Royal Cup

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Royal's Cup
Tournament information
Location Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Established2017
Course(s)Grand Prix Golf Club
Par72
Length7,215 yards (6,597 m)
Tour(s) Asian Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$400,000
Month playedFebruary
Final year2022
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Chan Shih-chang (2022)
To par−23 as above
Final champion
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chan Shih-chang
Location Map
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Grand Prix GC
Location in Thailand

The Royal's Cup is a golf tournament on the Asian Tour, played in Thailand.

Contents

It was played for the first time as a "special event" at the end of December 2017 at the Phoenix Gold Golf and Country Club, Pattaya, Thailand. There was a field of 78 and there was no cut. Prize money was US$500,000. [1]

The second event was a full Asian Tour event played in July 2018. Prize money was again US$500,000. Justin Harding won by 6 strokes with a score of 266.

Winners

YearTour [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Royal's Cup
2022 ASA Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chan Shih-chang 265−233 strokes Flag of Thailand.svg Sadom Kaewkanjana
Flag of the United States.svg Sihwan Kim
Royal Cup
2021: No tournament
2020 ASA Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019: No tournament
2018 ASA Flag of South Africa.svg Justin Harding 266−146 strokes Flag of India.svg Shiv Kapur
Flag of the United States.svg Kurt Kitayama
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jake McLeod
Flag of Thailand.svg Chapchai Nirat
2017 Flag of India.svg Shiv Kapur 270−141 stroke Flag of Thailand.svg Prom Meesawat

Notes

  1. ASA − Asian Tour.

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References

  1. "Royal Cup to draw 2017 to a close". Bangkok Post . 23 December 2017.