2023 International Crown
# 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.

## 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 will be 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.

## 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.

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.

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 |

#1 United States :

| Pool A | Pool B |
| - | - |
| #1 United States RankPlayer 2Nelly Korda 6Lexi Thompson 12Lilia Vu 14Danielle Kang | #2 South Korea RankPlayer 3Ko Jin-young 9Kim Hyo-joo 11Chun In-gee 25Choi Hye-jin |
| #4 Sweden RankPlayer 27Maja Stark 28Madelene Sagström 34Anna Nordqvist 117Caroline Hedwall | #3 Japan RankPlayer 13Nasa Hataoka 19Ayaka Furue 30Yuka Saso 38Hinako Shibuno |
| #5 England RankPlayer 45Jodi Ewart Shadoff 103Bronte Law 165Alice Hewson 207Liz Young | #6 Thailand RankPlayer 4Atthaya Thitikul 57Patty Tavatanakit 71Moriya Jutanugarn 81Ariya Jutanugarn |
| #8 China RankPlayer 17Lin Xiyu 32Yin Ruoning 181Yu Liu 251Ruixin Liu | #7 Australia RankPlayer 5Minjee Lee 23Hannah Green 107Stephanie Kyriacou 174Sarah Kemp |

Changes:

* for Sweden, Linn Grant (ranked 22) was unable to participate and was replaced by Caroline Hedwall.
* for England, Georgia Hall (ranked 10) and Charley Hull (ranked 16) withdrew late and were replaced by Alice Hewson and Liz Young.

## Results

### Round one pool play

Thursday, May 4, 2023

**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**

| 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 |

**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**

| 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 |

### Round two pool play

Friday, May 5, 2023

**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**

| 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 |

**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**

| 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 |

### Round three pool play

Saturday, May 6, 2023

**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**

| 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 |

**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**

| 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 |

### 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 | Semi finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Sweden | 0 |
| Australia | 3 | | |
| Australia | 3 | Thailand | 3 |
| | | Australia | 0 |
| United States | 1 | Australia | 0 |
| Thailand | 2 | | |
| Thailand | 2 | 3rd place match | 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) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
| T5 | China | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 40,825 |
| 7 | England | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 35,650 |
| 8 | Japan | 0.5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 32,200 |
