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Royal Cup

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Royal's Cup
Tournament information
LocationKanchanaburi, Thailand
Established2017
Course(s)Grand Prix Golf Club
Par72
Length7,215 yards (6,597 m)
Tour(s)Asian Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$400,000
Month playedFebruary
Final year2022
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Chan Shih-chang (2022)
To par−23 as above
Final champion
Taiwan Chan Shih-chang
Location map
Grand Prix GC is located in Thailand
Grand Prix GC
Grand Prix GC
Location in Thailand

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

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

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Year Tour[a] Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Royal's Cup
2022 ASA Taiwan Chan Shih-chang 265 −23 3 strokes Thailand Sadom Kaewkanjana
United States Sihwan Kim
Royal Cup
2021: No tournament
2020 ASA Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019: No tournament
2018 ASA South Africa Justin Harding 266 −14 6 strokes India Shiv Kapur
United States Kurt Kitayama
Australia Jake McLeod
Thailand Chapchai Nirat
2017 India Shiv Kapur 270 −14 1 stroke Thailand Prom Meesawat

Notes

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  1. ^ ASA − Asian Tour.

References

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