2009 Royal Trophy

3rd Edition of the Royal Trophy

Dates	9–11 January 2009
Venue	Amata Spring Country Club
Location	Chonburi, Thailand
Captains	Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki (Asia) José María Olazábal (Europe)
Asia 10 6 Europe
Asia wins the 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 9–11 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.

Teams

Asia		Europe
Player	Country	Player	Country
Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki Non-playing captain	Japan	José María Olazábal Non-playing captain	Spain
Hur Suk-ho	South Korea	Nick Dougherty	England
Ryo Ishikawa	Japan	Johan Edfors	Sweden
Liang Wenchong	China	Niclas Fasth	Sweden
Prayad Marksaeng	Thailand	Søren Hansen	Denmark
Toru Taniguchi	Japan	Pablo Larrazábal	Spain
Hideto Tanihara	Japan	Paul Lawrie	Scotland
Thongchai Jaidee	Thailand	Paul McGinley	Ireland
Charlie Wi	South Korea	Oliver 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
3½	Session	½
6½	Overall	1½

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
3½	Session	4½
10	Overall	6

External links

• Official site
• Results and reports from Golf Today