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2018 Amata Friendship Cup
Dates21–23 December 2018
VenueAmata Spring Country Club
LocationChonburi, Thailand
Captains
15 13
Thailand wins the Amata Friendship Cup
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The 2018 Amata Friendship Cup (Thai: อมตะ เฟรนด์ชิพ คัพ 2018; Japanese: 2018年アマタフレンドシップカップ) was the first edition of the Amata Friendship Cup matches, held 21–23 December at the Amata Spring Country Club in Chonburi, Thailand. The Amata Friendship Cup is a team competition between the top mixed-gender professional and amateur golfers from Thailand and Japan. It is a three-day match play event between teams of twelve players with a similar format to the Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup. Boonchu Ruangkit and Virada Nirapathpongporn captained the Thai team and Naomichi Ozaki and Miho Koga captained the Japanese team.

Team Thailand won by a score of 15–13.

Format

The Amata Friendship Cup is a match play event, with each match worth one point. The format is as follows:

  • Day 1 (Friday): Four foursome (alternate shot) matches in a morning session and four fourball (better ball) matches in an afternoon session.
  • Day 2 (Saturday): Four foursome (alternate shot) matches in a morning session and four fourball (better ball) matches in an afternoon session.
  • Day 3 (Sunday): 12 singles matches. All 12 players from each team participate.

Teams

Each team consisted of five male professionals, five female professionals, one male and one female amateur.

Team Thailand

Thailand Team Thailand
Male professionals
Player Age World
ranking
Kiradech Aphibarnrat 29 38
Jazz Janewattananond 23 125
Prayad Marksaeng 52 299
Thongchai Jaidee 49 438
Prom Meesawat 34 493
Female professionals
Player Age Rolex
ranking
Ariya Jutanugarn 23 1
Moriya Jutanugarn 24 20
Pornanong Phatlum 29 50
Thidapa Suwannapura 26 94
Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras 20 160
Male amateur
Player Age WAGR
ranking
Sadom Kaewkanjana 20 13
Female amateur
Player Age WAGR
ranking
Atthaya Thitikul 15 8

Team Japan

Japan Team Japan
Male professionals
Player Age World
ranking
Satoshi Kodaira 29 47
Ryuko Tokimatsu 25 113
Kodai Ichihara 36 171
Hideto Tanihara 40 172
Masahiro Kawamura 25 215
Female professionals
Player Age Rolex
ranking
Nasa Hataoka 19 7
Fumika Kawagishi 24 142
Sakura Koiwai 20 59
Mami Fukuda 26 118
Erika Hara 19 132
Male amateur
Player Age WAGR
ranking
Yuto Katsuragawa 20 454
Female amateur
Player Age WAGR
ranking
Yuri Yoshida 18 67

Day one

Friday, 21 December 2018

Morning foursomes

The opening round of four fourball matches started at 7:15 am local time. The first point of the 2018 Amata Friendship Cup was won by Team Japan, with Ryuko Tokimatsu and Erika Hara winning 6 & 5 against Prayad Marksaeng and Moriya Jutanugarn. Prom Meesawat and Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras came from two down after the fourth and fifth hole to beat Masahiro Kawamura and Mami Fukuda two up. Jaidee and Thidapa Suwannapura also won by one against Kodai Ichihara and Sakura Koiwai one up. In the last match, Aphibarnrat and Thitikul won the seventeenth hole to halve Satoshi Kodaira and Yuri Yoshida, and to end the first morning 21⁄2–11⁄2 in favour of Team Thailand.

Thailand Results Japan
Marksaeng/M.Jutanugarn Japan 6 & 5 Tokimatsu/Hara
Meesawat/Thanapolboonyaras Thailand 2 up Kawamura/Fukuda
Jaidee/Suwannapura Thailand 1 up Ichihara/Koiwai
Aphibarnrat/Thitikul halved Kodaira/Yoshida
21⁄2 Session 11⁄2
21⁄2 Overall 11⁄2

Afternoon four-ball

The afternoon session was won by team Thailand. It started at 12:00 pm local time. Jazz Janewattananond and Pornanong Phatlum won 3 & 2 over Hideto Tanihara and Nasa Hataoka, Prayad Marksaeng and Ariya Jutanugarn won the last hole to halve Kodai Ichihara and Fumika Kawagishi, Ryuko Tokimatsu and Erika Hara won for the second time, this time 4 & 3 over Prom Meesawat/Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras. The fourt pairing, Sadom Kaewkanjana and Moriya Jutanugarn won over Yuto Katsuragawa and Sakura Koiwai one up.

Thailand Results Japan
Janewattananond/Phatlum Thailand 3 & 2 Tanihara/Hataoka
Marksaeng/A.Jutanugarn halved Ichihara/Kawagishi
Meesawat/Thanapolboonyaras Japan 4 & 3 Tokimatsu/Hara
Kaewkanjana/M.Jutanugarn Thailand 1 up Katsuragawa/Koiwai
21⁄2 Session 11⁄2
5 Overall 3

Day two

Saturday, 22 December 2018

Morning foursomes

Thailand Results Japan
Jaidee/Suwannapura Japan 3 & 2 Kawamura/Hara
Meesawat/Thanapolboonyaras Thailand 1 up Tokimatsu/Hataoka
Janewattananond/A.Jutanugarn Thailand 7 & 5 Kodaira/Koiwai
Kaewkanjana/Phatlum Thailand 6 & 5 Katsuragawa/Fukuda
3 Session 1
8 Overall 4

Afternoon four-ball

Thailand Results Japan
Janewattananond/M.Jutanugarn Thailand 2 & 1 Kawamura/Kawagishi
Jaidee/Phatlum Japan 1 up Ichihara/Fukuda
Aphibarnrat/A.Jutanugarn Thailand 2 & 1 Kodaira/Hataoka
Marksaeng/Thitikul Japan 5 & 3 Tanihara/Yoshida
2 Session 2
10 Overall 6

Day three

Sunday, 23 December 2018

Singles

Thailand Results Japan
Sadom Kaewkanjana Japan 1 up Yuto Katsuragawa
Atthaya Thitikul Thailand 1 up Yuri Yoshida
Jazz Janewattananond Thailand 1 up Kodai Ichihara
Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras Japan 1 up Erika Hara
Prom Meesawat halved Ryuko Tokimatsu
Thidapa Suwannapura Thailand 2 up Sakura Koiwai
Thongchai Jaidee Japan 3 & 2 Masahiro Kawamura
Pornanong Phatlum Japan 5 & 3 Fumika Kawagishi
Prayad Marksaeng halved Hideto Tanihara
Moriya Jutanugarn Japan 1 up Mami Fukuda
Kiradech Aphibarnrat Thailand 1 up Satoshi Kodaira
Ariya Jutanugarn Japan 3 & 1 Nasa Hataoka
5 Session 7
15 Overall 13

Individual player records

Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record of the player.

Thailand

Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs
Jazz Janewattananond 4 4–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0
Kiradech Aphibarnrat 2.5 2–0–1 1–0–0 0–0–1 1–0–0
Ariya Jutanugarn 2.5 2–1–1 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–0–1
Prom Meesawat 2.5 2–1–1 0–0–1 2–0–0 0–1–0
Moriya Jutanugarn 2 2–2–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 2–0–0
Sadom Kaewkanjana 2 2–1–0 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–0–0
Pornanong Phatlum 2 2–2–0 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0
Thidapa Suwannapura 2 2–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0
Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras 2 2–2–0 0–1–0 2–0–0 0–1–0
Atthaya Thitikul 1.5 1–1–1 1–0–0 0–0–1 0–1–0
Thongchai Jaidee 1 1–3–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 0–1–0
Prayad Marksaeng 1 0–2–2 0–0–1 0–1–0 0–1–1

Japan

Player Points Overall Singles Foursomes Fourballs
Erika Hara 4 4–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 1–0–0
Ryuko Tokimatsu 2.5 2–1–1 0–0–1 1–1–0 1–0–0
Mami Fukuda 2 2–2–0 1–0–0 0–2–0 1–0–0
Masahiro Kawamura 2 2–2–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–1–0
Kodai Ichihara 1.5 1–2–1 0–1–0 0–1–0 1–0–1
Fumika Kawagishi 1.5 1–1–1 1–0–0 0–0–0 0–1–1
Hideto Tanihara 1.5 1–1–1 0–0–1 0–0–0 1–1–0
Yuri Yoshida 1.5 1–1–1 0–1–0 0–0–1 1–0–0
Nasa Hataoka 1 1–3–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–2–0
Yuto Katsuragawa 1 1–2–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–1–0
Satoshi Kodaira 0.5 0–3–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 0–1–0
Sakura Koiwai 0 0–4–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0–1–0

Partners

2018 Amata Friendship Cup partners
Tier Sponsoring firms
Presenting Toyota
Platinum Singha Corporation, Siam Commercial Bank
Gold Siam Cement Group, Tourism Authority of Thailand (under the slogan Amazing Thailand), International Sports Promotion Society
Silver PPTV HD 36, Fenix XCell, Ricoh

References

  1. ^ "Event Schedule". Amata Friendship Cup. 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  2. "Team Thailand". Amata Friendship Cup. 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  3. "Team Japan". Amata Friendship Cup. 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Thai No 1 shocked at stayaway fans". The Nation. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Result Round one to five". Amata Friendship Cup. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  6. "Partners". Amata Friendship Cup. 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.

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