Asia on course for Royal Trophy triumph
Captain Yang confident of successful title defence in golf event.
The fourball session ended in a frenzied 2-2 draw. PHOTO: FILE
GUANGZHOU:
Thailand’s duo of Thongchai Jaidee and Kiradech Aphibarnrat maintained their invincible partnership to keep Asia on course for a historic successful title defence in the Royal Trophy.
On a day of wildly fluctuating fortunes which saw two dramatic halved matches, the fourball session ended in a frenzied 2-2 draw.
Having triumphed 3-1 in Thursday’s foursomes, Asia will take a 5-3 advantage into Sunday’s eight singles contests over the Dragon Lake Golf Club’s Asian Games Course.
Despite the two-point deficit, European captain Jose Maria Olazabal is holding onto the hope of a final-day charge.
“If we have a solid start in the singles then we can still turn it around,” he said.
Meanwhile, Asian captain Y E Yang, whose team is bidding to win the Royal Trophy back-to-back for the first time, remains confident. “I hope we still have the momentum and that we can finish off the job in the singles,” he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 22nd, 2013.
Thailand’s duo of Thongchai Jaidee and Kiradech Aphibarnrat maintained their invincible partnership to keep Asia on course for a historic successful title defence in the Royal Trophy.
On a day of wildly fluctuating fortunes which saw two dramatic halved matches, the fourball session ended in a frenzied 2-2 draw.
Having triumphed 3-1 in Thursday’s foursomes, Asia will take a 5-3 advantage into Sunday’s eight singles contests over the Dragon Lake Golf Club’s Asian Games Course.
Despite the two-point deficit, European captain Jose Maria Olazabal is holding onto the hope of a final-day charge.
“If we have a solid start in the singles then we can still turn it around,” he said.
Meanwhile, Asian captain Y E Yang, whose team is bidding to win the Royal Trophy back-to-back for the first time, remains confident. “I hope we still have the momentum and that we can finish off the job in the singles,” he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 22nd, 2013.