BONALLACK TROPHY

AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVES AND RECORDS

The Bonallack Trophy was first played in 1998 and is played every two years and consists of two teams of 12 players representing Asia-Pacific and Europe. The Trophy is played along the lines of the over three days of play. The first two days comprise 5 four-ball matches each morning and 5 foursomes matches each afternoon. On the final day, all 12 players compete in singles match play. A win counts as one point, a half yields half a point and a loss zero. In the event of a tie the trophy is retained by the winners.

The Bonallack Trophy was named after Sir Michael F. Bonallack (born 31 December 1934). He was an English amateur golfer who was one of the leading administrators in world in the late 20th century. Bonallack won the British Boys' Championship in 1952, and the English Amateur five times each and the Brabazon Trophy four times. He was a member of nine teams and played in the seven times. His best finish at was eleventh in 1959. He was the leading amateur at the Open in 1968 and 1971.

Australia is represented by two players.

Year Winner Runner Up Australian Representatives Venue 1998 EUROPE ASIA-PACIFIC Geoff Ogilivy Lake Karrinyup CC Christian ARONSEN Richard BEST Australia Didier de VOOGHT Hidemasa HOSHINO Tobias DIER Harmeet KAHLON James DONALDSON KIM Jong Myung Peter HANSSON Rogelio La’O III Ken KEARNEY LIN Wen Ko David OLIVIER Roberto PAOLILLO Nachimuthu RAMASAMY Antonio PONS Gerald R ROSALES Graham RANKIN Brett RUMFORD Reon SAYER Gary WOLSTENHOLME SU Chin Jung Manuel AGRELLOS (M) Bruce Nairn (M/C) 2000 EUROPE ASIA-PACIFIC Scott Gardiner Puerta de Hierro Ashok Kumar Brad Lamb Madrid, Spain Gary Cullen Yusaku Miyazato Jung Sung Han David Patrick Kim Hyung Tae Stefano Reale Airil Rizman Bin Zahiri Phil Rowe Rahizam Ramli Oscar Sanchez Carl Brooking Tino Schuster Shahid Javed Graig Williams Angelo Que Gary Wolstenholme Yih-Shin Chan Roger Hunt (M) 2002 ASIA-PACIFIC EUROPE Hirono GC Christian Aronsen Luke Hickmott Jeong Ji-ho Olivier David Kwon Ki-taek Tobias Dier Chang Hong-wei Didier de Vooght Keshav Misra James Donaldson Shiv Kapur Peter Hansson Marcus Fraser Ken Kearney Luke Hickmott Roberto Paolillo Tim Wilkinson Antonio Pons Eddie Lee Graham Rankin Yusaku Miyazato Justin Rose Haruo Fujishima Gary Wolstenholme Taizo Kawata (M) 2004 ASIA-PACIFIC EUROPE Nick Flanagan Circolo Golf Roma Nick Flanagan Gary Wolstenholme James Nitties Pablo Martin Shiv KapurIndia G. Fernandez Castano Haruo Fujishima James Heath Kyong-Tae Kim Dong Hwan Lee Jan W. Van Hoot Ben Leong Hugo Santos Mathew Holten Noel Fox Bradley Iles Brian McElhinnery Shahid Javed Khan Stuart Wilson Juvic Pagunsan Nigel Edwards Tai Kawata (M) 2006 EUROPE ASIA-PACIFIC Andrew Dodt Auckland GC G. Fernandez Castano Won Joon Lee Won-Joon Lee New Zealand Nigel Edwards Andrew Dodt Noel Fox Ajeetesh Sandhu James Heath Yuki Ito Pablo Martin Yuta Ikeda Brian McElhinney Ben Leong Edoardo Molinari Kyung Tae Kim Francesco Molinari Sung Hoon Kang Hugo Santos Josh Geary Jan W. Van Hoot Mark Purser Stuart Wilson Mu Hu Gary Wolstenholme Anujit Hirunratanakorn Roger Brennand (M) 2008 EUROPE ASIA-PACIFIC Rohan Blizard Valderrama GC Callum Macaulay Yuki Ito (JPN) Tim Stewart Spain Wallace Booth Quincy Quek Bjorn Akesson Naoyuki Tamura Joel Sjoholm Anthony Fernando Pedro Oriol Varut Chomchalam James Gill Nigel Edwards Ming-Chuan Chen Benjamin Hebert Tim Stewart Sean Einhaus Yeong-Su Kim Alexandre Kaleka Bi-O Kim Daniel Willett Rohan Blizard Roger Brennand (M) 2010 Event cancelled due the Jordan Sherratt Karnataka GC air traffic closures prompted by the

Eyjafjallajokull eruption

in Iceland ASIA-PACIFIC EUROPE TBA Andrew B. Morgan Knut Borsheim James Byrne Paul Cutler Victor Dubuisson Matt Haines Ross Kellett Jesper Kennegard Max Kieffer Carlos Pigem Kalle Samoja Roamin Wattel 2012 EUROPE ASIA-PACIFIC Jake Higginbottom Monte Rei GCC Robin Kind Mathew Perry Cameron Smith Portugal Daan Huizing Ben Campbell Jack Hiluta Chang-Woo Lee Ben Taylor Soo-Min Lee Alan Dunbar Cameron Smith Rhys Enoch Jake Higginbottom Manuel Trappel Seenappa Chikkarangappa Thomas Detry Khalin Kitesh Joshi Maritz Lampert Chien-Yao Hung Marcel Schneider Natipong Srithong -Rodriguez Robert Karlsson Taihei Sato Cpt: Andrew B Morgan Cpt: Taimur Hassan Amin