Asia-Pacific win Patsy Hankins Trophy with a day to spare

Asia-Pacificwon the Patsy Hankins Trophy with a day to spare when they wentunbeaten in all 10 matches in the fourballs and foursomes at the DohaGolf Club yesterday.Of the 10 matches – five fourballs and fivefoursomes – they won eight, and halved the other two to guarantee themthe title. They now have 16.5 points against Europe’s mere 3.5 leavingthem in an unassailable position even with 12 singles matches still tobe played today. Thailand’s Atthaya Thitikul, who won the inauguralWomen’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Golf Championship earlier this year, andYuka Saso have a perfect record in Doha so far, winning all four oftheir matches together.On the European team, Puk Lyng Thomsen andAnnabell Fuller were the only pair not to lose on day two. They halvedtheir fourball match in the morning and their foursomes match in theafternoon.Meanwhile, Europe will take a two-point lead into thefinal day of the Bonallack Trophy. Of the ten matches on day two, Europewon five and halved three to better Asia-Pacific by three points.Finnish pair, Sami Valimaki & Matias Honkala, who halved theirfourball match on Thursday morning, went one better in the Fridayfourball session, defeating Australians Min Woo Lee and Shae Wools-Cobbby one hole. Robin Dawson & Marc Hammer halved their match,although were leading 6up at one stage. English pair, Matthew Jordan& Todd Clements also halved their match in the morning. KristofferReitan & Rasmus Hojgaard, playing in the last match of the session,scored another point for Europe, winning 2&1 to level the match at7.5 points each. In the afternoon foursomes session, French duo,Frederic Lacroix & Catherine Edgar, who lost 4&3 in the morningfourballs, won their match by the same score. Robin Dawson & MarcHammer won by two holes, while Matthew Jordan & Todd Clements won3&1. Oliver Gillberg & Angel Hidalgo, who played in thefirst match of the session, scored half a point, while Sami Valimaki& Matias Honkala lost by one hole, leaving the match score at 11-9to Europe heading into the last day.