The 2012 Royal Trophy was the sixth 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

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and

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. It was held from 14–16 December at the Empire Hotel and Country Club in

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Brunei Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely sur ...

. After the two teams tied 8–8, Asia won a sudden-death playoff. Kim Kyung-tae and

Yang Yong-eun Yang Yong-eun ( ko, 양용은; born 15 January 1972), also called Y. E. Yang, is a South Korean professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He was previously a member of the PGA Tour, where he won twice, including most not ...

faced

Nicolas Colsaerts Nicolas Colsaerts (born 14 November 1982) is a Belgian professional golfer currently playing on the European Tour and previously on the PGA Tour. Early life Colsaerts, also known as "The Belgian Bomber", was born in Schaerbeek, Belgium. Coming ...

and

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in a four-ball match, with Kim's birdie giving Asia the win on the first hole.

Teams

Schedule

*14 December (Friday) Foursomes x 4 *15 December (Saturday) Four-ball x 4 *16 December (Sunday) Singles x 8

Teams

Schedule

Friday's matches (foursomes)

Saturday's matches (four-ball)

Sunday's matches (singles)

References

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