The 2023 Hanwha LifePlus International Crown was a women's golf team event organized by the

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, played May 4–7 at

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. This was the fourth

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, a biennial

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event contested between teams of four players representing eight countries. The winning team earn $500,000, or $125,000 per player.

Format

The competition took place over four days. It featured four-ball competition on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The top two countries from each pool advanced to Sunday. Two semifinal matches will be played Sunday morning. Each semifinal match consisted of two singles matches and one foursomes match. The winning semifinal countries competed in the final match on Sunday afternoon, and a third-place match took place between the two losing semifinal countries. Both matches used the same format as the semifinals.

Course

Teams

On November 21, 2022, immediately following the

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, eight teams qualified to participate in this event, based on the combined

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of the top four players from each country: Australia, China, England, Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States. The team members were announced on April 11, 2023, confirmed via the Women's World Golf Rankings as of April 3, and divided into two pools. Changes: *for Sweden,

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(ranked 22) was unable to participate and was replaced by

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. *for England,

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(ranked 10) and

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(ranked 16) withdrew late and were replaced by

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and

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Results

Round one pool play

''Thursday, May 4, 2023'' ;Pool A *Sweden vs. England **Nordqvist/Hedwall (SWE) defeated Law/Ewart Shadoff (ENG), 4 & 3 **Sagström/Stark (SWE) defeated Young/Hewson (ENG), 5 & 4 *United States vs. China **Vu/Korda (USA) defeated Yin/Lin (CHN), 2 & 1 **R Liu/L Liu (CHN) defeated Kang/Thompson (USA), 1 up ;Standings after round one ;Pool B *Japan vs. Thailand **Thitikul/Tavatanakit (THA) defeated Saso/Furue (JPN), 1 up **M Jutanugarn/A Jutanugarn (THA) defeated Hataoka/Shibuno (JPN), 2 up *South Korea vs. Australia **Lee/Kyriacou (AUS) defeated Choi/Chun (KOR), 2 up **Green/Kemp (AUS) defeated Kim/Ko (KOR), 2 & 1 ;Standings after round one

Round two pool play

''Friday, May 5, 2023'' ;Pool A *Sweden vs. China **Sagström/Stark (SWE) defeated Yin/Lin (CHN), 2 & 1 **Nordqvist/Hedwall (SWE) defeated R Liu/L Liu (CHN), 2 & 1 *United States vs. England **Vu/Korda (USA) defeated Young/Hewson (ENG), 2 & 1 **Kang/Thompson (USA) defeated Law/Ewart Shadoff (ENG), 3 & 2 ;Standings after round two ;Pool B *Japan vs. Australia **Lee/Kyriacou (AUS) defeated Hataoka/Furue (JPN), 2 up **Green/Kemp (AUS) and Shibuno/Saso (JPN), halved * Thailand vs. South Korea **Thitikul/Tavatanakit (THA) defeated Kim/Ko (KOR), 3 & 2 **M Jutanugarn/A Jutanugarn (THA) defeated Choi/Chun (KOR), 2 & 1 ;Standings after round two

Round three pool play

''Saturday, May 6, 2023'' ;Pool A *Sweden vs. United States **Nordqvist/Hedwall (SWE) defeated Kang/Thompson (USA), 1 up **Vu/Korda (USA) and Sagström/Stark (SWE), halved * China vs. England **Yin/Lin (CHN) defeated Law/Ewart Shadoff (ENG), 2 & 1 **Young/Hewson (ENG) defeated R Liu/L Liu (CHN), 1 up ;Standings after round three ;Pool B * Thailand vs. Australia **M Jutanugarn/A Jutanugarn (THA) defeated Green/Kemp (AUS), 3 & 2 **Thitikul/Tavatanakit (THA) defeated Lee/Kyriacou (AUS), 1 up *Japan vs. South Korea **Kim/Ko (KOR) defeated Shibuno/Saso (JPN), 3 & 2 **Choi/Chun (KOR) defeated Hataoka/Furue (JPN), 2 & 1 ;Standings after round three

Finals

''Sunday, May 7, 2023'' ;Semi finals * Sweden vs. Australia **Kyriacou (AUS) defeated Nordqvist (SWE), 4 & 3 **Green (AUS) defeated Hedwall (SWE), 3 & 2 **Lee/Kemp (AUS) defeated Sagström/Stark (SWE), 5 & 3 * United States vs. Thailand **Thitikul (THA) defeated Thompson (USA), 3 & 2 **Vu (USA) defeated Tavatanakit (THA), 1 up **M Jutanugarn/A Jutanugarn (THA) defeated Kang/Korda (USA), 1 up ;3rd place match *Sweden vs. United States **Sagström (SWE) defeated Vu (USA), 5 & 4 **Thompson (USA) defeated Stark (SWE), 3 & 2 **Kang/Korda (USA) defeated Nordqvist/Hedwall (SWE), 1 up ;Final * Thailand vs. Australia **Thitikul (THA) defeated Kyriacou (AUS), 4 & 2 **Tavatanakit (THA) defeated Green (AUS), 4 & 3 **M Jutanugarn/A Jutanugarn (THA) defeated Lee/Kemp (AUS), 4 & 3

Final standings

References

External links

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Coverage on the official LPGA website
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