2006 Royal Trophy
# 2006 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.

## Teams

| Asia | Asia | Europe | Europe |
| - | - | - | - |
| 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

* 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 |
| - | - | - |
| 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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## Saturday afternoon matches (four-ball)

| Asia | Results | Europe |
| - | - | - |
| 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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## Sunday's matches (singles)

| Asia | Results | Europe |
| - | - | - |
| 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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