Asia, seasoned Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh today said he is confident of being the first captain to win the EurAsia Cup outrightly against Europe next week at the Glenmarie Golf and Country Club here.
The Indian star, who is a two-time Asian Tour number one and multiple winner in Japan and Europe, will lead the continent into battle against a Darren Clarke-led Team Europe at the second edition of the EurAsia Cup from January 15-17.
The inaugural edition in 2014 ended with both teams sharing the spoils after an enthralling 10-10 tie and Singh hopes to become the first captain to win the EurAsia Cup outright.
The 44-year-old, who will be assisted by Liang Wen-chong of China, has already drawn out his battle plan against Team Europe, led by Clarke who is also the European Ryder Cup Captain.
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"I will tell the players that. It's helped me in match play. Once you're up at the start of a match, it'll help in building momentum for your match and the team."
While Team Europe will also boast a formidable team featuring heavyweights such as the English duo of Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood, both Ryder Cup stalwarts in recent European teams, Singh is upbeat of his own team's chances.
"For sure Asia can win it. There are three reasons -- home advantage, my belief in my team's ability and the third point will be that every player will be giving 100 per cent for Asia which is the most important thing in this event," said Singh.
The winning team will share prize money of USD 3.6 million while the runners-up will share USD 1.2 million.
Team Asia will feature Anirban Lahiri, S.S.P. Chawrasia, Thongchai Jaidee, Danny Chia, Byeonghun An, Shingo Katayama, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, K.T. Kim, Nicholas Fung, Jeunghun Wang, Prayad Marksaeng and Wu Ashun.
Team Europe will include Danny Willet, Ross Fisher, Victor Dubuisson, Chris Wood, Andy Sullivan, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Shane Lowry, Bernd Wiesberger, Soren Kjeldsen, Kristoffer Broberg, Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood.