2006 Lexus Cup
Dates | 15–17 December 2006 | ||||
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Venue | Tanah Merah Country Club | ||||
Location | Singapore | ||||
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Asia wins the Lexus Cup | |||||
The 2006 Lexus Cup was a
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.
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International
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Day one
15 December 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
Asia Team | Results | International Team |
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Seon Hwa Lee
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Asia 6&5 | Brittany Lincicome/Laura Davies |
Jee Young Lee/Meena Lee
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Asia 2 up | Natalie Gulbis/Paula Creamer |
Shi Hyun Ahn
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Halved | Angela Stanford/Stacy Prammanasudh |
Se Ri Pak
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Int'l 4&3 | Morgan Pressel/Julieta Granada |
Joo Mi Kim/Sakura Yokomine
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Int'l 3&2 | Carin Koch/Annika Sörenstam |
Candie Kung/Jennifer Rosales | Halved | Sherri Steinhauer/Nikki Campbell |
3 | Foursomes | 3 |
3 | Overall | 3 |
Day two
'16 December 2006
The two teams matched up in four ball competition on day two. South Koreans
Asia Team | Results | International Team |
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Jee Young Lee
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Int'l 2 up | Natalie Gulbis/Annika Sörenstam |
Hee-Won Han/Grace Park
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Asia 1 up | Morgan Pressel/Julieta Granada |
Joo Mi Kim
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Int'l 3&2 | Paula Creamer/Stacy Prammanasudh |
Candie Kung/Jennifer Rosales | Asia 3&1 | Brittany Lincicome/Nikki Campbell |
Young Kim/Sakura Yokomine | Asia 2 up | Laura Davies/Carin Koch |
Se Ri Pak
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Asia 4&2 | Sherri Steinhauer/Angela Stanford |
4 | Four balls | 2 |
7 | Overall | 5 |
Day three
17 December 2006
Day three went to the very final match as
Asia Team | Results | International Team |
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Grace Park | Int'l 4&3 | Annika Sörenstam |
Candie Kung | Int'l 1 up | Paula Creamer |
Meena Lee | Halved | Angela Stanford |
Jee Young Lee
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Asia 5&4 | Morgan Pressel |
Shi Hyun Ahn
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Int'l 4&3 | Stacy Prammanasudh |
Young Kim | Asia 3&2 | Carin Koch |
Hee-Won Han
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Asia 3&2 | Nikki Campbell |
Jennifer Rosales | Int'l 4&3 | Sherri Steinhauer |
Sakura Yokomine | Asia 4&3 | Laura Davies |
Joo Mi Kim
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Int'l 5&4 | Natalie Gulbis |
Seon Hwa Lee
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Asia 2&1 | Julieta Granada |
Se Ri Pak
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Int'l 4&2 | Brittany Lincicome |
51⁄2 | Singles | 61⁄2 |
121⁄2 | Overall | 111⁄2 |
Golfer records
Golfer | Country | Wins | Halves | Losses |
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Young Kim | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Seon Hwa Lee |
South Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Annika Sörenstam | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Stacy Prammanasudh | United States | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Jee Young Lee |
South Korea | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Natalie Gulbis | United States | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Paula Creamer | United States | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Hee-Won Han |
South Korea | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Sakura Yokomine | Japan | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Grace Park | South Korea | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Candie Kung | Taiwan | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Jennifer Rosales | Philippines | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Sherri Steinhauer | United States | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Meena Lee | South Korea | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Morgan Pressel | United States | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Julieta Granada | Paraguay | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Carin Koch | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Se Ri Pak |
South Korea | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Brittany Lincicome | United States | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Angela Stanford | United States | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Shi Hyun Ahn |
South Korea | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Nikki Campbell | Australia | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Laura Davies | England | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Joo Mi Kim |
South Korea | 0 | 0 | 3 |
References
- ^ International, Asia Team Tied at Lexus
- ^ Asia team takes lead at Lexus Cup
- ^ Asia leads in Lexus Cup women's golf[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Asia Storm Home At Lexus Cup". Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ "Asia fends off Sörenstam's Internationals' charge to win Lexus Cup". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
External links
- Lexus Cup - official site