Cup". 14 January 2018.
  4. "Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  5. "Team Europe announcement". EurAsia Cup. 23 November 2017.
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