# 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

| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
| Yards | 431 | 194 | 544 | 402 | 367 | 262 | 179 | 468 | 216 | 3,063 | 577 | 349 | 433 | 382 | 152 | 385 | 490 | 443 | 394 | 3,605 | 6,668 |
| Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 72 |
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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.
Teams :
| Pool | Seed | Rank | Country |
| A | 1 | 22 | South Korea |
| B | 2 | 48 | United States |
| B | 3 | 150 | Japan |
| A | 4 | 261 | Australia |
| A | 5 | 264 | Chinese Taipei |
| B | 6 | 298 | Thailand |
| B | 7 | 360 | England |
| A | 8 | 395 | China |
#1 South Korea :
| Pool A | Pool B |
| #1 South Korea RankPlayer 5Kim Sei-young 6Chun In-gee 8Amy Yang 11Ryu So-yeon | #2 United States RankPlayer 4Lexi Thompson 9Stacy Lewis 15Gerina Piller 20Cristie Kerr |
| #4 Australia RankPlayer 13Minjee Lee 40Su-Hyun Oh 53Karrie Webb 155Rebecca Artis | #3 Japan RankPlayer 22Haru Nomura 42Mika Miyazato 45Ayaka Watanabe 62Ai Suzuki |
| #5 Chinese Taipei RankPlayer 25Teresa Lu 37Candie Kung 70Yani Tseng 132Ssu-Chia Cheng | #6 Thailand RankPlayer 7Ariya Jutanugarn 32Pornanong Phatlum 95Moriya Jutanugarn 164Porani Chutichai |
| #8 China RankPlayer 12Shanshan Feng 58Lin Xiyu 115Jing Yan 233Simin Feng | #7 England RankPlayer 26Charley Hull 102Holly Clyburn 107Melissa Reid 125Jodi Ewart Shadoff |
Changes:
* for South Korea, Inbee Park (ranked 3) did not play due to an injury and the first alternate Jang Ha-na (10) could not play
* for Japan, Shiho Oyama (41) did not play due to an injury
* for China, Yuting Shi (210) could not play

## Results
### Day one pool play

Thursday, July 21, 2016

#### Pool A

* South Korea vs. China
** Match 7: Yang/Chun (KOR) defeated Sh. Feng/Lin (CHN), 1 up
** Match 8: Si. Feng/Yan (CHN) defeated Ryu/Kim (KOR), 1 up
* Australia vs. Chinese Taipei
** Match 1: Tseng/Lu (TPE) defeated Webb/Oh (AUS), 3 & 2
** Match 2: Kung/Cheng (TPE) defeated Lee/Artis (AUS), 2 up

#### Standings

| Seed | Team | Points | Win | Loss | Tie |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | South Korea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | China | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

#### Pool B

* United States vs. England
** Match 5: Ewart Shadoff/Clyburn (ENG) defeated Kerr/Thompson (USA), 2 & 1
** Match 6: Hull/Reid (ENG) defeated Piller/Lewis (USA), 2 & 1
* Japan vs. Thailand
** Match 3: M. Jutanugarn/Phatlum (THA) defeated Miyazato/Nomura (JPN), 2 & 1
** Match 4: Suzuki/Watanabe (JPN) and Chutichai/A. Jutanugarn (THA), halved

#### Standings

| Seed | Team | Points | Win | Loss | Tie |
| 7 | England | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | United States | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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### Day two pool play

Friday, July 22, 2016

#### Pool A

* South Korea vs. Chinese Taipei
** Match 15: Ryu/Kim (KOR) defeated Tseng/Lu (TPE), 3 & 2
** Match 16: Kung/Cheng (TPE) defeated Yang/Chun (KOR), 2 & 1
* Australia vs. China
** Match 9: Lee/Oh (AUS) and Sh. Feng/Lin (CHN), halved
** Match 10: Webb/Artis (AUS) defeated Si. Feng/Yan (CHN), 2 & 1

#### Standings

| Seed | Team | Points | Win | Loss | Tie |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | South Korea | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | China | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |

#### Pool B

* United States vs. Thailand
** Match 13: Piller/Lewis (USA) and M. Jutanugarn/Phatlum (THA), halved
** Match 14: Kerr/Thompson (USA) defeated Chutichai/A. Jutanugarn (THA), 4 & 3
* Japan vs. England
** Match 11: Suzuki/Watanabe (JPN) and Ewart Shadoff/Clyburn (ENG), halved
** Match 12: Miyazato/Nomura (JPN) defeated Hull/Reid (ENG), 1 up (Hull did not play due to illness)

#### Standings

| Seed | Team | Points | Win | Loss | Tie |
| 7 | England | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Thailand | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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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 (KOR) defeated Lee/Oh (AUS), 1 up
** Match 24: Ryu/Kim (KOR) defeated Webb/Artis (AUS), 3 & 2
* Chinese Taipei vs. China
** Match 19: Kung/Lu (TPE) and Sh. Feng/Si. Feng (CHN), halved
** Match 20: Yan/Lin (CHN) defeated Tseng/Cheng (TPE), 5 & 4

#### Standings

| Seed | Team | Points | Win | Loss | Tie |
| 1 | South Korea | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | China | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |

#### Pool B

* United States vs. Japan
** Match 21: Piller/Lewis (USA) defeated Miyazato/Nomura (JPN), 2 & 1
** Match 22: Kerr/Thompson (USA) defeated Suzuki/Watanabe (JPN), 4 & 2
* Thailand vs. England
** Match 17: Ewart Shadoff/Clyburn (ENG) defeated Phatlum/Chutichai (THA), 7 & 5
** Match 18: Hull/Reid (ENG) defeated A. Jutanugarn/M. Jutanugarn/(THA), 2 & 1

#### Standings

| Seed | Team | Points | Win | Loss | Tie |
| 7 | England | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | United States | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | Thailand | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |

#### 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

| Reseed | Team | Points | Win | Loss | Tie |
| 1 | England | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | South Korea | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | United States | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |

### Singles play

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

| Place | Team | Points | Win | Loss | Tie | Money ($) (per player) |
| 1 | United States | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 100,000 |
| 2 | South Korea | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60,000 |
| T3 | Chinese Taipei | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 50,000 |
| T3 | England | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 50,000 |
| 5 | Japan | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 42,500 |
| 6 | China | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 35,000 |
| 7 | Thailand | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 32,500 |
| 8 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 30,000 |