2016 International Crown

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

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.

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

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Yards4311945444023672621794682163,0635773494333821523854904433943,6056,668
Par435444353355444345443772

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 Xi Yu Lin
115 Jing Yan
233 Simin Feng
#7 England
Rank Player
26 Charley Hull
102 Holly Clyburn
107 Melissa Reid
125 Jodi Ewart Shadoff

Changes:

Results

Day one pool play

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Pool A
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
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
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
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
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
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

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

References

External links

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