2008 Lexus Cup
| Dates | 28–30 November 2008 | ||||
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| Venue | The Singapore Island Country Club | ||||
| Location | Singapore | ||||
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| International team wins the Lexus Cup | |||||
The 2008 Lexus Cup was a professional women's golf event contested by two teams of 12 members each: one representing Asian countries and the other representing the rest of the world, known as the "International" team. Since the event's inception in 2005, it has been sanctioned by the world's dominant women's professional golf tour, the LPGA Tour in the U.S., although it is an unofficial event in which no earnings by the competitors affect their positions on the LPGA money list.
The competition took place on the Bukit Course at The Singapore Island Country Club in Singapore from 28–30 November 2008. Lexus was the title sponsor; Rolex, DBS, Singapore Airlines, Callaway Golf, and Singapore Sports Council were main sponsors.
This was the last official LPGA appearance for Team International captain Annika Sörenstam, who had previously announced her retirement at the end of the 2008 season.
Teams
As in the similar team events of the Solheim Cup (USA vs. Europe women), Ryder Cup (USA vs. Europe men), and Presidents Cup, each team is made up of twelve players. Four players for Team Asia and four for Team International earn sports through the Rolex Rankings. Four additional players for each team qualified through their position on the LPGA Official Money List, as of 2 November 2008. Once the top eight players for each team were confirmed, four additional players—two captain's picks and two sponsor's exemptions—were selected for each team.
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International
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Day one
28 November 2008
Day one saw six foursome matches with each team putting two golfers on the course for each match and the pairs playing alternate shots. The teams split the matches with each team winning three. Only one of the six matches — Paula Creamer and Nicole Castrale vs. Se Ri Pak and Eun-Hee Ji — went to 18 holes.
| Team Asia | Results | Team International |
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| Song-Hee Kim / Inbee Park | Asia 3&2 | Helen Alfredsson / Christina Kim |
| Sarah Lee / Na Yeon Choi | Int'l 2&1 | Cristie Kerr / Karen Stupples |
| Yani Tseng / Seon Hwa Lee | Asia 2&1 | Suzann Pettersen / Natalie Gulbis |
| Se Ri Pak / Eun-Hee Ji | Int'l 1 up | Paula Creamer / Nicole Castrale |
| Jeong Jang / Candie Kung | Asia 3&2 | Angela Stanford / Annika Sörenstam |
| Namika Omata / Mayumi Shimomura | Int'l 3&1 | Katherine Hull / Nikki Campbell |
| 3 | Foursomes | 3 |
| 3 | Overall | 3 |
Day two
29 November 2008
The teams remained locked in tie after the day two fourball matches where each side won three matches. All of the wins by the International Team went to 18 holes, compared to only one of the wins by Team Asia.
| Team Asia | Results | Team International |
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| Eun-Hee Ji/ Inbee Park | Int'l 1 up | Annika Sörenstam / Suzann Pettersen |
| Se Ri Pak / Seon Hwa Lee | Int'l 1 up | Cristie Kerr / Helen Alfredsson |
| Jeong Jang / Na Yeon Choi | Asia 1 up | Paula Creamer / Nicole Castrale |
| Sarah Lee / Song-Hee Kim | Asia 4&2 | Karen Stupples / Christina Kim |
| Candie Kung / Mayumi Shimomura | Asia 4&3 | Natalie Gulbis / Angela Stanford |
| Yani Tseng / Namika Omata | Int'l 1 up | Katherine Hull / Nikki Campbell |
| 3 | Fourball | 3 |
| 6 | Overall | 6 |
Day three
30 November 2008
| Team Asia | Results | Team International |
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| Se Ri Pak | Int'l 3&2 | Annika Sörenstam |
| Sarah Lee | Asia 1 up | Nicole Castrale |
| Yani Tseng | Halved | Suzann Pettersen |
| Inbee Park | Int'l 3&2 | Helen Alfredsson |
| Na Yeon Choi | Asia 3&2 | Paula Creamer |
| Song-Hee Kim | Asia 1 up | Cristie Kerr |
| Eun-Hee Ji | Halved | Karen Stupples |
| Jeong Jang | Int'l 1 up | Katherine Hull |
| Mayumi Shimomura | Int'l 2&1 | Natalie Gulbis |
| Namika Omata | Halved | Christina Kim |
| Candie Kung | Asia 3&2 | Nikki Campbell |
| Seon Hwa Lee | Int'l 4&3 | Angela Stanford |
| 5 ½ | Singles | 6 ½ |
| 11 ½ | Overall | 12 ½ |
External links
- Lexus Cup - official site