The 2014 EurAsia Cup presented by DRB-HICOM was the first edition of the EurAsia Cup, a team golf event contested between teams representing Asia and Europe. It was held from 27 to 29 March at the Glenmarie Golf and Country Club in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. The match ended in a 10–10 tie and, under the rules of the inaugural event, the Cup was shared between the teams.
The event had a $4,000,000 purse; $300,000 to each member of the winning team and $100,000 to each member of the losing team.
Teams Asia Europe Player Country Player Country Thongchai JaideePlaying captain Miguel Ángel JiménezPlaying captain Boonchu RuangkitNon-playing vice-captain Des SmythNon-playing vice-captain Kiradech Aphibarnrat Thomas Bjørn Gaganjeet Bhullar Jamie Donaldson Nicholas Fung Victor Dubuisson Kim Hyung-sung Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño Anirban Lahiri Stephen Gallacher Prayad Marksaeng Pablo Larrazábal Koumei Oda Joost Luiten Siddikur Rahman Graeme McDowell Hideto Tanihara Thorbjørn Olesen
The Asian team consisted of (a) the captain, (b) the leading four members on the final 2013 Asian Tour Order of Merit: Aphibarnrat (1), Lahiri (3), Rahman (4) and Bhullar (5) (c) the leading three members, not already entered, on the Official World Golf Ranking as published on 2 February 2014: Kim (70), Oda (76), Tanihara (101), (d) two captain's choices. Jaidee chose Fung and Marksaeng.
The European team consisted of (a) the leading four members on the final 2013 Race to Dubai: McDowell (4), Donaldson (5), Dubuisson (6) and Fernández-Castaño (7) (b) the leading four members, not already entered, on the Official World Golf Ranking as published on 2 February 2014: Bjørn (24), Gallacher (37), Jiménez (39) and Luiten (43), (c) the captain, (d) a captain's choice. Since Jiménez qualified through (b) he was able to choose a second member. He chose Larrazábal and Olesen.
Schedule 27 March (Thursday) Four-ball x 5 28 March (Friday) Foursomes x 5 29 March (Saturday) Singles x 10
Thursday's matches (four-ball) Asia Results Europe Jaidee/Aphibarnrat 2 & 1 Jiménez/Larrazábal Oda/Tanihara 2 up Bjørn/Olesen Marksaeng/Siddikur 3 & 2 Dubuisson/Luiten Bhullar/Lahiri 4 & 3 Fdez-Castaño/Gallacher Kim/Fung 3 and 1 McDowell/Donaldson 0 Session 5 0 Overall 5 Source:
Friday's matches (foursomes) Asia Results Europe Jaidee/Aphibarnrat halved Jiménez/Larrazábal Marksaeng/Kim 4 & 3 Bjørn/Olesen Oda/Tanihara halved Fdez-Castaño/Gallacher Lahiri/Siddikur 1 up Luiten/Dubuisson Bhullar/Fung 2 & 1 McDowell/Donaldson 3 Session 2 3 Overall 7 Source:
Saturday's matches (singles) Asia Results Europe Fung 1 up Jiménez Jaidee 3 & 2 McDowell Aphibarnrat 2 & 1 Bjørn Marksaeng halved Donaldson Kim 4 & 2 Larrazábal Lahiri 2 & 1 Dubuisson Bhullar 5 & 3 Olesen Oda 1 up Luiten Tanihara halved Fdez-Castaño Siddikur 4 & 3 Gallacher 7 Session 3 10 Overall 10 Source:
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European Tour coverage Asian Tour coverage