2007 Royal Trophy

2nd Edition of the Royal Trophy
Dates	12–14 January 2007
Venue	Amata Spring Country Club
Location	Chonburi, Thailand
Captains	Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki (Asia); Seve Ballesteros (Europe);
	Europe wins the Royal Trophy
	← 2006 2009 →

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

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

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	3½
½	Overall	3½

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
1½	Overall	6½

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
3½	Overall	12½

References

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

External links

13°25′00″N 101°00′48″E / 13.416713°N 101.013361°E / 13.416713; 101.013361

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

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