...But the Asian Team Really Won. Right?

So the primary Eurasian Cup completed out 10-10 and became declared a tie. Really?

Look, from one standpoint I can see why it passed off. As the inaugural occasion, neither crew already had ownership of the Cup so it wasn't as if both aspect turned into wimping out to prevent losing it. And apparently this wasn't a spur of the instant choice love it turned into on the Presidents Cup numerous years in the past.

Still, I cannot help however experience that the Asian Team won. I feel like that rule became installed place to "guard" the Asians in case they were not true sufficient to preserve their personal in opposition to the Euros.

Turned out they didn't need any help.

Here are the simple statistics: On Day 1 in fourballs -- a layout in which the Euros routinely beat the Americans at the Ryder Cup -- the Asian group got skunked five-zero. But the Asians beat the Euros 10-five over the past days, such as a singles win over Graeme McDowell, the Euro group's "huge gun."

Like I said, turned out the Asians did not need any help... And I suspect they could have won a playoff.

The announcers mentioned that this became a great trial run for capacity individuals of the European Ryder Cup team. I suppose that became real... But I'm not certain it gave the Euros tons desirable news.

In my opinion, it's the American Ryder Cup team who should really pay attention to this event. I've had a theory about the recent Euro dominance in the Ryder Cup -- based on a few of the online scorecards I've checked -- and this event more or less backed it up. Do you want to know why I think the Euros have dominated the Ryder Cup recently but didn't do so well in this first Eurasian Cup?

At the Ryder Cup, the USA crew typically wins holes with birdie while the Euros win holes with par. But the Asians forced the Euros to make birdies that allows you to win holes... And that wasn't so clean.

It doesn't happen on every hole, of course. But if you compare some of the US-Euro matches with some of this week's Asian-Euro matches, you'll see the pattern. For example, here are the first 3 singles matches:

• In the Jiménez 1-up victory over Fung, the Mechanic won 5 holes -- 4 with birdie, 1 with par. (He could have won 2 of the birdie holes with par.) Fung won 4 holes -- 2 with birdie, 2 with par.
• In the Jaidee 3&2 victory over McDowell, Jaidee won 5 holes -- 4 with birdie, 1 with par. Graeme won 2 holes -- 1 with birdie, 1 with par.
• In the Aphibarnrat 2&1 victory over Björn, Kiradech won 7 holes -- 3 with birdie, 4 with par. Thomas won 5 holes -- 4 with birdie, 1 with bogey.

Let's compare the first 3 singles matches at the last (2012) Ryder Cup:

• In the Donald 2&1 victory over Watson, Luke won 4 holes -- 2 with birdie, 2 with par. Watson won 2 holes -- both with birdie.
• In the Poulter 2up victory over Simpson, Ian won 6 holes -- 5 with birdie, 1 with par. (He could have parred one of those birdie holes and won it.) Webb won 4 holes -- 2 with birdie, 2 with par.
• In the McIlroy 2&1 victory over Bradley, Rory won 5 holes -- all with birdie. (He could have won one hole with par.) Keegan won 3 holes -- 2 with birdie, 1 with par.

Now you're probably thinking that, in both cases, both sides won some holes with par. That's true... but my point is that the winners of each match generally win more holes with par than the losers. Look at how these matches change if the winner only halves with par:

• Jiménez and Fung halve.
• Jaidee and McDowell are tied with 2 to play.
• Björn BEATS Aphibarnrat 2&1!!!
• Donald and Watson are tied with 1 to play.
• Poulter beats Simpson 1up.
• McIlroy still beats Bradley 2&1 because he won every hole with birdie... even though he didn't have to.

Only 2 of these matches have the same outcome if the loser just makes more pars. I hope Tom Watson drills this into our team this year: PAR MATTERS!

And that's my point: The Asians were playing much better than the Euros by the end of the Eurasian Cup. They had all the momentum. Regardless of what the official results say, I have a feeling that the Asians walk off feeling like they won.

And the Euros probably do also.