Golf Royal Trophy – Europe v Asia

The interesting Royal Trophy Golf Tournament is teeing off near Bangkok on January 8th-10th. It clearly is not up there in the rankings of the Ryder Cup, but still, it is a tournament which draws a lot of golfing enthusiasts to a spectacular course. The event is a match play formatted contest, which brings together some of the best players from Europe and Asia to compete against each other. The Royal Trophy is named because it was donated by none other than the King of Thailand himself.

The three day tournament follows a familiar format, as used in the Ryder Cup. On the first day, there is four Foursomes matches. Day two comprises of four Four-ball matches, and the final exciting day will see eight Singles Matches all teeing off. The European team is led by Colin Montgomerie, and should have an ace in their pack with Sweden’s Henrik Stenson in the line up. Robert Carlson (SWE), Simon Dyson (ENG), Alexander Noren (SWE), Peter Hanson (SWE), Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) and Pablo Martin (ESP) make up the eight member team for the Europeans.

It is almost a Sweden vs. Asia line up, but there you go. The Amata Spring Country Club is the venue, and the one Asian star to watch out for, is Ryo Ishikawa. He is a young star full of promise and has been making waves globally, playing in the Open Championship, as well as winning seven Japan Tour titles. The 18 year old could be the next big phenomenon.

Royal Trophy Outright Betting
Europe to win – 4/5 at Stan James
Asia to win – 11/8 at Extrabet

Individual Markets

Ryo Ishikawa
- 9/2 at Bet365 to be top Asian
- 9/1 at William Hill to be top Combined Points Scorer

Henrik Stenson
- 4/1 at SkyBet to be top European
- 7/1 at William Hill to be top Combined Points Scorer