Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates: Japan’s Mamika Shinchi and Aira Nagasawa and New Zealanders Joshua Bai and Zack Swanwick were the standout performers for the Asia-Pacific on a thrilling opening day at the 2025 Bonallack and Patsy Hankins trophies.
Shinchi and Nagasawa returned two points as captain Joanne McKee’s Patsy Hankins team built a 7-3 lead against a power-packed European Golf Association line-up in the biennial Solheim Cup-style event.
In the men’s Bonallack Trophy, captain Rishi Narain’s side ended day one deadlocked at 5-5 with Bai and Swanwick contributing two outstanding victories.
“What a fabulous first day. The quality of the golf was outstanding,” said Narain, who saw his team win the morning foursomes session 3½-1½ before losing the afternoon fourballs by a similar margin.
McKee’s girls also led 3½-1½ following the foursomes and repeated that scoreline in the afternoon fourballs as the wind picked up at Al Hamra Golf Club.
“It was a brilliant performance from the girls,” said McKee, whose team are attempting to reclaim the Patsy Hankins Trophy that they lost in 2023 in Spain.
Shinchi and Nagasawa were exceptional, defeating the Irish duo of Beth Coulter and Aine Donegan 4&3 in the foursomes. The outcome was the same in the fourballs with the Japanese pair proving too strong for Donegan and England’s Patience Rhodes.
Bai and Swanwick were no less impressive, twice overcoming the all-German team of Tim Wiedemeyer and Peer Wernicke – 3&2 in the morning and 4&3 in the afternoon.
For the women, China teenager Zhou Shiyuan also had a 100 per cent record.
In the morning, she partnered Malaysian Mirabel Ting to a 3&1 triumph over Sweden’s Nora Sundberg and Louise Rydqvist. In the afternoon, she joined forces with Chinese Taipei’s Cindy Hsu Huai-chien and eked out a tense one-up success over Sundberg and Italian Francesca Fiorellini.
After being rested for the foursomes, Hong Kong China’s Sophie Han and China’s Ren Yijia also came up trumps for Asia-Pacific, beating Dane Marie Madsen and Ireland’s Coulter 2&1 in the lead match in the fourballs.
Meanwhile, Korean Jeong Min-seo and Hong Kong China’s Arianna Lau had the distinction of denying World Amateur Golf Ranking number one Lottie Woad of England a perfect start.
In the first match out in the morning, Woad and Rhodes enjoyed a decisive 6&5 win over the Thai duo of Eila Galitsky and Suvichaya Vinichaitham. But against Jeong and Lau, Woad and Spain’s Rocio Tejedo had to content themselves with a half,
OVERALL SCORES
BONALLACK TROPHY: ASIA-PACIFIC 5 EUROPE 5
PATSY HANKINS TROPHY: ASIA-PACIFIC 7 EUROPE 3
SESSION 1: PATSY HANKINS TROPHY FOURSOMES RESULTS - ASIA-PACIFIC 3.5 EUROPE 1.5
Eila Galitsky and Suvichaya Vinichaitham (Asia-Pacific) lost to Lottie Woad and Patience Rhodes (Europe) 6&5
Mamika Shinchi and Aira Nagasawa (Asia-Pacific) beat Beth Coulter and Aine Donegan (Europe) 4&3
Cindy Hsu Huai-chien and Vivian Lu (Asia-Pacific) halved with Francesca Fiorellini and Rocio Tejedo (Europe)
Jeong Min-seo and Arianna Lau (Asia-Pacific) beat Carolina Chacarra and Emma Kaisa Bunch (Europe) 2&1
Mirabel Ting and Zhou Shiyuan (Asia-Pacific) beat Nora Sundberg and Louise Rydqvist (Europe) 3&1
SESSION 2: PATSY HANKINS TROPHY FOURBALLS RESULTS – ASIA-PACIFIC 3.5 EUROPE 1.5
Sophie Han and Ren Yijia (Asia-Pacific) beat Marie Madsen and Beth Coulter (Europe) 2&1
Mamika Shinchi and Aira Nagasawa (Asia-Pacific) beat Aine Donegan and Patience Rhodes (Europe) 4&3
Jeong Min-seo and Arianna Lau (Asia-Pacific) halved with Lottie Woad and Rocio Tejedo (Europe)
Eila Galitsky and Vivian Lu (Asia-Pacific) lost to Carolina Melgrati and Carolina Chacarra (Europe) one-down
Cindy Hsu Huai-chien and Zhou Shiyuan (Asia-Pacific) beat Nora Sundberg and Francesca Fiorellini (Europe) one-up
SESSION 1: BONALLACK TROPHY FOURSOMES RESULTS – ASIA-PACIFIC 3.5 EUROPE 1.5
Hiroshi Tai and Nguyen Anh Minh (Asia-Pacific) lost to Jose Luis Ballester and Pablo Ereno Perez (Europe) 2&1
Pichaksin Maichon and Zhou Ziqin (Asia-Pacific) beat Algot Kleen and Arni Sveinsson (Europe) 2&1
Rintaro Nakano and Taishi Moto (Asia-Pacific) beat Charlie Forster and Dominic Clemons (Europe) 1-up
Joshua Bai and Zack Swanwick (Asia-Pacific) beat Tim Wiedemeyer and Peer Wernicke (Europe) 3&2
Enrique Dimayuga and Kartik Singh (Asia-Pacific) halved with Richard Teder and Lev Grinberg (Europe)
SESSION 2: BONALLACK TROPHY FOURBALLS RESULTS – ASIA-PACIFIC 1.5 EUROPE 3.5
Hiroshi Tai and Thanawin Lee (Asia-Pacific) lost to Jose Luis Ballester and Pablo Ereno Perez (Europe) 4&3
Pichaksin Maichon and Zhou Ziqin (Asia-Pacific) lost to Algot Kleen and Arni Sveinsson (Europe) one-down
Rintaro Nakano and Taishi Moto (Asia-Pacific) lost to Filip Jakucik and Bebnjamin Reuter (Europe) 4&3
Joshua Bai and Zack Swanwick (Asia-Pacific) beat Tim Wiedemeyer and Peer Wernicke (Europe) 4&3
Kartik Singh and Jeffrey Wong Ngai-shen (Asia-Pacific) halved with Richard Teder and Lev Grinberg (Europe)