2014 International Crown

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.

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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 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

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	322	428	182	544	335	180	400	404	428	3,223	432	347	482	168	412	425	539	187	413	3,405	6,628
Par	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	4	4	35	4	4	5	3	4	4	5	3	4	36	71

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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

Pool A

Pool B

Revised

Pool A

Pool B

Late changes: for Japan, Rikako Morita declined to play; Shiho Oyama, the first alternate, also declined to play; Mamiko Higa finalized the Japanese team.

Results

Day one pool play

Thursday, July 24, 2014
;Pool A

United States vs. Chinese Taipei
*Match 7: Kung/Lu defeated Creamer/Kerr, 4 & 3
*Match 8: Tseng/Yao defeated Lewis/Thompson, 1 up
Thailand vs. Spain
*Match 1: Ciganda/Muñoz defeated Phatlum/Sattayabanphot, 3 & 2
*Match 2: A. Jutanugarn/M. Jutanugarn and Mozo/Recari, 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 defeated Kirk/Wright, 3 & 2
*Match 6: Lee/Webb defeated Choi/Kim, 2 up
Japan vs. Sweden
*Match 3: Higa/M. Miyazato and Hedwall/Nordqvist, halved
*Match 4: Yokomine/A. Miyazato defeated Lindberg/Parmlid, 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 defeated Mozo/Recari, 3 & 2
*Match 16: Creamer/Lewis defeated Ciganda/Muñoz, 2 up
Thailand vs. Chinese Taipei
*Match 9: A. Jutanugarn/M. Jutanugarn defeated Kung/Lu, 3 & 2
*Match 10: Phatlum/Sattayabanphot defeated Tseng/Yao, 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 defeated Park/Ryu, 1 up
*Match 14: Choi/Kim defeated Lindberg/Parmlid, 1 up
Japan vs. Australia
*Match 11: Higa/M. Miyazato defeated Lee/Webb, 3 & 2
*Match 12: A. Miyazato/Yokomine and Kirk/Wright, 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 defeated A. Jutanugarn/M. Jutanugarn, 3 & 2
*Match 24: Phatlum/Sattayabanphot defeated Creamer/Lewis, 1 up
Spain vs. Chinese Taipei
*Match 19: Ciganda/Muñoz defeated Tseng/Yao, 6 & 5
*Match 20: Mozo/Recari defeated Kung/Lu, 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 defeated Higa/M. Miyazato, 4 & 3
*Match 22: A. Miyazato/Yokomine defeated Choi/Kim, 3 & 2
Sweden vs. Australia
*Match 17: Hedwall/Nordqvist defeated vs. Lee/Webb, 4 & 3
*Match 18: Lindberg/Parmlid defeated Kirk/Wright, 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 eliminated Kerr and Thompson 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 defeated Hedwall, 4 & 2
Match 26: Phatlum defeated Kim, 1 up
Match 27: Lindberg defeated A. Jutanugarn, 6 & 5
Match 28: Ciganda defeated Choi, 8 & 6
Match 29: Ryu defeated Yokomine, 1 up
Match 30: Recari defeated Parmlid, 3 & 2
Match 31: Nordqvist defeated Higa, 3 & 2
Match 32: Mozo defeated M. Jutanugarn, 3 & 2
Match 33: M. Miyazato defeated Sattayabanphot, 3 & 1
Match 34: Muñoz defeated A. Miyazato, 2 & 1

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