KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysia's Nicholas Fung is determined to shine for Team Asia and repay team captain, Thongchai Jaidee's faith in him at the inaugural EurAsia Cup presented by DRB-HICOM against Team Europe which will be held at the Glenmarie Golf and Country Club from March 27 to 29.
The 23-year-old Fung is ready to rise to the occasion in the Ryder Cup style showdown against the Miguel Angel Jimenez-led European side which includes Graeme McDowell, Thomas Bjorn and Jamie Donaldson, who finished tied second at the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship on Sunday.
Fung said he enjoys the pressure of match play situations, especially when his first professional victory came at a match play tournament in Vietnam in 2010.
"My first pro win (in 2010) was in a match play event. As I was still a new pro golfer, I never thought I would win but I started winning all my matches.
"In the quarterfinals, I was three down through 13 holes but I told myself that I still had five holes to play and then I made five birdies in a row to win the match," said Fung as quoted in the Asian Tour website, www.asiantour.com today.
Thongchai, who finished tied sixth in the United States over the weekend, picked Fung and countryman Prayad Marksaeng as his two captain's picks.
Fung said it would be his ultimate goal to deliver three points for Team Asia in the fourball, foursome and singles matches.
The format of play for the EurAsia Cup will see five fourball matches played on the first day (March 27) followed by five foursome matches on day two (March 28) and 10 singles matches on the final day (March 29).
"It will be important to win all my matches. It will be tough against Europe but I'll be determined to play my best. I'm really proud to be picked for Team Asia. I'm sure I will be nervous on the first tee in the first day of the event but I guess I'll have to deal with it," said the Sabahan.
Last year, he won the Asian Development Tour (ADT) Order of Merit following one victory and three runner-up finishes plus a tied sixth and runner-up spot at the Resorts World Manila Masters and Indonesian Open respectively, to earn his Asian Tour card after finishing in 36th place on the Order of Merit, performances which caught Thongchai's eye.
"My goal is to get into the world's top-100 and then slowly move up higher. My aim is to win one tournament on the Asian Tour this year and also win on the Asian Development Tour as well," said Fung, who is currently ranked 244th in the official World Golf Ranking.
Team Asia:
Thongchai Jaidee (Captain), Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Prayad Marksaeng (Thailand), Gaganjeet Bhullar, Anirban Lahiri (India), Nicholas Fung (Malaysia), Kim Hyung-sung (South Korea), Koumei Oda, Hideto Tanihara (Japan), Siddikur Rahman (Bangladesh).
Team Europe:
Miguel-Angel Jimenez (Captain, Spain), Thomas Bjorn (Denmark), Jamie Donaldson (Wales), Victor Dubuisson (France), Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spain), Stephen Gallacher (Scotland), Pablo Larrazabal (Spain), Joost Luiten (Netherlands), Graeme McDowell (North Ireland), Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark).
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