Asia moved a step closer to a maiden Royal Trophy victory on Saturday, dominating the fourballs matches to open up a five-point lead over twice winner Europe. The Asians proved their overnight lead was no fluke after turning in another consistent showing to finish 3-½-½ on Saturday for a 6-½ - 1-½ overall lead against a European side that struggled for a second successive day. Asia captain Naomichi “Joe” Ozaki was delighted with his side's impressive performance and said he “felt like dancing”. Three of Asia's four pairings led right from the start, with Soren Hansen and Paul Lawrie the only Europeans to put up resistance on a windy day at the Amata Springs Country Club. They led for 15 holes against Ryo Ishikawa and Toru Taniguchi and finished all square, but defeats in the next three matches presented Europe with an uphill struggle going into the final day's singles. Thongchai Jaidee and Prayad Marksaeng and teammates Charlie Wi and Liang Wenchong showed the strength of their partnerships to post wins for a second day. Liang carded five birdies to seal a 3&2 win over Britons Nick Dougherty and Oliver Wilson. Thongchai and Prayad beat Paul McGinley and Pablo Larrazabal 4&2 in another solid round for the Thai pair off the back of impressive recent form. Hideto Tanihara and S.K. Ho secured a 2&1 victory over Swedes Niclas Fasth and Johan Edfors. Ogilvy maintains lead In Hawaii, Australian Geoff Ogilvy took advantage of ideal scoring conditions and the widest fairways on the PGA Tour to retain his one-shot lead in the Mercedes-Benz Championship second round on Friday. One ahead of the field overnight at the Kapalua Resort, Ogilvy fired a sparkling five-under-par 68 to maintain control in the Tour's opening event of the season. American D.J. Trahan carded 66 to vault into second place at 10 under. South African Ernie Els was a further stroke back in third after struggling with his putter en route to a topsy-turvy 69. Schwartzel shares lead In Johannesburg,Charl Schwartzel grabbed a share of the lead in his hometown tournament after firing an extraordinary eight-under-par 63, including a hole-in-one, in the Joburg Open third round on Saturday. An eventful display featuring 10 birdies, two bogeys, a double-bogey and the ace on the 197-yard 12th hole put him on 11-under 202, level with overnight leader David Drysdale of Britain (71) and fellow South African Andrew McLardy (69). Retief Goosen (65) was one stroke adrift alongside Swede Joakim Haeggman (66) and Dane Anders Hansen (64). The 24-year-old Schwartzel's superb iron play brought seven birdies in the first 10 holes.
