2006 Royal Trophy
Dates | 7–8 January 2006 | ||||
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Venue | Amata Spring Country Club | ||||
Location | Chonburi, Thailand | ||||
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Europe wins the Royal Trophy | |||||
The 2006 Royal Trophy was the first edition of the Royal Trophy, a team golf event contested between teams representing Asia and Europe. It was held from 7–8 January at the Amata Spring Country Club in Thailand. Europe won the inaugural trophy with a 9–7 victory over Asia.[1]
Teams
[edit]Asia | Europe | ||
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Player | Country | Player | Country |
Masahiro Kuramoto Non-playing captain | Japan | Seve Ballesteros Non-playing captain | Spain |
Arjun Atwal | India | Thomas Bjørn | Denmark |
Keiichiro Fukabori | Japan | Nick Faldo | England |
Hur Suk-ho | South Korea | Kenneth Ferrie | England |
Yasuharu Imano | Japan | David Howell | England |
Jyoti Randhawa | India | Graeme McDowell | Northern Ireland |
Thaworn Wiratchant | Thailand | Paul McGinley | Ireland |
Thongchai Jaidee | Thailand | Henrik Stenson | Sweden |
Zhang Lianwei | China | Ian Woosnam | Wales |
Schedule
[edit]- 7 January (Saturday morning) Foursomes x 4
- 7 January (Saturday afternoon) Four-ball x 4
- 8 January (Sunday) Singles x 8
Saturday morning matches (foursomes)
[edit]Asia | Results | Europe |
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Hur/Fukabori | 2 up | Howell/Ferrie |
Atwal/Randhawa | 4 & 3 | McGinley/McDowell |
Imano/Zhang | 1 up | Bjørn/Stenson |
Wiratchant/Jaidee | 6 & 5 | Faldo/Woosnam |
1 | Session | 3 |
1 | Overall | 3 |
Source:[2]
Saturday afternoon matches (four-ball)
[edit]Asia | Results | Europe |
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Atwal/Randhawa | 1 up | Howell/Ferrie |
Hur/Zhang | 2 & 1 | McGinley/McDowell |
Wiratchant/Jaidee | 3 & 2 | Bjørn/Woosnam |
Fukabori/Imano | 1 up | Faldo/Stenson |
1 | Session | 3 |
2 | Overall | 6 |
Source:[2]
Sunday's matches (singles)
[edit]Asia | Results | Europe |
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Imano | 2 up | Howell |
Zhang | 2 & 1 | McGinley |
Randhawa | 3 & 2 | McDowell |
Atwal | 3 & 2 | Faldo |
Wiratchant | 2 & 1 | Woosnam |
Hur | 2 & 1 | Ferrie |
Fukabori | 4 & 3 | Bjørn |
Jaidee | 5 & 4 | Stenson |
5 | Session | 3 |
7 | Overall | 9 |
Source:[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Europe seal Royal Trophy victory". BBC Sport. 8 January 2006. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
- ^ a b c "Final scores". golftoday. Archived from the original on 25 December 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2014.