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EurAsia Cup: Day 2 in Numbers
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EurAsia Cup: Day 2 in Numbers

After Thongchai Jaidee's Team Asia made a superb comeback on day two of the EurAsia Cup presented by DRB-HICOM, europeantour.com took a numerical look back at the action...

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3- Points won by Team Asia on day2, winning the session by1and reducing the deficit to4heading into the10singles matches

2- Wins for Thongchai Jaidee's men;2halved matches; and1defeat

1- Full point won on Friday by Miguel Angel Jimenez's Team Europe (Graeme McDowell and Jamie Donaldson)

4&3- The largest winning margin, for the2nd day running (Prayad Marksaeng/Kim Hyung-sung over Danes Thomas Bjorn and Thorbjorn Olesen

19- The eclectic score under par on Friday (taking the best score on every hole from the20players)

15- The only hole not to be birdied on Friday

28- Holes this week before Jimenez and Pablo Larrazabal made a bogey

0- Bogeys today from Jaidee and Kiradech Aphibarnrat - the only blemish-free pairing on Friday

7- Under par Jaidee/Aphibarnrat were for the day yet still had to settle for0.5of a point after halving with Jimenez/Larrazabal

3- Holes Koumei Oda and Hideto Tanihara were down through10holes before winning4of the next5holes to halve with Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano and Stephen Gallacher

4- Eagles on Friday (2of which coming from Jimenez for the2nd day running)

10- Singles matches left to come on Saturday with Team Europe requiring3.5points to win the inaugural EurAsia Cup

300,000- Smackeroons on offer for each member of the winning side on Saturday...

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