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.

2014 International Crown
Tournament information
DatesJuly 24–27, 2014
LocationOwings Mills, Maryland, U.S.
Course(s)Caves Valley Golf Club
Organized byLPGA
FormatTeam – match play
Statistics
Par71
Length6,628 yards (6,061 m)[1]
Field32 players;
8 nations, 4 players each
Cut20 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)
Caves Valley 
olf Club 
Location in the United States
Caves Valley Golf Club
Location in Maryland

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 (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
Main article: Caves Valley Golf Club
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]

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
  • 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
SeedTeamPointsWinLossTie
8 Chinese Taipei4200
5 Spain3101
4 Thailand1011
1 United States0020
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
SeedTeamPointsWinLossTie
3 Japan3101
2 South Korea2110
7 Australia2110
6 Sweden1011

Source:[10]

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
SeedTeamPointsWinLossTie
4 Thailand5211
1 United States4220
8 Chinese Taipei4220
5 Spain3121
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
SeedTeamPointsWinLossTie
3 Japan6202
2 South Korea4220
6 Sweden3121
7 Australia3121

Source:[11]

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
SeedTeamPointsWinLossTie
5 Spain7321
4 Thailand7321
1 United States6330
8 Chinese Taipei4240
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
SeedTeamPointsWinLossTie
3 Japan8312
6 Sweden7321
2 South Korea6330
7 Australia3141
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
ReseedTeamPointsWinLossTie
1 Japan8312
2 Spain7321
3 Thailand7321
4 Sweden7321
5 South Korea6330

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]

  • 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

Source:[15]

Final standings
PlaceTeamPointsWinLossTieMoney ($)
(per player)
1 Spain15721100,000
2 Sweden1154160,000
T3 South Korea1055050,000
 Japan10442
5 Thailand945142,500
6 United States633035,000
7 Chinese Taipei424032,500
8 Australia314130,000

References
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  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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