2006 Lexus Cup

2006 Lexus Cup

The 2006 Lexus Cup was a golf event competed by women representing Asia and an International squad representing the rest of the world. Each team was made up of twelve members. The competition took place at the Tanah Merah Country Club in Singapore from December 15 to 17, 2006. Lexus is the title sponsor while Rolex, DBS, Singapore Airlines and Singapore Sports Council are main sponsors. The Asian team took a dramatic 12½ to 11½ victory in the second annual event, tying the all-time series 1-1.

Teams

As in the similar team events of the Ryder Cup (USA vs. Europe men), Presidents Cup (USA vs. "International" men, i.e. rest of the world excluding Europe), and Solheim Cup (USA vs. Europe women), each team consisted of twelve players.
Asia
*Sponsor's Picks
**flagicon|KOR Grace Park (captain) - Seoul, South Korea
**flagicon|JPN Sakura Yokomine - Kagoshima, Japan
*Rolex Women's World Ranking Qualification
**flagicon|KOR Se Ri Pak - Daejeon, South Korea
**flagicon|KOR Hee-Won Han - Seoul, South Korea
**flagicon|KOR Seon Hwa Lee - Chonnan, South Korea
**flagicon|KOR Jee Young Lee - Seoul, South Korea
*ADT Official Money List Qualification
**flagicon|KOR Meena Lee - Jeonju, South Korea
**flagicon|KOR Shi Hyun Ahn - Incheon, South Korea
**flagicon|KOR Joo Mi Kim - Seoul, South Korea
**flagicon|KOR Young Kim - Chuncheon, South Korea
*Captains Picks
**flagicon|TWN Candie Kung - Kaohsiung, Taiwan
**flagicon|PHI Jennifer Rosales - Manila, PhilippinesInternational
*Rolex Women's World Rankings
**flagicon|SWE Annika Sörenstam (captain) - Stockholm, Sweden
**flagicon|USA Paula Creamer - Mountain View, California
**flagicon|PRY Julieta Granada - Asunción, Paraguay
**flagicon|USA Natalie Gulbis - Sacramento, California
*ADT Official Money List Qualification
**flagicon|USA Brittany Lincicome - St. Petersburg, Florida
**flagicon|USA Sherri Steinhauer - Madison, Wisconsin
**flagicon|USA Stacy Prammanasudh - Enid, Oklahoma
**flagicon|USA Angela Stanford - Fort Worth, Texas
*Captain's Picks
**flagicon|ENG Laura Davies - Coventry, England
**flagicon|SWE Carin Koch - Kungalv, Sweden
*Sponsor's Picks
**flagicon|USA Morgan Pressel - Tampa, Florida
**flagicon|AUS Nikki Campbell - Australia

Day One

December 15, 2006

Day one saw six foursome matches where each team put two golfers on the course for each match, with the two playing alternate shots. Asia won two matches, the international team won two with two ending all square, resulting in a three-to-three tie after the first day of play. The comeback of the day was Jee Young Lee and Meena Lee coming back from four behind at the turn to defeat Natalie Gulbis and Paula Creamer 2 up. [ [http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=2728226&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 International, Asia Team Tied at Lexus] ]

Golfer records

ee also

*Lexus Cup
*2005 Lexus Cup

References

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