Dates: Friday, October 27th through Sunday, October 29th
Site: Sohsei Country Club, Narita, Chiba, Japan
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,404
Annual: 22nd
Defending Champion: United States
Runner-Up: Japan
Series Record: United States 19-2
Largest winning margin: 23-9 (1993, USA def. Japan)
Smallest winning margin: 19-17 (1995, USA def. Japan)
Total Purse: $765,000
Shares: 1st Place - $40,500; 2nd Place - 23,250
Past Cisco World Ladies Challenge Winners - (Individual Winners)
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1999 -- United States (15 1/2 - 18 1/2)
1998 -- United States (24 - 12)
1997 -- United States (23 - 13)
1996 -- United States (21 1/2 - 14 1/2)
1995 -- United States (19 - 17)
1994 -- United States (22 1/2 - 13 1/2)
1993 -- United States (23 - 9)
1992 -- United States (21 1/2 - 10 1/2)
1991 -- United States (21 1/2 - 10 1/2)
1990 -- United States (22 1/2 - 13)
1989 -- United States (3487 - 2568) -- Colleen Walker (210)
1988 -- United States (17 - 11) -- Beth Daniel (139)
1987 -- United States (17 1/2 - 10 1/2) -- Fukumi Tani (139)
1986 -- United States (19 - 17) -- Ayako Okamoto (140)
1985 -- United States (32 - 16) -- Jan Stephenson (138)
1984 -- Japan (49 - 41) -- Hollis Stacy (138)
1983 -- United States (51 - 39) -- Chako Higuchi (142)
1982 -- United States (34 - 26) -- Nayako Yoshikawa (141)
1981 -- Japan (1856 - 1847) -- Chako Higuchi (180)
1980 -- United States (2309 - 2290) -- Amy Alcott (224)
1979 -- United States (1156 - 1145) -- Yuko Moriguchi (137)
Note: Formerly called Pioneer Cup (1979-82), Sports Nippon Team
Match (1983), Nichirei International (1998-99). Individual
competition format ended after 1989.
Players in the Field
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United States LPGA Team
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Sophie Gustafson Cristie Kerr Nancy Scranton
Becky Iverson Carin Koch Annika Sorenstam
Rosie Jones Se Ri Pak Charlotta Sorenstam
Lorie Kane Michele Redman Sherri Steinhauer
Alternate - Wendy Doolan
Japan LPGA Team
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Yuri Fudoh Aki Takamura Hsiu-Feng Tseng
Junko Yasui Kaori Higo Orie Fujino
Aki Nakano Kasumi Fujii Akiko Fukushima
Midori Yoneyama Ok-Hee Ku Hiromi Kobayashi
Alternates - Mineko Nasu, Toshimi Kimura
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