MONTY'S MEN TAKE A HAMMERING IN THAILAND

So team captain Colin Montgomerie predicted that European would do well in Saturday's Day 2 four-balls in the Royal Trophy match against Asia at Black Mountain Golf Club, Hua Hin in Thailand.
How wrong could the victorious Ryder Cup skipper be!
Asia, in fact, took control of match by making a 4-0 clean sweep of the four-balls to jump from 2-2 at the start of the day to 6-2 going into the third and final day.
Noh Seung-yul and Liang Wen-chong set the tone for Asia in the first match, comfortably defeating Montgomerie and Rhys Davies 5 4. Monty and the Welshman, who was born in Edinburgh, had been Europe's Day 1 heroes by winning the final foursomes match to tie up the scoreline at two points apiece. But not this time!
Japanese teenage star Ryo Ishikawa extended Asia's advantage when he matched Pablo Martin's birdie at the 16th to secure a 3 and 2 victory for himself and playing partner Shunsuke Sonada over the Spaniard and Italian youngster Matteo Manassero.
Monty's gloom deepened as Swedish duo Johan Edfors and Henrik Stenson were edged out by Kim Kyung-tae and Jeev Milkha Singh by one hole after all four players birdied the par-5 18th.
And Yuta Ikeda's birdie at the 17th secured a 3 and 1 triumph for the Japanese player and local favourite Thongchai Jaidee over Peter Hanson and Fredrik Andersson Hed.

It leaves Europe with a mountain to climb in Sunday's eight singles matches to retain the trophy they won by a point in Bangkok last year.
Asia need just two and a half points to secure victory.