LAURA AND BRITTANY WELL BEATEN
IN LEXUS CUP FOURSOMES
Laura Davies - the only British representative in Annika Sorenstam's team, and American Brittany Lincicombe, another big hitter, were reminded, not for the first time, that length is not everything in the Lexus Cup opening day over the Garden Course at Tana Merah Country Club in Singapore.
Laura and Brittany had a big advantage off the tee in the first-day foursomes tie against South Koreans Seon Hwa Lee and Young Kim - but lost by the comprehensive margin of 6 and 5.
At the end of the first day, the International Team, skippered by Annika, and Asia, captained by Grace Park, were tied at 3-3.
Annika and Carin Koch contributed a point to the International team total by beating Joo Mi Kim and Sakura Yokomine 3 and 2 after being two down in the early stages.
The teams will play six better-ball matches on Saturday and the LPGA Tour-sanctioned event will conclude on Sunday with 12 singles matches.
Young LPGA stars Julieta Granada and Morgan Pressel gave the International team another full point, beating Se Ri Pak and Hee-Won Han 4 and 3.
Pressel, only 19, ended the match with an eagle 3 on the par-5 15th where she holed a No 9 iron shot from 122 yads.
Jee Young Lee and Meena Lee came back from four down to score a notable two-hole win for Asia over Natalie Gulbis and Paula Creamer.
Two matches finished all square.
International players Angela Stanford and Stacy Prammanasudh halved with Grace Park and Shi Hyun Ahn while Asia's Candie Kung and Jennifer Rosales halved with Sherri Steinhauer and Nikki Campbell.
If the teams finish level on points after the Sunday session, Sorenstam and Park will have a sudden-death play-off to determine the winning team of which the members will each receive $50,000 each. The losing team players will get $30,000 each.