The 2006 Royal Trophy was the first edition of the

Royal Trophy The Royal Trophy was a men's professional team golf tournament which was played between 2006 and 2013. The competing teams represented Europe and Asia. Eight man teams played a series of 16 matches involving foursomes, four-ball and singles for the ...

, a team

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

event contested between teams representing

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an ...

and

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located enti ...

. It was held from 7–8 January at the

Amata Spring Country Club The Amata Spring Country Club is a private golf and country club near to Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. It hosts two high-profile golf tournaments which were introduced in 2006. The Royal Trophy is a team competition between Europe and Asia, and ...

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. Europe won the inaugural trophy with a 9–7 victory over Asia.

Teams

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)

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Saturday afternoon matches (four-ball)

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Sunday's matches (singles)

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References

External links

Official site
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