Europe continued to dominate the Royal Trophy midway through the second day’s play as Seve Ballesteros’ team led Joe Ozaki’s Asian side in two of the four fourball pairings at the Amata Spring Country Club.

Ryder Cup team-mates Darren Clarke and Paul McGinley will be back playing for Europe in the Royal Trophy in Bangkok in January.

Tiger Woods is within sight of his first title since February after extending his lead at the top of the Dunlop Phoenix leaderboard to 10 strokes with a five-under 65 in Miyazaki, Japan today.

Spain's Sergio Garcia fired a five-under-par 66 to join a trio of other players on top of the leaderboard after round one of the PGA Nissan Open at Pacific Palisades, California.