The 2013 Royal Trophy was the seventh edition of the Royal Trophy, a team golf event contested between teams representing Asia and Europe. It was held from 20 to 22 December at the Dragon Lake Golf Club in Guangzhou, China. Europe won the event by a score of 8½ to 7½. They won five of the last six singles matches and halved the other for the victory.

7th Edition of the Royal Trophy
Dates20–22 December 2013
VenueDragon Lake Golf Club
LocationGuangzhou, China
Captains
Asia Europe
Europe wins the Royal Trophy
← 2012

Teams

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Asia Europe
Player Country Player Country
Yang Yong-eun
Non-playing captain
  South Korea José María Olazábal
Non-playing captain
  Spain
Kiradech Aphibarnrat   Thailand Nicolas Colsaerts   Belgium
Hiroyuki Fujita   Japan Stephen Gallacher   Scotland
Ryo Ishikawa   Japan David Howell   England
Kim Hyung-sung   South Korea Paul Lawrie   Scotland
Kim Kyung-tae   South Korea Thorbjørn Olesen   Denmark
Liang Wenchong   China Álvaro Quirós   Spain
Thongchai Jaidee   Thailand Marc Warren   Scotland
Wu Ashun   China Bernd Wiesberger   Austria

Schedule

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  • 20 December (Friday) Foursomes x 4
  • 21 December (Saturday) Four-ball x 4
  • 22 December (Sunday) Singles x 8

Friday's matches (foursomes)

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Asia Results Europe
Jaidee/Aphibarnrat 5 & 3 Gallacher/Lawrie
Ishikawa/Fujita 3 & 2 Colsaerts/Wiesberger
Kim K./Kim H. 4 & 2 Quirós/Olesen
Liang/Wu 2 & 1 Howell/Warren
3 Session 1
3 Overall 1

Saturday's matches (four-ball)

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Asia Results Europe
Jaidee/Aphibarnrat 2 & 1 Lawrie/Gallacher
Liang/Wu halved Howell/Warren
Ishikawa/Fujita 2 & 1 Wiesberger/Olesen
Kim K./Kim H. halved Colsaerts/Quirós
2 Session 2
5 Overall 3

Sunday's matches (singles)

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Asia Results Europe
Aphibarnrat 3 & 2 Lawrie
Jaidee 4 & 2 Gallacher
Ishikawa 1 up Warren
Kim H. 1 up Howell
Kim K. halved Quirós
Wu 3 & 2 Olesen
Fujita 3 & 2 Wiesberger
Liang 2 up Colsaerts
Session
Overall

References

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