The Lexus Cup was an annual

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tournament played between 2005 and 2008 for professional women golfers contested by a team representing

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and an international team representing the rest of the world. It was sanctioned by the

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,Lexus Cup 2008
but any winnings were unofficial and were not included in the LPGA money list standings. The title sponsor was

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, a luxury automobile maker. It was one many new team golf tournaments founded on the model of the

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since that tournament became a star attraction in golf in the 1980s. In women's golf it complemented the

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, which is contested by teams from United States and Europe. The inaugural Cup was held 9–11 December 2005, with a total purse of

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960,000 ($50,000 to each member of the winning team and $30,000 to members of the losing team). In 2005, the two team captains were chosen early in the year and selected the players that made up their respective teams. Starting in 2006 a qualifying system was used, with each team composed of the top four players from the

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, the top four remaining players from the ADT Official Money List, two sponsor's picks, and two captain's picks. The tournament was a series of

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matches played over three days, Friday through Sunday, with each golfer playing every day.LPGA.com Lexus Cup
/ref> The Friday schedule had six foursomes matches; Saturday had six four-balls; and 12 singles matches are played on Sunday. This was a format modified from the

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. If the scores were tied at the end of the singles matches, the captains competed in a sudden-death playoff. A foursomes match is a competition between two teams of two golfers. The golfers on the same team take alternate shots on each hole with the same ball, with one golfer teeing off on all odd-numbered holes and the other teeing off on even-numbered holes. Each hole is won by the team that completes the hole in the fewest strokes. A four-ball match is also a competition between two teams of two golfers, but all four golfers play their own balls throughout the round rather than alternating shots, and each hole is won by the team whose individual golfer has the lowest score. A singles match is a standard matchplay competition between two golfers.

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