Royal Trophy
Year2007
VenueAmata Spring Country Club
LocationChonburi, Thailand
Dates12–14 January 2007
HomeAsia
AwayEurope
HomecaptainNaomichi "Joe" Ozaki
AwaycaptainSeve Ballesteros
Homescore3½
Awayscore12½
ResultEurope wins

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]

Teams

AsiaEurope
PlayerCountryPlayerCountry
Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki
Non-playing captain		Seve Ballesteros
Non-playing captain
Tetsuji HiratsukaDarren Clarke
Hur Suk-hoJohan Edfors
Prom MeesawatNiclas Fasth
Jeev Milkha SinghRobert Karlsson
Toru TaniguchiPaul McGinley
Thaworn WiratchantHenrik Stenson
Thongchai JaideeAnthony Wall
Yang Yong-eunLee Westwood

Schedule

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

Friday's matches (foursomes)

AsiaResultsEurope
Hur/Taniguchi4 & 3Westwood/Clarke
Hiratsuka/Meesawat6 & 5Edfors/Stenson
Singh/YanghalvedWall/McGinley
Jaidee/Wiratchant3 & 1Fasth/Karlsson
½Session3½
½Overall3½

Saturday's matches (four-ball)

AsiaResultsEurope
Jaidee/MeesawathalvedClarke/Westwood
Yang/Taniguchi2 & 1Edfors/Stenson
Hiratsuka/Wiratchant1 upWall/McGinley
Singh/HurhalvedFasth/Karlsson
1Session3
1½Overall6½

Sunday's matches (singles)

AsiaResultsEurope
Taniguchi4 & 3Westwood
MeesawathalvedClarke
Hur3 & 2Edfors
Wiratchant2 & 1McGinley
Hiratsuka4 & 2Wall
Singh3 & 2Karlsson
YanghalvedStenson
Jaidee2 & 1Fasth
2Session6
3½Overall12½

References

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