The 2016 International Crown was a women's golf team event organized by the

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, played July 21–24 at the Merit Club in

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, north of

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. This was the second

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, a biennial

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event contested between teams of four players representing eight countries.

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

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Teams

On April 3, 2016, eight teams qualified to participate in this event, based on the combined world rankings of the top four players from each country: South Korea, United States, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, England, China and Australia. Defending champion Spain did not qualify. The team members were finalized on June 13, 2016, and divided into two pools. The top two teams from 2014, Spain and Sweden, failed to make the 2016 field. China and England made the field for the first time. Changes: *for South Korea,

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(ranked 3) did not play due to an injury and the first alternate

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(10) could not play *for Japan,

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(41) did not play due to an injury *for China, Yuting Shi (210) could not play

Results

Day one pool play

''Thursday, July 21, 2016'' ;Pool A *South Korea vs. China **Match 7: Yang/Chun (KOR) defeated Sh. Feng/Lin (CHN), 1 up **Match 8: Si. Feng/Yan (CHN) defeated Ryu/Kim (KOR), 1 up *Australia vs. Chinese Taipei **Match 1: Tseng/Lu (TPE) defeated Webb/Oh (AUS), 3 & 2 **Match 2: Kung/Cheng (TPE) defeated Lee/Artis (AUS), 2 up ;Standings ;Pool B *United States vs. England **Match 5: Ewart Shadoff/Clyburn (ENG) defeated Kerr/Thompson (USA), 2 & 1 **Match 6: Hull/Reid (ENG) defeated Piller/Lewis (USA), 2 & 1 *Japan vs. Thailand **Match 3: M. Jutanugarn/Phatlum (THA) defeated Miyazato/Nomura (JPN), 2 & 1 **Match 4: Suzuki/Watanabe (JPN) and Chutichai/A. Jutanugarn (THA), halved ;Standings Source:

Day two pool play

''Friday, July 22, 2016'' ;Pool A *South Korea vs. Chinese Taipei **Match 15: Ryu/Kim (KOR) defeated Tseng/Lu (TPE), 3 & 2 **Match 16: Kung/Cheng (TPE) defeated Yang/Chun (KOR), 2 & 1 *Australia vs. China **Match 9: Lee/Oh (AUS) and Sh. Feng/Lin (CHN), halved **Match 10: Webb/Artis (AUS) defeated Si. Feng/Yan (CHN), 2 & 1 ;Standings ;Pool B *United States vs. Thailand **Match 13: Piller/Lewis (USA) and M. Jutanugarn/Phatlum (THA), halved **Match 14: Kerr/Thompson (USA) defeated Chutichai/A. Jutanugarn (THA), 4 & 3 *Japan vs. England **Match 11: Suzuki/Watanabe (JPN) and Ewart Shadoff/Clyburn (ENG), halved **Match 12: Miyazato/Nomura (JPN) defeated Hull/Reid (ENG), 1 up (Hull did not play due to illness) ;Standings Source:

Day three pool play

''Saturday, July 23, 2016''
''Sunday, July 24, 2016'' Play was suspended due to lightning with only the South Korea/Australia matches yet to be completed. England and the United States advanced to singles play from pool B. Play resumed Sunday morning with South Korea winning both its matches with Australia to advance, along with Chinese Taipei, to singles play. ;Pool A *South Korea vs. Australia **Match 23: Yang/Chun (KOR) defeated Lee/Oh (AUS), 1 up **Match 24: Ryu/Kim (KOR) defeated Webb/Artis (AUS), 3 & 2 *Chinese Taipei vs. China **Match 19: Kung/Lu (TPE) and Sh. Feng/Si. Feng (CHN), halved **Match 20: Yan/Lin (CHN) defeated Tseng/Cheng (TPE), 5 & 4 ;Standings ;Pool B *United States vs. Japan **Match 21: Piller/Lewis (USA) defeated Miyazato/Nomura (JPN), 2 & 1 **Match 22: Kerr/Thompson (USA) defeated Suzuki/Watanabe (JPN), 4 & 2 *Thailand vs. England **Match 17: Ewart Shadoff/Clyburn (ENG) defeated Phatlum/Chutichai (THA), 7 & 5 **Match 18: Hull/Reid (ENG) defeated A. Jutanugarn/M. Jutanugarn/(THA), 2 & 1 ;Standings ;Wild card China, Japan, and Thailand advanced to the wildcard playoff by finishing third in their pools. Japan advanced when Ayaka Watanabe eagled the first playoff hole. ;Standings

Singles play

''Sunday, July 24, 2016'' *Match 25: Kung (TPE) defeated Suzuki (JPN), 2 & 1 *Match 26: Lewis (USA) defeated Miyazato (JPN), 3 & 2 *Match 27: Piller (USA) defeated Tseng (TPE), 4 & 3 *Match 28: Nomura (JPN) defeated Yang (KOR), 3 & 2 *Match 29: Watanabe (JPN) defeated Clyburn (ENG), 1 up *Match 30: Lu (TPE) defeated Chun (KOR), 4 & 3 *Match 31: Ewart Shadoff (ENG) defeated Cheng (TPE), 1 up *Match 32: Ryu (KOR) defeated Thompson (USA), 2 & 1 *Match 33: Kerr (USA) defeated Reid (ENG), 3 & 2 *Match 34: Kim (KOR) defeated Hull (ENG), 5 & 4 Source:

Final standings

References

External links

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