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 9-11, 2005. Lexus was he 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.
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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.
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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.
| Asia Team | Results | International Team |
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| Hee-Won Han/Candie Kung | Asia 5&4 | Carin Koch/Janice Moodie |
| Grace Park/Jennifer Rosales | International 3&2 | Sophie Gustafson/Suzann Pettersen |
| Naree Song/Aree Song | Asia 5&4 | Natalie Gulbis/Jill McGill |
| Jeong Jang/Meena Lee | International 2&1 | Annika Sörenstam/Paula Creamer |
| Birdie Kim/Hee Jung Park | International 2&1 | Marisa Baena/Erica Blasberg |
| Riko Higashio/Namika Omata | International 5&4 | Catriona Matthew/Karen Stupples |
| 2 | Foursomes | 4 |
| 2 | Overall | 4 |
December 10, 2005
The two teams matched up in four ball competition on day two. The international team won three matches to one, with two others being halved, to give them an 8 to 4 lead going into Sunday's singles.
| Asia Team | Results | International Team |
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| Hee-Won Han/Birdie Kim | International 4&2 | Carin Koch/Marisa Baena |
| Aree Song/Naree Song | International 4&3 | Sophie Gustafson/Suzann Pettersen |
| Candie Kung/Jeong Jang | International 3&2 | Paula Creamer/Natalie Gulbis |
| Grace Park/Riko Higashio | Asia 3&2 | Janice Moodie/Catriona Matthew |
| Jennifer Rosales/Namika Omata | Match halved | Erica Blasberg/Jill McGill |
| Meena Lee/Hee Jung Park | Match halved | Annika Sörenstam/Karen Stupples |
| 2 | Four balls | 4 |
| 4 | Overall | 8 |
December 11, 2005
On day three, the international team won 8 singles matches to 4, for a final margin of 16 to 8.
| Asia Team | Results | International Team |
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| Grace Park | International 2&1 | Annika Sörenstam |
| Birdie Kim | International 7&5 | Paula Creamer |
| Jeong Jang | Asia 1 up | Jill McGill |
| Hee-Won Han | Asia 2 up | Marisa Baena |
| Candie Kung | Asia 5&4 | Janice Moodie |
| Meena Lee | International 3&1 | Natalie Gulbis |
| Aree Song | International 1 up | Sophie Gustafson |
| Riko Higashio | International 3&2 | Erica Blasberg |
| Naree Song | International 4&3 | Karen Stupples |
| Hee Jung Park | International 2&1 | Carin Koch |
| Jennifer Rosales | Asia 4&3 | Catriona Matthew |
| Namika Omata | International 1 up | Suzann Pettersen |
| 4 | Singles | 8 |
| 8 | Overall | 16 |
| Golfer | Country | Wins | Halves | Losses |
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| Paula Creamer | United States | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sophie Gustafson | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Suzann Pettersen | Norway | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Erica Blasberg | United States | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Annika Sörenstam | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Karen Stupples | England | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Marisa Baena | Colombia | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Natalie Gulbis | United States | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Hee-Won Han | South Korea | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Carin Koch | Sweden | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Candie Kung | Taiwan | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jennifer Rosales | Philippines | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Riko Higashio | Japan | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeong Jang | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Catriona Matthew | Scotland | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Grace Park | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Aree Song | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Naree Song | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Meena Lee | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jill McGill | United States | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Namika Omata | Japan | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Hee Jung Park | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Birdie Kim | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Janice Moodie | Scotland | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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