Asia powered to a famous Royal Trophy victory on the back of a Thai- dal wave of brilliant golf on Sunday, to deepen the mood of misery in the European camp.

Thai golfers Prayad Marksaeng and Thongchai Jaidee were the home heroes, each supplying a maximum three points as Asia gained handsome revenge for their two previous defeats in the 'Clash of the Continents'.

They eventually romped home 10-6, and it was left to Toru Taniguchi of Japan to hole the winning putt, as he rattled in a 15 footer for a birdie on the 12th hole to complete a crushing 7&6 victory over a sadly out of sorts Niclas Fasth.

Asia began the singles needing just two points to clinch victory, and Prayad had earlier posted an emphatic 5&4 win over Pablo Larrazabal to nudge them a step closer.

Europe, already hurting from their shock Ryder Cup defeat in America four months ago, came out fighting, and did their best to rattle the home team's mood of supreme confidence.

But Prayad, Thongchai, and Taniguchi were always in complete control of their matches, and the miracle Europe needed to complete an unlikely fightback never looked like materialising.

Asia's richly-deserved victory represented a remarkable change of fortunes from the last time the teams met two years ago.

Joe Ozaki's players were simply brushed aside as Europe won 12 1/2 – 3 1/2 in 2007, and the home team had to wait for the last of the 16 matches for their solitary win, when Thongchai edged out the luckless Fasth 2&1.

It was all so different this time. The Asians won three out of the four Foursomes on day one, and followed up; by taking 3 1/2 points in the Fourballs to leave them on the brink of a glorious triumph.

European captain Jose Maria Olazabal must have had a sinking feeling right from the start, as he watched events unfold on the opening hole.

Soren Hansen, Nick Dougherty, Oliver Wilson and Fasth all failed to convert birdie chances from around six feet - criminal misses when it was essential for them to cast a few seeds of doubt in their opponents' minds early on.

And when Pablo Larrazabal managed to knock his approach at the first to within six inches for a 'gimme' birdie, Prayad nonchalantly rolled in a twenty footer to claim a half that got the huge galleries buzzing straight away.

And they had plenty more to cheer as Prayad won the next five holes to make certain of one of the two points his team needed.

Larrazabal did not help his cause with two double bogeys, and even after he stopped the rot on the seventh, he promptly dumped his tee shot into the water at the island eighth hole.

He must have felt like jumping in after his ball - and when he lay down with his legs dangling over the lake to size up his bogey putt with his second ball, it looked like he might take a dip.

He stayed out - but so did his putt, and when Larrazabal carded his second bogey at the tenth, he was a stomach-churning eight over par for the nine holes that followed his opening birdie.

That took Prayad seven up, but he suffered a bit of a wobble by losing three holes in quick succession. However, he eventually put the Spaniard out of his misery by holing from around 16 feet for a winning birdie on the 14th.

Taniguchi, who lost all three of his matches in 2007, was clearly enjoying the experience of giving Europe a dose of their own medicine.

He played rock solid golf to finish four under par for the 12 holes it took him to dispose of Fasth, while his Swedish opponent was a sad six over.

Olazabal's decision to send out Hansen and Paul Lawrie - the only Europen points scorers in the first two days - as his advance guard, was fully justified.

Both men finished unbeaten. Hansen halved a roller-coaster clash with Japanese wonderkid Ryo Ishikawa, while former Open champion Lawrie made it two and a half points out of three with a 3&2 victory over Liang Wen-Chong.

They were the only bright lights for Europe, although Johan Edfors romped to a 5&4 win over S.K.Ho, and the English duo of Wilson and Dougherty beat Hideto Tanihara and Charlie Wi respectively to bring a measure of respectability to the scoreline.

Possibly the biggest disappointment for Europe was Paul McGinley. He lost all three matches and suffered his first defeat in a European team after three Ryder Cup triumphs and two previous Royal Trophy victories.

McGinley was suffering from flu all week and he never got going. He got no sympathy from Thongchai, who delighted the massive crowds at Bangkok's Amata Spring Country Club by putting the seal on Asia's success with a 5&4 demolition of the Irish ace in the final singles match.