Dec 20 (Reuters) - Naomichi 'Joe' Ozaki will continue
as captain of Asia in golf's Royal Trophy compare play event
against Europe, organisers pronounced on Tuesday.
It will be a fifth uninterrupted book a 55-year-old
Japanese golfer has led a group after his compatriot Masahiro
Kuramoto took assign for a initial eventuality in 2006. His and
Asia's solitary success came in 2009.
Organisers pronounced a 2012 eventuality will take place in Brunei
from Dec. 14-16 and will be played in honour of Spain's Seve
Ballesteros, Europe's captain for a initial dual years, who died
in May after a extensive conflict opposite cancer.
"I am certain that a 8 members of a Asian Team will
play their hearts out in honour of Seve's career and life,"
Ozaki pronounced in a statement.
"I have good memories of Seve during my years playing
full-time internationally, of a times he played in a debate in
Japan and of captaining opposite him during a Royal Trophy in
2007."
Ballesteros' former Ryder Cup group partner Jose Maria Olazabal
will lead a European team, holding over a captaincy from Scot
Colin Montgomerie, who oversaw a 9-7 feat progressing this year.
Olazabal has already named Montgomerie as a first
selection in his team.
(Reporting by Patrick Johnston in Singapore. To query or
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