2005 Lexus Cup

2005 Lexus Cup

The 2005 Lexus Cup was the inaugural edition of the annual golf match competed by women representing Asia and an international squad. Each team was made up of twelve members. The competition took place at the Tanah Merah Country Club in Singapore from December 9 to 11, 2005. Lexus is the title sponsor while Rolex, DBS, Singapore Airlines, and Singapore Sports Council are main sponsors. The total purse was US$960,000, with $50,000 going to each member of the winning team and $30,000 to members of the other team.

The International team won solidly in the first annual event, 16 points to 8.

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. Each captain appointed their remaining team members.
Asia
*flagicon|KOR Grace Park (captain) - Seoul, South Korea
*flagicon|KOR Meena Lee - Jeonju, South Korea
*flagicon|KOR Hee-Won Han - Seoul, South Korea
*flagicon|TWN Candie Kung - Kaohsiung, Taiwan
*flagicon|KOR Birdie Kim - Iksan, South Korea
*flagicon|PHI Jennifer Rosales - Manila, Philippines
*flagicon|KOR Jeong Jang - Daejeon, South Korea
*flagicon|KOR Hee Jung Park - Seoul, South Korea
*flagicon|KOR Aree Song - Bangkok, Thailand
*flagicon|KOR Naree Song - Bangkok, Thailand
*flagicon|JPN Namika Omata - Tokyo, Japan
*flagicon|JPN Riko Higashio - Fukuoka, Japan

International
*flagicon|SWE Annika Sörenstam (captain) - Stockholm, Sweden
*flagicon|USA Paula Creamer - Mountain View, California
*flagicon|USA Natalie Gulbis - Sacramento, California
*flagicon|ENG Karen Stupples - Dover, England
*flagicon|SCO Janice Moodie - Glasgow, Scotland
*flagicon|SCO Catriona Matthew - Edinburgh, Scotland
*flagicon|SWE Carin Koch - Kungalv, Sweden
*flagicon|SWE Sophie Gustafson - Särö, Sweden
*flagicon|USA Erica Blasberg - Orange, California
*flagicon|USA Jill McGill - Denver, Colorado
*flagicon|COL Marisa Baena - Pereira, Colombia
*flagicon|NOR Suzann Pettersen - Oslo, Norway

Day One

December 9 2005

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 early matches, but the international team won the other four.

Golfer records

ee also

*2006 Lexus Cup

External links

* [http://www.lexuscup.com Lexus Cup]
* [http://www.lexuscup.com/2005/ 2005 Lexus Cup]


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