2023 International Crown

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.^[1]

2023 Hanwha LifePlus International Crown

Tournament information
Dates	May 4–7, 2023
Location	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Course(s)	TPC Harding Park
Organized by	LPGA
Format	Team – match play
Statistics
Par	72
Length	5,875 yards (5,372 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
Thailand
← 2018

TPC Harding Park

Location in the United States

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 were 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.^[1]

Course

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	United States
B	2	48	South Korea
B	3	100	Japan
A	4	111	Sweden
A	5	174	England
B	6	213	Thailand
B	7	309	Australia
A	8	481	China

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]

Seed	Team	Points	Win	Loss	Tie
4	Sweden	2	2	0	0
1	United States	1	1	1	0
8	China	1	1	1	0
5	England	0	0	2	0

Seed	Team	Points	Win	Loss	Tie
6	Thailand	2	2	0	0
7	Australia	2	2	0	0
2	South Korea	0	0	2	0
3	Japan	0	0	2	0

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

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

Round two pool play

Friday, May 5, 2023

Seed	Team	Points	Win	Loss	Tie
4	Sweden	4	4	0	0
1	United States	3	3	1	0
8	China	1	1	3	0
5	England	0	0	4	0

Seed	Team	Points	Win	Loss	Tie
6	Thailand	4	4	0	0
7	Australia	3.5	3	0	1
3	Japan	0.5	0	3	1
2	South Korea	0	0	4	0

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

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

Round three pool play

Saturday, May 6, 2023

Seed	Team	Points	Win	Loss	Tie
4	Sweden	5.5	5	0	1
1	United States	3.5	3	2	1
8	China	2	2	4	0
5	England	1	1	5	0

Seed	Team	Points	Win	Loss	Tie
6	Thailand	6	6	0	0
7	Australia	3.5	3	2	1
2	South Korea	2	2	4	0
3	Japan	0.5	0	5	1

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

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

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

	Semi finals				Final
	Sweden	0
	Australia	3
					Thailand	3
					Australia	0
	United States	1
	Thailand	2
					3rd place match
					United States	2
					Sweden	1

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	Thailand	11	11	1	0	125,000
2	Australia	6.5	6	5	1	75,900
3	United States	6.5	6	5	1	64,400
4	Sweden	6.5	6	5	1	55,200
T5	South Korea	2	2	4	0	40,825
	China	2	2	4	0
7	England	1	1	5	0	35,650
8	Japan	0.5	0	5	1	32,200