2009 Royal Trophy

The 2009 Royal Trophy was the third edition of the Royal Trophy, a team golf event contested between teams representing Asia and Europe. It was held from 911 January at the Amata Spring Country Club in Thailand. The Asian team won for the first time, by a margin of 10 points to 6.[1]

3rd Edition of the Royal Trophy
Dates9–11 January 2009
VenueAmata Spring Country Club
LocationChonburi, Thailand
Captains
Asia 10 6 Europe
Asia wins the Royal Trophy

Teams

AsiaEurope
PlayerCountryPlayerCountry
Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki
Non-playing captain
 JapanJosé María Olazábal
Non-playing captain
 Spain
Hur Suk-ho South KoreaNick Dougherty England
Ryo Ishikawa JapanJohan Edfors Sweden
Liang Wenchong ChinaNiclas Fasth Sweden
Prayad Marksaeng ThailandSøren Hansen Denmark
Toru Taniguchi JapanPablo Larrazábal Spain
Hideto Tanihara JapanPaul Lawrie Scotland
Thongchai Jaidee ThailandPaul McGinley Ireland
Charlie Wi South KoreaOliver Wilson England

Schedule

  • 9 January (Friday) Foursomes x 4
  • 10 January (Saturday) Four-ball x 4
  • 11 January (Sunday) Singles x 8

Friday's matches (foursomes)

Asia Results Europe
Ishikawa/Taniguchi 2 & 1 Lawrie/Hansen
Wi/Liang 2 up McGinley/Larrazábal
Tanihara/Hur 1 up Dougherty/Wilson
Jaidee/Marksaeng 5 & 4 Fasth/Edfors
3 Session 1
3 Overall 1

Saturday's matches (four-ball)

Asia Results Europe
Ishikawa/Taniguchi halved Hansen/Lawrie
Wi/Liang 3 & 2 Dougherty/Wilson
Tanihara/Hur 2 & 1 Fasth/Edfors
Jaidee/Marksaeng 4 & 2 Larrazábal/McGinley
Session ½
Overall

Sunday's matches (singles)

Asia Results Europe
Ishikawa halved Hansen
Liang 3 & 2 Lawrie
Wi 1 up Dougherty
Marksaeng 5 & 4 Larrazábal
Tanihara 3 & 2 Wilson
Hur 5 & 4 Edfors
Taniguchi 7 & 6 Fasth
Jaidee 5 & 4 McGinley
Session
10 Overall 6

References

  1. "Asia take maiden Royal Trophy win". BBC Sport. 11 January 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-10.

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