2014 International Crown

2014 International Crown
Tournament information
Dates July 24–27, 2014
Location Owings Mills, Maryland, U.S.
Course(s) Caves Valley Golf Club
Organized by LPGA
Format Team – match play
Statistics
Par 71
Length 6,628 yards (6,061 m)[1]
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
 Spain
15 points, (7–2–1, .750)
2016»
Caves Valley 
olf Club 
Location in the United States
Caves Valley Golf Club
Location in Maryland

The 2014 International Crown was a women's golf team event organized by the LPGA, played July 24–27 at the Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland, a suburb northwest of Baltimore. This was the inaugural International Crown, a biennial match play event contested between teams of four players representing eight countries. The field in 2014 consisted of 31 professionals and one amateur, and the winning team, Spain, earned $400,000, or $100,000 per player.

The next edition in 2016 is scheduled for the Merit Club near Libertyville, Illinois.

Format

The first three days, Thursday through Saturday, feature 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 (determined by a playoff of the third place teams) 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

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3224281825443351804004044283,2234323474821684124255391874133,4056,628
Par443543444354453445343671

Source:[1]

Teams

On November 13, 2013, eight teams qualified to participate in this event, based on the combined world rankings of the top four players from each country: Australia, Chinese Taipei, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States.[4][5] The team members were finalized on March 31, 2014, and divided into two pools.[2][6] Due to a world rankings error, the teams from Australia and Chinese Taipei switched seeds and pools.[7][8]

Initial

Teams
Pool Seed Rank Country
A 1 32  United States
B 2 33  South Korea
B 3 131  Japan
A 4 230  Thailand
A 5 236  Spain
B 6 318  Sweden
A 7 351  Chinese Taipei
B 8 360  Australia
Pool A Pool B
#1 United States
Rank Player
3 Stacy Lewis
8 Paula Creamer
9 Lexi Thompson
12 Cristie Kerr
#2 South Korea
Rank Player
1 Inbee Park
6 So Yeon Ryu
11 Na Yeon Choi
15 I.K. Kim
#4 Thailand
Rank Player
30 Pornanong Phatlum
34 Ariya Jutanugarn
80 Moriya Jutanugarn
86 Onnarin Sattayabanphot
#3 Japan
Rank Player
27 Mika Miyazato
31 Ai Miyazato
36 Rikako Morita
37 Sakura Yokomine
#5 Spain
Rank Player
19 Azahara Muñoz
23 Beatriz Recari
45 Carlota Ciganda
149 Belén Mozo
#6 Sweden
Rank Player
10 Anna Nordqvist
24 Caroline Hedwall
112 Pernilla Lindberg
172 Mikaela Parmlid
#8 Australia
Rank Player
5 Karrie Webb
110 Minjee Lee (a)
115 Katherine Kirk
130 Lindsey Wright
#7 Chinese Taipei
Rank Player
46 Yani Tseng
48 Teresa Lu
97 Candie Kung
160 Hsuan-yu "Phoebe" Yao

Revised

Teams
Pool Seed Rank Country
A 1 32  United States
B 2 33  South Korea
B 3 131  Japan
A 4 230  Thailand
A 5 239  Spain
B 6 321  Sweden
A 7 323  Australia
B 8 357  Chinese Taipei
Pool A Pool B
#1 United States
Rank Player
3 Stacy Lewis
8 Paula Creamer
9 Lexi Thompson
12 Cristie Kerr
#2 South Korea
Rank Player
1 Inbee Park
6 So Yeon Ryu
11 Na Yeon Choi
15 I.K. Kim
#4 Thailand
Rank Player
30 Pornanong Phatlum
32 Ariya Jutanugarn
81 Moriya Jutanugarn
87 Onnarin Sattayabanphot
#3 Japan
Rank Player
27 Mika Miyazato
31 Ai Miyazato
36 Rikako Morita
37 Sakura Yokomine
#5 Spain
Rank Player
19 Azahara Muñoz
23 Beatriz Recari
45 Carlota Ciganda
152 Belén Mozo
#6 Sweden
Rank Player
10 Anna Nordqvist
24 Caroline Hedwall
114 Pernilla Lindberg
173 Mikaela Parmlid
#8 Chinese Taipei
Rank Player
46 Yani Tseng
48 Teresa Lu
99 Candie Kung
164 Hsuan-yu "Phoebe" Yao
#7 Australia
Rank Player
5 Karrie Webb
78 Minjee Lee (a)
117 Katherine Kirk
123 Lindsey Wright

Late changes: for Japan, Rikako Morita declined to play; Shiho Oyama (ranked 47), the first alternate, also declined to play; Mamiko Higa (ranked 50) finalized the Japanese team.[9]

Results

Day one pool play

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Pool A
Standings
Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie
8  Chinese Taipei 4 2 0 0
5  Spain 3 1 0 1
4  Thailand 1 0 1 1
1  United States 0 0 2 0
Pool B
Standings
Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie
3  Japan 3 1 0 1
2  South Korea 2 1 1 0
7  Australia 2 1 1 0
6  Sweden 1 0 1 1

Source:[10]

Day two pool play

Friday, July 25, 2014

Pool A
Standings
Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie
4  Thailand 5 2 1 1
1  United States 4 2 2 0
8  Chinese Taipei 4 2 2 0
5  Spain 3 1 2 1
Pool B
Standings
Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie
3  Japan 6 2 0 2
2  South Korea 4 2 2 0
6  Sweden 3 1 2 1
7  Australia 3 1 2 1

Source:[11]

Day three pool play

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Pool A
Standings
Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie
5  Spain 7 3 2 1
4  Thailand 7 3 2 1
1  United States 6 3 3 0
8  Chinese Taipei 4 2 4 0
Pool B
Standings
Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie
3  Japan 8 3 1 2
6  Sweden 7 3 2 1
2  South Korea 6 3 3 0
7  Australia 3 1 4 1
Wild card

Spain and Thailand advanced to singles played from pool A and Japan and Sweden advanced from pool B. The United States and South Korea each finished third in pool play and engaged in a sudden-death playoff for the wild card spot in singles play. Park and Ryu (KOR) eliminated Kerr and Thompson (USA) on the first playoff hole and South Korea advanced to singles play.[12]

Standings
Reseed Team Points Win Loss Tie
1  Japan 8 3 1 2
2  Spain 7 3 2 1
3  Thailand 7 3 2 1
4  Sweden 7 3 2 1
5  South Korea 6 3 3 0

Singles play

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Spain swept its four singles matches and secured the title after the third win. Sweden and South Korea both won two matches while Japan and Thailand had one victory each.[13][14]

Source:[15]

Final standings

Place Team Points Win Loss Tie Money ($)
(per player)
1  Spain 15 7 2 1 100,000
2  Sweden 11 5 4 1 60,000
T3  South Korea 10 5 5 0 50,000
 Japan 10 4 4 2
5  Thailand 9 4 5 1 42,500
6  United States 6 3 3 0 35,000
7  Chinese Taipei 4 2 4 0 32,500
8  Australia 3 1 4 1 30,000

References

  1. 1 2 "Course map". LPGA International Crown. 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Field is Set for Inaugural International Crown; Teams Seeded, Players Finalized in a Dramatic Finish at the Kia Classic". LPGA Tour. March 31, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Fact Sheet". LPGA International Crown. 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Who's In? 2014 International Crown Officially Takes Shape". LPGA Tour. November 21, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings" (PDF). November 11, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings" (PDF). March 31, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Seedings for International Crown Revised". Women's Golf Report.
  8. ↑ "Rolex Rankings as of 31 March 2014".
  9. ↑ Clayton, Ward (July 3, 2014). "By the Numbers: Team Japan". LPGA.
  10. ↑ "Taiwan sweeps U.S. on 1st day". ESPN. Associated Press. July 24, 2014.
  11. ↑ "U.S. rebounds at International Crown". ESPN. Associated Press. July 25, 2014.
  12. ↑ "U.S. ousted from International Crown". ESPN. Associated Press. July 26, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Spain wins first International Crown". ESPN. Associated Press. July 27, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Spain wins inaugural International Crown". Miami Herald. The Sports Network. July 27, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  15. ↑ "International Crown: Session 4 - singles". Golf Channel. July 27, 2014. Retrieved July 28, 2014.

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