2018 Amata Friendship Cup
Dates21–23 December 2018
VenueAmata Spring Country Club
LocationChonburi, Thailand
Captains
15 13
Thailand wins the Amata Friendship Cup
Amata Spring Country Club is located in Thailand
Amata Spring Country Club
Amata Spring Country Club
Location in Thailand

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:[1]

  • 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.[1]

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.[4] Prom Meesawat and Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras came from two down after the fourth and fifth hole to beat Masahiro Kawamura and Mami Fukuda two up.[4] Jaidee and Thidapa Suwannapura also won by one against Kodai Ichihara and Sakura Koiwai one up.[4] 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.[4]

Thailand Results[5] 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[5] 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[5] 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[5] 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[5] 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

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Jazz Janewattananond44–0–01–0–01–0–02–0–0
Kiradech Aphibarnrat2.52–0–11–0–00–0–11–0–0
Ariya Jutanugarn2.52–1–10–1–01–0–01–0–1
Prom Meesawat2.52–1–10–0–12–0–00–1–0
Moriya Jutanugarn22–2–00–1–00–1–02–0–0
Sadom Kaewkanjana22–1–00–1–01–0–01–0–0
Pornanong Phatlum22–2–00–1–01–0–01–1–0
Thidapa Suwannapura22–1–01–0–01–1–00–0–0
Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras22–2–00–1–02–0–00–1–0
Atthaya Thitikul1.51–1–11–0–00–0–10–1–0
Thongchai Jaidee11–3–00–1–01–1–00–1–0
Prayad Marksaeng10–2–20–0–10–1–00–1–1

Japan

PlayerPointsOverallSinglesFoursomesFourballs
Erika Hara44–0–01–0–02–0–01–0–0
Ryuko Tokimatsu2.52–1–10–0–11–1–01–0–0
Mami Fukuda22–2–01–0–00–2–01–0–0
Masahiro Kawamura22–2–01–0–01–1–00–1–0
Kodai Ichihara1.51–2–10–1–00–1–01–0–1
Fumika Kawagishi1.51–1–11–0–00–0–00–1–1
Hideto Tanihara1.51–1–10–0–10–0–01–1–0
Yuri Yoshida1.51–1–10–1–00–0–11–0–0
Nasa Hataoka11–3–01–0–00–1–00–2–0
Yuto Katsuragawa11–2–01–0–00–1–00–1–0
Satoshi Kodaira0.50–3–10–1–00–1–10–1–0
Sakura Koiwai00–4–00–1–00–2–00–1–0

Partners

2018 Amata Friendship Cup partners[6]
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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 4 "Thai No 1 shocked at stayaway fans". The Nation. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 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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