The 2014 International Crown was a women's golf team event organized by the LPGA, played July 24–27 at the

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in Owings Mills, Maryland, a suburb northwest of

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. This was the inaugural

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, a biennial

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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

Revised

Late changes: for Japan,

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declined to play;

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(ranked 47), the first alternate, also declined to play;

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(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 ;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 Source:

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 ;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 Source:

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 ;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 ;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

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 Source:

Final standings

References

External links

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