2018 Amata Friendship Cup

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.

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
Location in Thailand

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 2½–1½ in favour of Team Thailand.[4]

Results[5]
Marksaeng/M.Jutanugarn 6 & 5 Tokimatsu/Hara
Meesawat/Thanapolboonyaras 2 up Kawamura/Fukuda
Jaidee/Suwannapura 1 up Ichihara/Koiwai
Aphibarnrat/Thitikul halved Kodaira/Yoshida
2½ Session 1½
2½ Overall 1½

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.

Results[5]
Janewattananond/Phatlum 3 & 2 Tanihara/Hataoka
Marksaeng/A.Jutanugarn halved Ichihara/Kawagishi
Meesawat/Thanapolboonyaras 4 & 3 Tokimatsu/Hara
Kaewkanjana/M.Jutanugarn 1 up Katsuragawa/Koiwai
2½ Session 1½
5 Overall 3

Day two

Saturday, 22 December 2018

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

Afternoon four-ball
Results[5]
Janewattananond/M.Jutanugarn 2 & 1 Kawamura/Kawagishi
Jaidee/Phatlum 1 up Ichihara/Fukuda
Aphibarnrat/A.Jutanugarn 2 & 1 Kodaira/Hataoka
Marksaeng/Thitikul 5 & 3 Tanihara/Yoshida
2 Session 2
10 Overall 6

Day three

Sunday, 23 December 2018

Singles
Results[5]
Sadom Kaewkanjana 1 up Yuto Katsuragawa
Atthaya Thitikul 1 up Yuri Yoshida
Jazz Janewattananond 1 up Kodai Ichihara
Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras 1 up Erika Hara
Prom Meesawat halved Ryuko Tokimatsu
Thidapa Suwannapura 2 up Sakura Koiwai
Thongchai Jaidee 3 & 2 Masahiro Kawamura
Pornanong Phatlum 5 & 3 Fumika Kawagishi
Prayad Marksaeng halved Hideto Tanihara
Moriya Jutanugarn 1 up Mami Fukuda
Kiradech Aphibarnrat 1 up Satoshi Kodaira
Ariya Jutanugarn 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. "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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