Europe has defeated Asia-Pacific by 20 to 12 in the Sir Michael Bonallack Trophy, held at the Club de Golf Valderrama in Spain. The European team, which began the day with a solid advantage (13½ to 6½), confirmed it’s dominace in the individual matches by winning the day 6½ – 5½.

The European team needed only three points at the start of the day to secure a victory and despite a few nervous moments they went on to get the job done with a 6½ to 5½ win in the individual matches.

World number one amateur, Daniel Willett, quickly disposed of Australia’s Rohan Blizard – 7&5 while 2006 Australian Amateur champion, Tim Stewart, gave some hope to the Asia-Pacific team with a 2&1 victory over France’s Benjamin Hebert. Kiwi Danny Lee went down to Alexandre Kaleka while James Gill squared with England’s Chris Wood.

Danny Lee now heads back to New Zealand for the Trans-Tasman Cup, which begins this Thursday.

Third Day

Europe 6½ – Asia Pacific 5½

Wallace Booth (Sco) def. Quincy Quek (Sin) – 4&2
Bjorn Akesson (Swe) def. Naoyuki Tamura (Jpn) – 1up
Joel Sjolholm (Swe) def. Anthony Fernando (Phi) – 1up
Sean Einhaus (Ger) def. Yeong-Su Kim (Kor) – 1up
Alexandre Kaleka (Fra) def. Danny Lee (NZL) – 1up
Daniel Willett (Eng) def. Rohan Blizard (Aus) – 7&5
Chris Wood (Eng) drew with James Gill (NZL)
Yuki Ito (Jpn) def. Callum Macaulay (Sco) – 1up
Varut Chonchalam (Tha) def. Pedro Oriol (Esp) – 1up
Kim Bi-O (Kor) def. Shane Lowry (Irl) – 4&2
Chen Ming-Chuan (TPE) def. Nigel Edwards (Wal) – 2&1
Tim Stewart (Aus) def. Benjamin Hebert (Fra) – 2&1

Second Day

Europe 7½ – Asia Pacific 2½

Fourballs: Europe 3½ – Asia Pacific 1½
Foursomes: Europe 4 – Asia Pacific 1

First Day

Europe 6 – Asia Pacific 4

Fourballs: Europe 2½ – Asia Pacific 2½
Foursomes: Europe 3½ – Asia Pacific 1½

Total

Europe 20 – Asia Pacific 12

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