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.^[1] This was the second International Crown, a biennial match play event contested between teams of four players representing eight countries.

2016 International Crown

Tournament information
Dates	July 21–24, 2016
Location	Libertyville, Illinois, U.S.
Course(s)	Merit Club
Organized by	LPGA
Format	Team – match play
Statistics
Par	72
Length	6,668 yards (6,097 m)
Field	32 players; 8 nations, 4 players each
Cut	20 players to Sunday singles (5 teams)
Prize fund	$1.6 million
Winner's share	$400,000 team ($100,000 per player)
Champion
United States
13 points, (6–3–1, .650)
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Merit Club 

Location in the United States

Merit Club 

Location in Illinois

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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

Source:^[4]

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.^[5][6] Defending champion Spain did not qualify. The team members were finalized on June 13, 2016, and divided into two pools.^[5][7] 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

Pool A	Pool B
#1 South Korea Rank Player 5 Kim Sei-young 6 Chun In-gee 8 Amy Yang 11 Ryu So-yeon	#2 United States Rank Player 4 Lexi Thompson 9 Stacy Lewis 15 Gerina Piller 20 Cristie Kerr
#4 Australia Rank Player 13 Minjee Lee 40 Su-Hyun Oh 53 Karrie Webb 155 Rebecca Artis	#3 Japan Rank Player 22 Haru Nomura 42 Mika Miyazato 45 Ayaka Watanabe 62 Ai Suzuki
#5 Chinese Taipei Rank Player 25 Teresa Lu 37 Candie Kung 70 Yani Tseng 132 Ssu-Chia Cheng	#6 Thailand Rank Player 7 Ariya Jutanugarn 32 Pornanong Phatlum 95 Moriya Jutanugarn 164 Porani Chutichai
#8 China Rank Player 12 Shanshan Feng 58 Lin Xiyu 115 Jing Yan 233 Simin Feng	#7 England Rank Player 26 Charley Hull 102 Holly Clyburn 107 Melissa Reid 125 Jodi 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

Source:^[8]

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^[9])

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

Source:^[9]

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.^[10] 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.^[11]

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

Source:^[11][12]

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
	England	11	5	4	1
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