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.

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. 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.

Course

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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. The team members were finalized on March 31, 2014, and divided into two pools. Due to a world rankings error, the teams from Australia and Chinese Taipei switched seeds and pools.

Initial + Teams Pool Seed Rank Country A 1 32 B 2 33 B 3 131 A 4 230 A 5 236 B 6 318 A 7 351 B 8 360

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 Ryu So-yeon 11 Choi Na-yeon 15 In-Kyung 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 Phoebe Yao

Revised + Teams Pool Seed Rank Country A 1 32 B 2 33 B 3 131 A 4 230 A 5 239 B 6 321 A 7 323 B 8 357

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 Ryu So-yeon 11 Choi Na-yeon 15 In-Kyung 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 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.

Results

Day one pool play Thursday, July 24, 2014

Pool A United States vs. Chinese Taipei Match 7: Kung/Lu (TPE) defeated Creamer/Kerr (USA), 4 & 3 Match 8: Tseng/Yao (TPE) defeated Lewis/Thompson (USA), 1 up Thailand vs. Spain Match 1: Ciganda/Muñoz (ESP) defeated Phatlum/Sattayabanphot (THA), 3 & 2 Match 2: A. Jutanugarn/M. Jutanugarn (THA) and Mozo/Recari (ESP), halved

Standings Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie 8 4 2 0 0 5 3 1 0 1 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0

Pool B South Korea vs. Australia Match 5: Park/Ryu (KOR) defeated Kirk/Wright (AUS), 3 & 2 Match 6: Lee/Webb (AUS) defeated Choi/Kim (KOR), 2 up Japan vs. Sweden Match 3: Higa/M. Miyazato (JPN) and Hedwall/Nordqvist (SWE), halved Match 4: Yokomine/A. Miyazato (JPN) defeated Lindberg/Parmlid (SWE), 2 up

Standings Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie 3 3 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 7 2 1 1 0 6 1 0 1 1

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Day two pool play Friday, July 25, 2014 Pool A United States vs. Spain Match 15: Kerr/Thompson (USA) defeated Mozo/Recari (ESP), 3 & 2 Match 16: Creamer/Lewis (USA) defeated Ciganda/Muñoz (ESP), 2 up Thailand vs. Chinese Taipei Match 9: A. Jutanugarn/M. Jutanugarn (THA) defeated Kung/Lu (TPE), 3 & 2 Match 10: Phatlum/Sattayabanphot (THA) defeated Tseng/Yao (TPE), 1 up

Standings Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie 4 5 2 1 1 1 4 2 2 0 8 4 2 2 0 5 3 1 2 1

Pool B South Korea vs. Sweden Match 13: Hedwall/Nordqvist (SWE) defeated Park/Ryu (KOR), 1 up Match 14: Choi/Kim (KOR) defeated Lindberg/Parmlid (SWE), 1 up Japan vs. Australia Match 11: Higa/M. Miyazato (JPN) defeated Lee/Webb (AUS), 3 & 2 Match 12: A. Miyazato/Yokomine (JPN) and Kirk/Wright (AUS), halved

Standings Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie 3 6 2 0 2 2 4 2 2 0 6 3 1 2 1 7 3 1 2 1

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Day three pool play Saturday, July 26, 2014 Pool A United States vs. Thailand Match 23: Kerr/Thompson (USA) defeated A. Jutanugarn/M. Jutanugarn (THA), 3 & 2 Match 24: Phatlum/Sattayabanphot (THA) defeated Creamer/Lewis (USA), 1 up Spain vs. Chinese Taipei Match 19: Ciganda/Muñoz (ESP) defeated Tseng/Yao (TPE), 6 & 5 Match 20: Mozo/Recari (ESP) defeated Kung/Lu (TPE), 2 up

Standings Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie 5 7 3 2 1 4 7 3 2 1 1 6 3 3 0 8 4 2 4 0

Pool B South Korea vs. Japan Match 21: Park/Ryu (KOR) defeated Higa/M. Miyazato (JPN), 4 & 3 Match 22: A. Miyazato/Yokomine (JPN) defeated Choi/Kim (KOR), 3 & 2 Sweden vs. Australia Match 17: Hedwall/Nordqvist (SWE) defeated vs. Lee/Webb (AUS), 4 & 3 Match 18: Lindberg/Parmlid (SWE) defeated Kirk/Wright (AUS), 7 & 5

Standings Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie 3 8 3 1 2 6 7 3 2 1 2 6 3 3 0 7 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.

Standings Reseed Team Points Win Loss Tie 1 8 3 1 2 2 7 3 2 1 3 7 3 2 1 4 7 3 2 1 5 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.

Match 25: Park (KOR) defeated Hedwall (SWE), 4 & 2 Match 26: Phatlum (THA) defeated Kim (KOR), 1 up Match 27: Lindberg (SWE) defeated A. Jutanugarn (THA), 6 & 5 Match 28: Ciganda (ESP) defeated Choi (KOR), 8 & 6 Match 29: Ryu (KOR) defeated Yokomine (JPN), 1 up Match 30: Recari (ESP) defeated Parmlid (SWE), 3 & 2 Match 31: Nordqvist (SWE) defeated Higa (JPN), 3 & 2 Match 32: Mozo (ESP) defeated M. Jutanugarn (THA), 3 & 2 Match 33: M. Miyazato (JPN) defeated Sattayabanphot (THA), 3 & 1 Match 34: Muñoz (ESP) defeated A. Miyazato (JPN), 2 & 1

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Final standings Place Team Points Win Loss Tie Money ($)(per player) 1 15 7 2 1 100,000 2 11 5 4 1 60,000T3 10 5 5 0 50,000 10 4 4 2 5 9 4 5 1 42,500 6 6 3 3 0 35,000 7 4 2 4 0 32,500 8 3 1 4 1 30,000

References

External links

Coverage on the official LPGA website Coverage on ESPN Local coverage from The Baltimore Sun