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 to 14 January at the Glenmarie Golf and Country Club in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. The team captains were Thomas Bjørn and Arjun Atwal.
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.
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.
Teams AsiaPlayer Country Age Money list ranks OWGR Previousappearances Matches W–L–H WinningpercentageAsian Japan Euro PGATour 44 Non-playing captain 24 1 179 0 Rookie 39 5 109 214 1 3 1–2–0 33.33 18 3 87 123 159 0 Rookie 24 8 64 188 172 0 Rookie 32 4 36 0 Rookie 22 17 59 0 Rookie 28 11 49 2 6 2–3–1 41.67 30 133 51 68 2 6 3–3–0 50.00 39 55 27 69 1 3 0–2–1 16.67 30 59 81 0 Rookie 26 93 102 100 1 3 1–2–0 33.33 27 28 255 335 2 6 0–4–2 16.67 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). 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 Player Country Age Eurorank OWGR Previousappearances Matches W–L–H Winningpercentage 46 Non-playing captain 26 1 18 0 Rookie 26 5 17 0 Rookie 37 6 31 1 3 2–0–1 83.33 33 7 20 0 Rookie 35 8 19 0 Rookie 23 12 29 1 3 2–1–0 66.67 32 14 42 1 3 2–1–0 66.67 41 15 9 0 Rookie 25 16 75 0 Rookie 25 20 38 0 Rookie 27 21 74 0 Rookie 40 14 0 Rookie 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.
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
External links
Coverage on the European Tour's official site Coverage on the Asian Tour's official site