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Post by SoYeonFan on Sept 1, 2022 3:23:04 GMT
The International Crown is returning to the LPGA schedule in 2023, Golfweek has learned. Multiple sources have confirmed to Golfweek that the team event is slated for the San Francisco area, potentially at TPC Harding Park, the first week of May, with South Korea’s Hanwha as title sponsor. The biennial event was created under the leadership of former LPGA commissioner Mike Whan and debuted in 2014 at Caves Valley Golf Club, in Owings Mills, Maryland. Spain won the first contest, followed by the United States in 2016 at the Merit Club just north of Chicago. South Korea won the last time the event was held in 2018 on home soil at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club in Incheon. Eight countries qualify for the event and four players comprise each team. The 2020 event was scheduled to be played at the Centurion Club in England but was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. UL title sponsored the event in 2016 and 2018. Only six countries have qualified for all three competitions: South Korea, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and the United States. The Crown won’t be the only team event in 2023: The Solheim Cup heads to Spain for the first time September 22-24. golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/08/31/lpga-international-crown-return-2023/#:~:text=The%20International%20Crown,September%2022%2D24. Link |
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Post by philknj on Sept 12, 2022 22:35:43 GMT
Has anyone informed the LPGA about this? Try finding ANYTHING at lpga.com on this event in 2023 ... forget about it ... and tournament website link I saw on Wikipedia is broken. 
Well, I'll take a take a stab at the teams, based on the old criteria - Rolex rankings:
ROK The New Ko 1
HoJo 8
Dumbo 10
BadA$$ 12
USA Korda Two 2
LEXI(TM) 7
The Kup Show 11
Korda One 13
AUS ML Minjee 3
Greeny 17
Kyriacou 86
Su Oh 145
THA Jeeno Jat 6 Paphangkorn 27 Ariya 51 51 Moriya 61
JPN NASA 9
Furue 21 Inami 22 Saigo 23
ENG Hall 28 Hull 35 JES 90 Law 97
SWE Anna N. 29
Sagstrom 30
Grant 40
Stark 47
CHN Janet 24
H. Morita 127
Yu Liu 159
Ting Ting 175
(ignoring SS Feng at 126)
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Post by don on Sept 12, 2022 22:43:13 GMT
Might be good if it was 4 countries.
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Post by don on Sept 13, 2022 2:11:22 GMT
I think the problem with this format is that there isn’t really a loser. If they tried this format on a buddy trip it would get scrapped halfway through.
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Post by philknj on Oct 11, 2022 20:32:30 GMT
Now we know when and where ... with a format change, too. How the teams will be determined:
The field of eight countries will be determined by the combined Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings of the top four players from each country as of Nov. 21, 2022, immediately following the CME Group Tour Championship. The final field of 32 players will be determined via the Rolex Rankings as of April 2, 2023, immediately following the Palos Verdes Championship.
ROK gets it again in 2025 ... please, for once, find a place far enough away from the Incheon Airport so that there are no concrete cereal boxes in sight.
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Post by don on Oct 11, 2022 20:49:17 GMT
Good news on the format change. More head to head so we can bring the fear of LOSING down on these perfectionists.
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Post by HappyFan on Oct 12, 2022 5:12:56 GMT
Sam... Hwaiting?  Perhaps a good sign for the Sisters. It's nice to see that the organizers of this event totally stole my suggested format for the final four matches, down to having a team event and two singles. At last they're making sense!  |
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Post by SoYeonFan on Oct 12, 2022 18:25:05 GMT
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Post by SoYeonFan on Oct 14, 2022 18:38:56 GMT
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Post by klpgaenglish on Oct 14, 2022 21:11:31 GMT
Korea really should win this pretty consistently and sometimes convincingly.
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Post by philknj on Nov 23, 2022 3:13:16 GMT
Following the 2022 CME, the eight countries have been picked ... now which players will make it? Teams will be filled with the April 3, 2023 Rolex rankings. Current rankings:
ROK
The New Ko 4
Dumbo 8
HoJo 9
Minji 14
USA
Korda Two 1
LEXI(TM) 7
The Kup Show 12
DK 15
AUS
Minjee 5
Greeny 20
Kyriacou 96
Su Oh 177
THA
Jeeno Jat 3
Paphangkorn 48
Ariya 51 64
Moriya 68
JPN
NASA 10
Furue 22
Yamashita 25
Saigo 28
ENG
Hull 17
Hall 23
JES 62
Law 95
SWE
Sagstrom 26
Grant 27 Anna N. 29
Stark 38
CHN
Janet 16
H. Morita 127
Ruoning Yin 147
Ting Ting 156
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The Team SWE and ENG lineups are set in concrete ... the other six could have changes. I heard Su Oh (AUS) say she planned to get LASIK in the off-season ... she doesn't need that to see Kempy (187) on her heels.
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Post by rlspore on Nov 23, 2022 7:02:01 GMT
I assume all the players have to be LPGA members, right?
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Post by philknj on Nov 23, 2022 14:45:12 GMT
I assume all the players have to be LPGA members, right?
Wrong, it's the whole world ... in 2018, Japan and Taiwan had two JLPGAers each. Considering the early cutoff date, Minji Park will be hard pressed to maintain her lead for ROK's fourth spot (assuming she won't be an LPGA member in 2023). I suppose she could enter those two "weak" December KLPGA events to bump up her ranking ... the fields are not posted yet.
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Perhaps a good sign for the Sisters.
