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The illustrious Lauras Davies at the head of eight other players representing the European Tour team, against the Australian, Korean and Japanese golf circuits.

"This is the first time that I had the immense privilege of being a captain", says Laura Davies. “It's not like being captain of the Solheim Cup, it's much more relaxed” “I wasn't interested in being captain of a Solheim Cup, but this is different. As game leaders, you put your team in battle order and it's important for me to have fun ” 

Davies intends to inspire his daughters through her first round with Melissa Reid for the first four-ball game against Ayaka Watanabe of Japan and Erika Kikuchi at 9am local time on Friday.

"I like to start there first, so that, Mel and I 'well I hope' can win our game quickly and then go out to support the others," she said, adding, "I don't really need to. motivation or anyone on our team for that matter. If you are there, you will naturally want to give the best of yourself ”.

The tournament format includes eight fourballs for day one, eight foursomes for day two and 18 singles matches for day three. Scoring will be done by a point system and each match is worth three points to the winning team.

If a match ends in a tie after 18 holes, one point will be awarded to each team.

"I hold the system because I think it will go down on Sunday afternoon for the last three matches", said Davies. "It's hard to know ahead of time what the score will be for the first year, but I guess 11 or 12 points, maybe 13."

“I think if we could get five of the eight points in the first two laps we'll take a good option for the win. " 

The Europe team poses in front of the Fairexx truck, logistics partner of the Ladies European Tour - Photo credit: © LET

The four teams play for pride, with a generous endowment of 100 million yen. Davies estimates that Japan is the favorite to claim 45 million yen, the first prize.

Captain Momoka Ueda representing the Japanese LPGA team commented: “I'm sure there will be great public support and we will have the advantage of playing at home. "

The South Korean Captain of the Professional Golf Association team Bo-Mee Lee commented: “I am very honored to play in this wonderful tournament, surrounded by fantastic players. It will certainly be a very close tournament, but my main goal is to win this first edition with the Korea team. " 

The Australian Ladies Professional Golf team, which has two returning maternity players, will play for the pride of their country and captain Rachel Hetherington explained: “The tournament is a unique opportunity for our players to participate in a team event for the first time as professionals. We don't have any other opportunities at the moment, for many of our players this is their first time representing their country. We are super excited. "

Peter Ivan Khodabakhsh Director of LET commented: “Everyone at the Ladies European Tour is extremely excited to kick off this first edition of 'The Queens' which will be a unique and exciting match play tournament. There is nothing more exciting than playing games where the continents compete like teams. Interest in professional women's golf is stronger than ever, especially with the upcoming Olympic Games looming. Which is a great opportunity to connect and collaborate with our colleagues. Together, I am confident that we will create an unprecedented world-class showcase for women's golf to contribute to the development of the sport around the world ” .

See the results live: http://www.mbs.jp/thequeens2015/score/