Dame Laura Davies - Photo: DR

At 52, the British player, quadruple major winner, took up the challenge of playing and driving eight other players for the inaugural tournament in Aichi, Japan from December 4 to 6, 2015.

"It is an extraordinary event and I will take the opportunity given to me to play"said Laura Davies, Britain's most capped player with 79 career titles. “I love Japan and that's one of the reasons I wanted to be there. "

The tournament brings together teams of nine players representing four of the main female golf circuits recognized by the official world ranking: the Ladies European tours, the Japanese LPGA circuit, the Korean LPGA and Australian Ladies Professional Golf Inc.

The first two days of the tournament will feature fourball and quartets match play, with eight players from each team. The last day of play in singles match all nine players will be present.

Davies, who made 12 appearances for Europe at The Solheim Cup from 1990 to 2011, continued: “As the game captain, I have to put my team in battle order and make everyone have fun. When I was offered this challenge I said yes right away. I see myself playing in the fourball and I am going to give up the quartets. I'm just going to make everyone an opponent to dominate. When the singles matches arrive on Sunday, then it will be every man for himself and there will be just one point on the map to beat the opponent. I think it's going to be a lot of fun. "

Rent CEO Ivan Khodabakhsh said: “The Ladies European Tour is pleased that Laura has accepted the role of Captain for the first edition of 'The Queens' presented by Kowa. Laura is a sports icon whose popularity transcends borders and golf. We would like to thank the sponsors, Mainichi Broadcasting Systems Inc. and the Kowa Company Ltd, for their invaluable support of this new tournament. Everyone at the Ladies European Tour is extremely happy to be involved and we are all very excited to be at the start. "

The tournament will be televised live globally on days two and three. The total amount of the endowments leaves one dreaming, ¥ 100 (approximately 000 euros). The winning team will have 000 million yen (741,525 euros), plus 45 million yen for a donation to the charity of their choice.

The nine players representing the Ladies European Tour will include Davies as selected captain, the first six eligible players of the LET Order of Merit and the next two eligible for world ranking. The team will be finalized later this month.