2016 International Crown


The 2016 International Crown was a women's golf team event organized by the LPGA, played July 21–24 at the Merit Club in Libertyville, Illinois, north of Chicago. This was the second International Crown, a biennial match play event contested between teams of four players representing eight countries.

Format

The first three days, Thursday through Saturday, featured round-robin pool play matches at fourball. Each match was worth two points for a win and one point for a halve. Following the completion of pool play, the top two teams in each pool and one wild card team advanced to singles play. The five remaining teams were re-seeded based on points earned in pool play, and each team played one singles match against each of the other teams on Sunday. The total points earned in pool and singles play determined the team champion.

Course

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Teams

On April 3, 2016, eight teams qualified to participate in this event, based on the combined world rankings of the top four players from each country: South Korea, United States, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, England, China and Australia. Defending champion Spain did not qualify. The team members were finalized on June 13, 2016, and divided into two pools. The top two teams from 2014, Spain and Sweden, failed to make the 2016 field. China and England made the field for the first time.
PoolSeedRankCountry
A122
B248
B3150
A4261
A5264
B6298
B7360
A8395

Pool APool B

Changes:

Day one pool play

Thursday, July 21, 2016
;Pool A
  • South Korea vs. China
  • *Match 7: Yang/Chun defeated Sh. Feng/Lin, 1 up
  • *Match 8: Si. Feng/Yan defeated Ryu/Kim, 1 up
  • Australia vs. Chinese Taipei
  • *Match 1: Tseng/Lu defeated Webb/Oh, 3 & 2
  • *Match 2: Kung/Cheng defeated Lee/Artis, 2 up
;Standings
SeedTeamPointsWinLossTie
54200
12110
82110
40020

;Pool B
  • United States vs. England
  • *Match 5: Ewart Shadoff/Clyburn defeated Kerr/Thompson, 2 & 1
  • *Match 6: Hull/Reid defeated Piller/Lewis, 2 & 1
  • Japan vs. Thailand
  • *Match 3: M. Jutanugarn/Phatlum defeated Miyazato/Nomura, 2 & 1
  • *Match 4: Suzuki/Watanabe and Chutichai/A. Jutanugarn, halved
;Standings
SeedTeamPointsWinLossTie
74200
63101
31011
20020

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Day two pool play

Friday, July 22, 2016
;Pool A
  • South Korea vs. Chinese Taipei
  • *Match 15: Ryu/Kim defeated Tseng/Lu, 3 & 2
  • *Match 16: Kung/Cheng defeated Yang/Chun, 2 & 1
  • Australia vs. China
  • *Match 9: Lee/Oh and Sh. Feng/Lin, halved
  • *Match 10: Webb/Artis defeated Si. Feng/Yan, 2 & 1
;Standings
SeedTeamPointsWinLossTie
56310
14220
43121
83121

;Pool B
  • United States vs. Thailand
  • *Match 13: Piller/Lewis and M. Jutanugarn/Phatlum, halved
  • *Match 14: Kerr/Thompson defeated Chutichai/A. Jutanugarn, 4 & 3
  • Japan vs. England
  • *Match 11: Suzuki/Watanabe and Ewart Shadoff/Clyburn, halved
  • *Match 12: Miyazato/Nomura defeated Hull/Reid, 1 up
;Standings
SeedTeamPointsWinLossTie
75211
34112
64112
23121

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Day three pool play

Saturday, July 23, 2016
Sunday, July 24, 2016
Play was suspended due to lightning with only the South Korea/Australia matches yet to be completed. England and the United States advanced to singles play from pool B. Play resumed Sunday morning with South Korea winning both its matches with Australia to advance, along with Chinese Taipei, to singles play.
;Pool A
  • South Korea vs. Australia
  • *Match 23: Yang/Chun defeated Lee/Oh, 1 up
  • *Match 24: Ryu/Kim defeated Webb/Artis, 3 & 2
  • Chinese Taipei vs. China
  • *Match 19: Kung/Lu and Sh. Feng/Si. Feng, halved
  • *Match 20: Yan/Lin defeated Tseng/Cheng, 5 & 4
;Standings
SeedTeamPointsWinLossTie
18420
57321
86222
43141

;Pool B
  • United States vs. Japan
  • *Match 21: Piller/Lewis defeated Miyazato/Nomura, 2 & 1
  • *Match 22: Kerr/Thompson defeated Suzuki/Watanabe, 4 & 2
  • Thailand vs. England
  • *Match 17: Ewart Shadoff/Clyburn defeated Phatlum/Chutichai, 7 & 5
  • *Match 18: Hull/Reid defeated A. Jutanugarn/M. Jutanugarn/, 2 & 1
;Standings
SeedTeamPointsWinLossTie
79411
27321
64132
34132

;Wild card
China, Japan, and Thailand advanced to the wildcard playoff by finishing third in their pools. Japan advanced when Ayaka Watanabe eagled the first playoff hole.
;Standings
ReseedTeamPointsWinLossTie
19411
28420
37321
47321
54132

Singles play

Sunday, July 24, 2016
  • Match 25: Kung defeated Suzuki, 2 & 1
  • Match 26: Lewis defeated Miyazato, 3 & 2
  • Match 27: Piller defeated Tseng, 4 & 3
  • Match 28: Nomura defeated Yang, 3 & 2
  • Match 29: Watanabe defeated Clyburn, 1 up
  • Match 30: Lu defeated Chun, 4 & 3
  • Match 31: Ewart Shadoff defeated Cheng, 1 up
  • Match 32: Ryu defeated Thompson, 2 & 1
  • Match 33: Kerr defeated Reid, 3 & 2
  • Match 34: Kim defeated Hull, 5 & 4
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Final standings

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