Press Releases

Read all the latest news about the Royal Trophy on this page. Press releases will be added as more news becomes available, so check back regularly. The latest releases are posted at the top.

With the Royal Trophy and the showdown between Europe and Asia drawing nearer, the teams are slowly coming together. Two of the game's hottest players this year have been selected, along with no less than three of Thailand's most talented and popular players... (READ MORE)

Ryder Cup heroes Darren Clarke and Paul McGinley will be re-united under the European banner when they line up in the Royal Trophy in January. Both have confirmed their places in what is already shaping up to be a formidable team, with Captain Seve Ballesteros turning to some of Europe's biggest names to ensure Europe defends the Royal Trophy in the second 'Battle of the Continents'. (READ MORE)

A member of Asia's greatest golfing dynasty will lead the campaign to wrest the Royal Trophy from European hands in January. Naomichi 'Joe' Ozaki, one of Asia's greatest ever players and brother of two more top professionals in Masashi and Tateo - otherwise known as Jumbo and Jet - will captain the Asian Team to take on the Seve Ballesteros-led Europeans. (READ MORE)

Robert Karlsson will aim to repeat the 'towering' exploits that made his Ryder Cup debut such a memorable affair when he lines up again for Europe at the Royal Trophy in January. Karlsson produced one of the truly unforgettable moments in Europe's record-equalling 18 1/2 - 9 1/2 triumph over the Americans when he hit an approach shot into a television tower on the first morning - and still managed to win the hole! (READ MORE)

Henrik Stenson will be aiming to continue his astonishing impact on golf's top team events after committing himself to Europe's bid to retain the Royal Trophy in January 12-14, 2007. Stenson famously holed the winning putt at the Ryder Cup in September as Europe overwhelmed the USA 18 1/2 points to 9 1/2, to complete a remarkable hat-trick for the big-hitting Swede. (READ MORE)

Continental pride and passion will be at stake when Seve Ballesteros returns to Thailand to spearhead Europe's bid to retain the Royal Trophy from January 12 to14, 2007. The Spanish great, a driving force behind the creation of the Royal Trophy, has confirmed that he will once more act as non-playing captain of the European team in the match play extravaganza against a team comprised of Asia's leading golfers. (READ MORE)