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14 January 2011
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THE FULL MONTY REMARKABLE COMEBACK BY EUROPE IN ROYAL TROPHY; MONTGOMORIE CONSOLES ASIAN TEAM
HUA HIN THAILAND Europe staged a remarkable fightback for a fantastic 9-7 win over Asia at the Royal Trophy following a lopsided singles contest on Sunday. Coming into the final day trailing 6-2, Europe were unbeaten in the singles winning six and halving the other two matches at Black Mountain Golf Club. Spain’s Pablo Martin holed the winning putt against India’s Jeev Milkha Singh in the seventh match to give Europe an unlikely victory over Asia who needed just two-and-a-half of the eight available points to win. Naomichi ‘’Joe’’ Ozaki’s Asia got only one point in the singles _ a half point each from South Korea’s Noh Seung-Yul and Thai ace Thongchai Jaidee. Europe claimed the King’s Trophy for the fourth time in five editions of the annual Ryder Cup-style event. ‘’I could not believe that we have won,’’ said Europe captain/player Colin Montgomerie who also led the continent to defeat Asia 8.5-7.5 last year. The Asian team looked close to despair as Montgomerie’s European stars staged their amazing comeback. Their 7-1 singles success on Sunday came just 24 hours after Asia had completed a historic clean sweep in the fourballs to establish themselves as hot favourites to repeat their 2009 triumph. That made this defeat even more heartbreaking for Asia captain Naomichi ‘Joe’ Ozaki and his players, but Montgomerie recalled how Europe had also squandered a four-point lead in the 1999 Ryder Cup at Brookline as America dominated the singles to win 14.5- 13.5. He said: “That ranks as easily my worst Ryder Cup experience, because quite apart from the bad feeling and the crowd problems there, it was a horrible feeling to see such a big lead slip away. CONTINUES ON PAGE 2
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