2018 International Crown


The 2018 International Crown was a women's golf team event organized by the LPGA, played 4–7 Oct at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon, South Korea. This was the third International Crown, a biennial match play event contested between teams of four players representing eight countries.
Due to the anticipated arrival of Typhoon Kong-rey, the tournament schedule was adjusted; the second round tee times were moved earlier on Friday and the third round, originally scheduled for Saturday, was started on Friday afternoon. The final round was to be played Saturday, 6 October, instead of Sunday. However, typhoon rains arrived earlier than expected so that no matches were played Saturday; the third round was finished Sunday, followed by the singles matches.

Format

The first three rounds 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.
These five remaining teams were re-seeded based on points earned in pool play. The players then competed in singles play on Sunday, with the four members of one team each paired up with a member of a different one of the other four teams. The total points earned in pool and singles play determined the team champion.

Teams

On 3 June 2018, 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, England, Australia, Thailand, Sweden, and Chinese Taipei. The field was the same as 2016 with the exception of Sweden replacing China. The team members were finalized on 2 July 2018, and the teams were divided into two pools.
PoolSeedRankCountry
A114
B245
B3149
A4183
A5228
B6259
B7298
A8332

Rankings as of 2 July 2018
Pool APool B

Notes:

Round one pool play

Thursday, 4 October 2018
;Pool A
  • South Korea vs. Chinese Taipei
  • *Match 7: Park/Kim defeated Kung/Yao, 1 up
  • *Match 8: Chun/Ryu defeated Lu/Hsu, 2 up
  • England vs. Australia
  • *Match 1: Hull/Hall and Lee/Smith, halved
  • *Match 2: Law/Ewart Shadoff defeated Kirk/Oh, 4 & 3
;Standings after round one
SeedTeamPointsWinLossTie
14200
43101
51011
80020

;Pool B
  • United States vs. Sweden
  • *Match 5: Kerr/Thompson defeated Lindberg/Sagström, 2 up
  • *Match 6: Nordqvist/Hedwall defeated Korda/Wie, 2 up
  • Japan vs. Thailand
  • *Match 3: Hataoka/Uehara and M Jutanugarn/Phatlum, halved
  • *Match 4: A Jutanugarn/Santiwiwatthanaphong defeated Narita/Higa, 2 & 1
;Standings after round one
SeedTeamPointsWinLossTie
63101
22110
72110
31011

Source:

Round two pool play

Friday, 5 October 2018
;Pool A
  • South Korea vs. Australia
  • *Match 15: Ryu/Chun defeated Lee/Smith, 2 & 1
  • *Match 16: Oh/Kirk defeated Park/Kim, 3 & 2
  • England vs. Chinese Taipei
  • *Match 13: Hull/Hall defeated Hsu/Lu, 2 & 1
  • *Match 14: Law/Ewart Shadoff defeated Kung/Yao, 6 & 4
;Standings after round two
SeedTeamPointsWinLossTie
47301
16310
53121
80040

;Pool B
  • Japan vs. Sweden
  • *Match 9: Nordqvist/Hedwall defeated Narita/Higa, 6 & 4
  • *Match 10: Uehara/Hataoka defeated Lindberg/Sagström, 4 & 3
  • United States vs. Thailand
  • *Match 11: Korda/Wie defeated M Jutanugarn/Phatlum, 6 & 4
  • *Match 12: Kerr/Thompson defeated A Jutanugarn/Santiwiwatthanaphong, 4 & 3
;Standings after round two
SeedTeamPointsWinLossTie
26310
74220
63121
33121

Source:

Round three pool play

Friday, 5 October 2018
Sunday, 7 October 2018
;Pool A
  • South Korea vs. England
  • *Match 23: Park/Kim defeated Hull/Hall, 4 & 2
  • *Match 24: Chun/Ryu defeated Ewart Shadoff/Law, 4 & 3
  • Australia vs. Chinese Taipei
  • *Match 21: Lee/Smith defeated Kung/Lu, 2 up
  • *Match 22: Oh/Kirk defeated Hsu/Yao, 5 & 4
;Standings after round three
SeedTeamPointsWinLossTie
110510
47321
57321
80060

;Pool B
  • United States vs. Japan
  • *Match 19: Hataoka/Uehara defeated Korda/Wie, 2 & 1
  • *Match 20: Kerr/Thompson defeated Narita/Higa, 4 & 3
  • Thailand vs. Sweden
  • *Match 17: M Jutanugarn/A Jutanugarn defeated Nordqvist/Hedwall, 2 & 1
  • *Match 18: Lindberg/Sagström defeated Phatlum/Santiwiwatthanaphong, 2 & 1
;Standings after round three
SeedTeamPointsWinLossTie
28420
76330
35231
65231

;Wild card
Australia, Japan, and Thailand advanced to the wildcard playoff by finishing third in their pools. Thailand advanced.
;Standings after four ball matches
ReseedTeamPointsWinLossTie
110510
28420
47321
76330
65231

Source:

Singles play

Sunday, 7 October 2018
  • Match 25: Hedwall and Santiwiwatthanaphong, halved
  • Match 26: Hull defeated Phatlum, 1 up
  • Match 27: Lindberg defeated Shadoff, 1 up
  • Match 28: M Jutanugarn defeated Wie, 2 & 1
  • Match 29: A Jutanugarn defeated Park, 2 & 1
  • Match 30: Korda defeated Sagstrom, 4 & 3
  • Match 31: Chun defeated Nordqvist, 1 up
  • Match 32: Hall defeated Kerr, 2 & 1
  • Match 33: Kim defeated Law, 2 up
  • Match 34: Ryu and Thompson, halved
Source:

Final standings

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