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 12–14 January at the Amata Spring Country Club in Thailand. Europe retained the trophy with an emphatic 12½–3½ 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
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Teams edit

Asia Europe
Player Country Player Country
Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki
Non-playing captain
  Japan Seve Ballesteros
Non-playing captain
  Spain
Tetsuji Hiratsuka   Japan Darren Clarke   Northern Ireland
Hur Suk-ho   South Korea Johan Edfors   Sweden
Prom Meesawat   Thailand Niclas Fasth   Sweden
Jeev Milkha Singh   India Robert Karlsson   Sweden
Toru Taniguchi   Japan Paul McGinley   Ireland
Thaworn Wiratchant   Thailand Henrik Stenson   Sweden
Thongchai Jaidee   Thailand Anthony Wall   England
Yang Yong-eun   South Korea Lee Westwood   England

Schedule edit

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

Friday's matches (foursomes) edit

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) edit

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) edit

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 edit

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

External links edit

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