The 36 players representing four of the world’s top female golf tours in the second playing of The Queens presented by Kowa, arrived at Miyoshi Country Club on Tuesday.
The 36 players representing four of the world’s top female golf tours in the second playing of The Queens presented by Kowa, arrived at Miyoshi Country Club outside Nagoya in Japan on Tuesday in anticipation of Friday’s start to the annual team match play competition.
Players, new and returning alike, expressed their excitement to participate in the 2016 edition of this unique tournament, being contested by four teams of nine players from the Ladies European Tour, the Ladies Professional Golfers’ Association of Japan (JLPGA), Korean Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA) and Australian Ladies Professional Golf (ALPG).
“I think it's going to be one of the best weeks in my life!” said Ladies European Tour rookie Nuria Iturrios.
Florentyna Parker said: “It was my goal at the beginning of the year to qualify for the team so I’m really pleased that I managed to do that. We are all very excited for this week and most of us haven’t been to Japan before, so it’s great to be here and to be able to play an exciting format and be a team for a week.”
Linda Wessberg said: “I’m very excited because it’s been a while since I’ve played team competition. We have the annual Swedish team matchplay championship where you represent your club but other than that it was The 2007 Solheim Cup.”
Nanna Koerstz Madsen, who has returned for her second appearance, added:
“It feels good to be back. I really like the tournament, it’s a great set-up and the course is good. I really enjoy playing as a team. I think we have a better team spirit, which can make all the difference.”
Becky Morgan said: “I think everyone is really up for it. The Japanese and Korean teams look good on paper but if we’re enthusiastic and give it our all, I think we’ve got a good chance.”
Georgia Hall said: “I think we have a great chance of winning because we’re all playing well and we all get along. We are all excited for the week and I’m excited to play as part of a team, because golf is so individual. It’s nice to be all as one, wanting each other to do well.”
A total of 32 matches will be played over three days: with eight fourball matches onday one, eight foursomes matches on day two and 16 singles matches on day three. Scoring is done via a points system, with each match being worth 3 points to the winning team. If a match ends all square after 18 holes, 1 point is awarded to each team. On completion of the first 2 days, the leading two teams will contest the "Championship Final" on Sunday 4th December, while the other 2 teams will contest the "Third Place Final." Pairings for Friday’s fourball matches will be announced on Wednesday.
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