2023 International Crown Explained

2023 Hanwha LifePlus International Crown
Dates:	May 4–7, 2023
Location:	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Course:	TPC Harding Park
Org:	LPGA
Format:	Team – match play
Par:	72
Field:	32 players; 8 nations, 4 players each
Cut:	20 players to Sunday singles (5 teams)
Purse:	$1.6 million
Winners Share:	$400,000 team ($100,000 per player)
Previous:	2018

The 2023 Hanwha LifePlus International Crown was a women's golf team event organized by the LPGA, played May 4–7 at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, California. This was the fourth International Crown, a biennial match play event contested between teams of four players representing eight countries. The winning team earn $500,000, or $125,000 per player.

Format

The competition took place over four days. It featured four-ball competition on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The top two countries from each pool advanced to Sunday. Two semifinal matches will be played Sunday morning. Each semifinal match consisted of two singles matches and one foursomes match. The winning semifinal countries competed in the final match on Sunday afternoon, and a third-place match took place between the two losing semifinal countries. Both matches used the same format as the semifinals.

Course

See main article: TPC Harding Park.

Teams

On November 21, 2022, immediately following the CME Group Tour Championship, eight teams qualified to participate in this event, based on the combined Women's World Golf Rankings of the top four players from each country: Australia, China, England, Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States.^[1]

The team members were announced on April 11, 2023, confirmed via the Women's World Golf Rankings as of April 3, and divided into two pools.^[2]

Teams! Pool !! Seed !! Rank !! Country

A	1	34
B	2	48
B	3	100
A	4	111
A	5	174
B	6	213
B	7	309
A	8	481

Pool A	Pool B
1 United States Rank Player 2 Nelly Korda 6 Lexi Thompson 12 Lilia Vu 14 Danielle Kang	#2 South Korea! Rank !! Player 3 Ko Jin-young 9 Kim Hyo-joo 11 Chun In-gee 25 Choi Hye-jin
4 Sweden ! Rank !! Player 27 Maja Stark 28 Madelene Sagström 34 Anna Nordqvist 117 Caroline Hedwall	#3 Japan! Rank !! Player 13 Nasa Hataoka 19 Ayaka Furue 30 Yuka Saso 38 Hinako Shibuno
#5 England! Rank !! Player 45 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 103 Bronte Law 165 Alice Hewson 207 Liz Young	#6 Thailand! Rank !! Player 4 Atthaya Thitikul 57 Patty Tavatanakit 71 Moriya Jutanugarn 81 Ariya Jutanugarn
#8 China! Rank !! Player 17 Lin Xiyu 32 Yin Ruoning 181 Yu Liu 251 Ruixin Liu	#7 Australia! Rank !! Player 5 Minjee Lee 23 Hannah Green 107 Stephanie Kyriacou 174 Sarah Kemp

Changes:

• for Sweden, Linn Grant (ranked 22) was unable to participate and was replaced by Caroline Hedwall.^[3]
• for England, Georgia Hall (ranked 10) and Charley Hull (ranked 16) withdrew late and were replaced by Alice Hewson and Liz Young.^[4]

Results

Round one pool play

Thursday, May 4, 2023^[5]

Pool A

• Sweden vs. England
  • Nordqvist/Hedwall (SWE) defeated Law/Ewart Shadoff (ENG), 4 & 3
  • Sagström/Stark (SWE) defeated Young/Hewson (ENG), 5 & 4
• United States vs. China
  • Vu/Korda (USA) defeated Yin/Lin (CHN), 2 & 1
  • R Liu/L Liu (CHN) defeated Kang/Thompson (USA), 1 up

Standings after round one

Seed	Team	Points	Win	Loss	Tie
4		2	2	0	0
1		1	1	1	0
8		1	1	1	0
5		0	0	2	0

Pool B

• Japan vs. Thailand
  • Thitikul/Tavatanakit (THA) defeated Saso/Furue (JPN), 1 up
  • M Jutanugarn/A Jutanugarn (THA) defeated Hataoka/Shibuno (JPN), 2 up
• South Korea vs. Australia
  • Lee/Kyriacou (AUS) defeated Choi/Chun (KOR), 2 up
  • Green/Kemp (AUS) defeated Kim/Ko (KOR), 2 & 1

Standings after round one

Seed	Team	Points	Win	Loss	Tie
6		2	2	0	0
7		2	2	0	0
2		0	0	2	0
3		0	0	2	0

Round two pool play

Friday, May 5, 2023

Pool A

• Sweden vs. China
  • Sagström/Stark (SWE) defeated Yin/Lin (CHN), 2 & 1
  • Nordqvist/Hedwall (SWE) defeated R Liu/L Liu (CHN), 2 & 1
• United States vs. England
  • Vu/Korda (USA) defeated Young/Hewson (ENG), 2 & 1
  • Kang/Thompson (USA) defeated Law/Ewart Shadoff (ENG), 3 & 2

Standings after round two

Seed	Team	Points	Win	Loss	Tie
4		4	4	0	0
1		3	3	1	0
8		1	1	3	0
5		0	0	4	0

Pool B

• Japan vs. Australia
  • Lee/Kyriacou (AUS) defeated Hataoka/Furue (JPN), 2 up
  • Green/Kemp (AUS) and Shibuno/Saso (JPN), halved
• Thailand vs. South Korea
  • Thitikul/Tavatanakit (THA) defeated Kim/Ko (KOR), 3 & 2
  • M Jutanugarn/A Jutanugarn (THA) defeated Choi/Chun (KOR), 2 & 1

Standings after round two

Seed	Team	Points	Win	Loss	Tie
6		4	4	0	0
7		3.5	3	0	1
3		0.5	0	3	1
2		0	0	4	0

Round three pool play

Saturday, May 6, 2023

Pool A

• Sweden vs. United States
  • Nordqvist/Hedwall (SWE) defeated Kang/Thompson (USA), 1 up
  • Vu/Korda (USA) and Sagström/Stark (SWE), halved
• China vs. England
  • Yin/Lin (CHN) defeated Law/Ewart Shadoff (ENG), 2 & 1
  • Young/Hewson (ENG) defeated R Liu/L Liu (CHN), 1 up

Standings after round three

Seed	Team	Points	Win	Loss	Tie
4		5.5	5	0	1
1		3.5	3	2	1
8		2	2	4	0
5		1	1	5	0

Pool B

• Thailand vs. Australia
  • M Jutanugarn/A Jutanugarn (THA) defeated Green/Kemp (AUS), 3 & 2
  • Thitikul/Tavatanakit (THA) defeated Lee/Kyriacou (AUS), 1 up
• Japan vs. South Korea
  • Kim/Ko (KOR) defeated Shibuno/Saso (JPN), 3 & 2
  • Choi/Chun (KOR) defeated Hataoka/Furue (JPN), 2 & 1

Standings after round three

Seed	Team	Points	Win	Loss	Tie
6		6	6	0	0
7		3.5	3	2	1
2		2	2	4	0
3		0.5	0	5	1

Finals

Sunday, May 7, 2023

Semi finals

• Sweden vs. Australia
  • Kyriacou (AUS) defeated Nordqvist (SWE), 4 & 3
  • Green (AUS) defeated Hedwall (SWE), 3 & 2
  • Lee/Kemp (AUS) defeated Sagström/Stark (SWE), 5 & 3
• United States vs. Thailand
  • Thitikul (THA) defeated Thompson (USA), 3 & 2
  • Vu (USA) defeated Tavatanakit (THA), 1 up
  • M Jutanugarn/A Jutanugarn (THA) defeated Kang/Korda (USA), 1 up

3rd place match

• Sweden vs. United States
  • Sagström (SWE) defeated Vu (USA), 5 & 4
  • Thompson (USA) defeated Stark (SWE), 3 & 2
  • Kang/Korda (USA) defeated Nordqvist/Hedwall (SWE), 1 up

Final

• Thailand vs. Australia
  • Thitikul (THA) defeated Kyriacou (AUS), 4 & 2
  • Tavatanakit (THA) defeated Green (AUS), 4 & 3
  • M Jutanugarn/A Jutanugarn (THA) defeated Lee/Kemp (AUS), 4 & 3

Final standings

Place	Team	Points	Win	Loss	Tie	Money ($) (per player)^[6]
1		11	11	1	0	125,000
2		6.5	6	5	1	75,900
3		6.5	6	5	1	64,400
4		6.5	6	5	1	55,200
T5		2	2	4	0	40,825
		2	2	4	0
7		1	1	5	0	35,650
8		0.5	0	5	1	32,200

External links

• • Coverage on the official LPGA website

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Eight Countries Locked in for 2023 Hanwha LifePlus International Crown . LPGA . 18 April 2023.
2. Web site: Team Standings . LPGA . 2023 . April 18, 2023.
3. News: Romine . Brentley . LPGA's Linn Grant still not allowed in U.S., will miss Chevron, International Crown . May 2, 2023 . Golf Channel . April 16, 2023.
4. News: Paisley . Kent . Remaining English members fuming that Georgia Hall and Charley Hull bailed on them at last possible moment . May 2, 2023 . Golf Digest . May 2, 2023.
5. News: U.S. splits with China on first day of International Crown . ESPN . Associated Press . May 4, 2023.
6. 2023 Hanwha Lifeplus International Crown prize money payouts for each LPGA player at TPC Harding Park . Golfweek . Beth Ann . Nichols . May 7, 2023.