2013 Royal Trophy

7th Edition of the Royal Trophy
Dates 20–22 December 2013
Venue Dragon Lake Golf Club
Location Guangzhou, China
Captains
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

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

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