Friday, March 09, 2018

BONALLACK TROPHY (men)
EUROPE 11, ASIA-PACIFIC 9

Morning four-balls: 
Europe 3, Asia-Pacific 2

Afternoon foursomes: 
Europe 3.5, Asia-Pacific 1.5

Europe's men's team  will take a two-point lead into the final day of the Bonallack Trophy in Qatar. Of the ten matches on day two, Europe won five and halved three to better Asia-Pacific by three points.
Finnish pair, Sami Valimaki and Matias Honkala, who halved their four-ball match on Thursday morning, went one better in the Friday four-ball session, defeating Australians Min Woo Lee and Shae Wools-Cobb by one hole. 
Robin Dawson and Marc Hammer halved their match, despite being 6 up at one stage.
English pair, Matthew Jordan and Todd Clements also halved their match in the morning. Kristoffer Reitan and Rasmus Hojgaard, playing in the last match of the session, scored another point for Europe, winning 2 and 1 to level the match at 7.5 points each.
In the afternoon foursomes session, French duo Frederic Lacroix and Edgar Catherine, who lost 4 and 3 in the morning four-balls, won their match by the same score. Dawson and Hammer won by two holes, while Jordan and Clements won 3 and 1. 
Oliver Gillberg and Angel Hidalgo, who played in the first match of the session, scored half a point, while Valimaki and Honkala lost by one hole, leaving the match score at 11-9 in Europe's favour heading into the last day.

TO VIEW THE MEN'S MATCH-PLAY DAY 2 RESULTS

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PATSY HANKINS TROPHY (women)
EUROPE 3.5, ASIA-PACIFIC 16.5
ASIA-PACIFIC WIN THE PATSY HANKINS TROPHY
Morning four-balls: 
Europe 0.5, Asia-Pacific 4-5 
Afternoon foursomes: 
Europe 0.5, Asia-Pacific 4.5
Asia-Pacific women's team went undefeated in all ten matches on day two, winning eight and halving two. This left them with 16.5 points, enough to guarantee victory, even with 12 singles matches still to be played on Saturday.
Thailand's Atthaya Thitikul, who won the inaugural Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific Golf Championship earlier this year, and Yuka Saso, Philippines, have a perfect record in Doha so far, winning all four of their matches together.
On the European team, Puk Lyng Thomsen and Annabell Fuller were the only pair not to lose on day two. They halved their four-ball match in the morning and their foursomes match in the afternoon.

LINK TO WOMEN'S MATCH-PLAY RESULTS TODAY

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