2013 Royal Trophy

7th Edition of the Royal Trophy

Dates	20–22 December 2013
Venue	Dragon Lake Golf Club
Location	Guangzhou, China
Captains	Yang Yong-eun (Asia) José María Olazábal (Europe)
Asia 7½ 8½ Europe
Europe wins the Royal Trophy

The 2013 Royal Trophy was the seventh edition of the Royal Trophy, a team golf event contested between teams representing Asia and Europe. It was held from 20–22 December at the Dragon Lake Golf Club in Guangzhou, China. Europe won the event by a score of 8½ to 7½. They won five of the last six singles matches and halved the other for the victory.

Teams

Asia		Europe
Player	Country	Player	Country
Yang Yong-eun Non-playing captain	South Korea	José María Olazábal Non-playing captain	Spain
Kiradech Aphibarnrat	Thailand	Nicolas Colsaerts	Belgium
Hiroyuki Fujita	Japan	Stephen Gallacher	Scotland
Ryo Ishikawa	Japan	David Howell	England
Kim Hyung-sung	South Korea	Paul Lawrie	Scotland
Kim Kyung-tae	South Korea	Thorbjørn Olesen	Denmark
Liang Wen-Chong	China	Álvaro Quirós	Spain
Thongchai Jaidee	Thailand	Marc Warren	Scotland
Wu Ashun	China	Bernd Wiesberger	Austria

Schedule

• 20 December (Friday) Foursomes x 4
• 21 December (Saturday) Four-ball x 4
• 22 December (Sunday) Singles x 8

Friday's matches (foursomes)

Asia	Results	Europe
Jaidee/Aphibarnrat	5 & 3	Gallacher/Lawrie
Ishikawa/Fujita	3 & 2	Colsaerts/Wiesberger
Kim K./Kim H.	4 & 2	Quirós/Olesen
Liang/Wu	2 & 1	Howell/Warren
3	Session	1
3	Overall	1

Saturday's matches (four-ball)

Asia	Results	Europe
Jaidee/Aphibarnrat	2 & 1	Lawrie/Gallacher
Liang/Wu	halved	Howell/Warren
Ishikawa/Fujita	2 & 1	Wiesberger/Olesen
Kim K./Kim H.	halved	Colsaerts/Quirós
2	Session	2
5	Overall	3

Sunday's matches (singles)

Asia	Results	Europe
Aphibarnrat	3 & 2	Lawrie
Jaidee	4 & 2	Gallacher
Ishikawa	1 up	Warren
Kim H.	1 up	Howell
Kim K.	halved	Quirós
Wu	3 & 2	Olesen
Fujita	3 & 2	Wiesberger
Liang	2 up	Colsaerts
2½	Session	5½
7½	Overall	8½

References

External links

• Official site