The Royal Trophy originated from the vision of legendary five-time Major winner, the late Severiano Ballesteros, who intended to gift the Asian Continent with the same golf growth impetus the European Continent experienced in the 1980s and 1990s as a result of the Ryder Cup.

With dazzling good Mediterranean looks, a cavalier style and an athletically beautiful swing, the Spanish wizard Ballesteros was simply a sporting genius during his years on the Tour and amassed victories throughout the world. He made golf history winning 87 professional tournament titles, three British Open Championships, two Masters; playing in three winning Ryder Cup teams and captaining one of the most famous ones in 1997 at Valderrama, Spain.

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AOKI, OZAKI AND SINGH JOIN THE ROYAL TROPHY PLAYERS’ COMMITTEE  The Royal Trophy Players’ Committee, originally comprised of six-time Major winner Sir Nick Faldo, former world number one Ian Woosnam OBE, two-time Masters champion José Maria Olazábal and highly successful Ryder Cup player Paul McGinley, has been expanded to include an additional three members from the Asian region. “We are very pleased to confirm that the Royal Trophy Players’ Committee will now feature an European and an Asian Division. Japanese golfing legend Isao Aoki has been nominated Chairman of the Asian Players’ Committee with four-time Asian Team Captain Naomichi ‘Joe’ Ozaki and three-time Asian Team member Jeev Milkha Singh being appointed as inaugural members,” stated Lincoln Venancio, the Royal Trophy Managing Director. view all