2007 Royal Trophy

The 2007 Royal Trophy was the second edition of the Royal Trophy, a team golf event contested between teams representing Asia and Europe. It was held from 1214 January at the Amata Spring Country Club in Thailand. Europe retained the trophy with an emphatic 12½3½ victory, prompting suggestions that it might be desirable to even up the contest by having Europe play a combined team representing Asia and Australasia.[1]

2nd Edition of the Royal Trophy
Dates12–14 January 2007
VenueAmata Spring Country Club
LocationChonburi, Thailand
Captains
Asia 12½ Europe
Europe wins the Royal Trophy

Teams

AsiaEurope
PlayerCountryPlayerCountry
Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki
Non-playing captain
 JapanSeve Ballesteros
Non-playing captain
 Spain
Tetsuji Hiratsuka JapanDarren Clarke Northern Ireland
Hur Suk-ho South KoreaJohan Edfors Sweden
Prom Meesawat ThailandNiclas Fasth Sweden
Jeev Milkha Singh IndiaRobert Karlsson Sweden
Toru Taniguchi JapanPaul McGinley Ireland
Thaworn Wiratchant ThailandHenrik Stenson Sweden
Thongchai Jaidee ThailandAnthony Wall England
Yang Yong-eun South KoreaLee Westwood England

Schedule

  • 12 January (Friday) Foursomes x 4
  • 13 January (Saturday) Four-ball x 4
  • 14 January (Sunday) Singles x 8

Friday's matches (foursomes)

Asia Results Europe
Hur/Taniguchi 4 & 3 Westwood/Clarke
Hiratsuka/Meesawat 6 & 5 Edfors/Stenson
Singh/Yang halved Wall/McGinley
Jaidee/Wiratchant 3 & 1 Fasth/Karlsson
½ Session
½ Overall

Saturday's matches (four-ball)

Asia Results Europe
Jaidee/Meesawat halved Clarke/Westwood
Yang/Taniguchi 2 & 1 Edfors/Stenson
Hiratsuka/Wiratchant 1 up Wall/McGinley
Singh/Hur halved Fasth/Karlsson
1 Session 3
Overall

Sunday's matches (singles)

Asia Results Europe
Taniguchi 4 & 3 Westwood
Meesawat halved Clarke
Hur 3 & 2 Edfors
Wiratchant 2 & 1 McGinley
Hiratsuka 4 & 2 Wall
Singh 3 & 2 Karlsson
Yang halved Stenson
Jaidee 2 & 1 Fasth
2 Session 6
Overall 12½

References

  1. "Europe cruise to Royal Trophy win". BBC Sport. 14 January 2007. Retrieved 2010-01-10.

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