- Teams
- Schedule
- Saturday morning matches (foursomes)
- Saturday afternoon matches (four-ball)
- Sunday's matches (singles)
- References
- External links
{{Infobox team golf tournament
| name = Royal Trophy
| year = 2006
| venue = Amata Spring Country Club
| location = Chonburi, Thailand
| dates = 7–8 January 2006
| logo =
| logowidth =
| home = Asia
| away = Europe
| homecaptain = Masahiro Kuramoto
| awaycaptain = Seve Ballesteros
| homescore = 7
| awayscore = 9
| result = Europe wins
}}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| Asia | Europe | | Player | Country | Player | Country |
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Masahiro Kuramoto
Non-playing captain | {{JPN}} | Seve Ballesteros
Non-playing captain | {{ESP}} | | Arjun Atwal | {{IND}} | Thomas Bjørn | {{DEN}} | | Keiichiro Fukabori | {{JPN}} | Nick Faldo | {{ENG}} | | Hur Suk-ho | {{KOR}} | Kenneth Ferrie | {{ENG}} | | Yasuharu Imano | {{JPN}} | David Howell | {{ENG}} | | Jyoti Randhawa | {{IND}} | Graeme McDowell | {{NIR}} | | Thaworn Wiratchant | {{THA}} | Paul McGinley | {{IRL}} | | Thongchai Jaidee | {{THA}} | Henrik Stenson | {{SWE}} | | Zhang Lian-wei | {{CHN}} | Ian Woosnam | {{WAL}} |
Schedule- 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)| 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 |
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Source:[2] Saturday afternoon matches (four-ball)| 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 |
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Source:[2] Sunday's matches (singles)| 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 |
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Source:[2] References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4592042.stm |title=Europe seal Royal Trophy victory |work=BBC Sport |date=8 January 2006 |accessdate=2010-01-10}}
2. ^1 2 {{cite news |url=http://www.golftoday.co.uk/asian/tours/2006/Royal_Trophy/scores.html |title=Final scores |work=golftoday |accessdate=1 April 2014}}
External links- Official site
- Results and reports from Golf Today
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