The Royal Trophy was a men's professional team golf tournament which was played between 2006 and 2013.
Eight man teams played a series of 16 matches involving foursomes, four-ball and singles for the right to hold a trophy donated by the King of Thailand.
[1] The first four contests, from 2006 to 2010, were played at the Amata Spring Country Club in Chonburi, Thailand.
Europe's team included the highly ranked David Howell and Paul McGinley, and former World Number 1s Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam were Ballesteros's captain's picks.
The Royal Cup involved various match play competitions between players selected from two teams of eight.