2025 International Crown

2025 Hanwha LifePlus International Crown
Tournament information
Dates23–26 October 2025
LocationGoyang, Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea
Course(s)New Korea Country Club
Organized byLPGA
FormatTeam – match play
Statistics
Par72
Field8 teams, 4 players each
Cut4 teams to Sunday bracket
Prize fund$2 million
Winner's share$500,000 team
($125,000 per player)
New Korea Country Club is located in South Korea
New Korea Country Club
New Korea Country Club
Location in the Republic of Korea

The 2025 Hanwha LifePlus International Crown is a women's golf team event organized by the LPGA, played 23–26 October at New Korea Country Club in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea. This is the fifth International Crown, a biennial match play event contested between teams of four players representing seven countries and a world team.[1]

Format

The competition takes place over four days. It features four-ball competition on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The top two countries from each pool advance to Sunday. Two semifinal matches are played Sunday morning. Each semifinal match consist 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.

Teams

After the conclusion of the 2025 Women's British Open, the eight teams and members were announced on 4 August 2025, based on the combined Women's World Golf Rankings of the top four players from each country: Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States, plus a World Team.[2]

Teams
Seed Rank Country
1 42  United States
2 50  Japan
3 56  South Korea
4 81  Australia
5 96  Thailand
6 126  Sweden
7 150 World Team
8 285  China
Team members
#1 United States
Rank Player
2 Nelly Korda
7 Angel Yin
14 Lauren Coughlin
19 Lilia Vu
#2 Japan
Rank Player
6 Miyū Yamashita
11 Rio Takeda
12 Mao Saigo
21 Ayaka Furue
#3 South Korea
Rank Player
8 Kim Hyo-joo
9 Ryu Hae-ran
16 Ko Jin-young
23 Choi Hye-jin
#4 Australia
Rank Player
4 Minjee Lee
15 Hannah Green
27 Grace Kim
35 Stephanie Kyriacou
#5 Thailand
Rank Player
1 Atthaya Thitikul
18 Ariya Jutanugarn
36 Chanettee Wannasaen
41 Patty Tavatanakit
#6 Sweden
Rank Player
13 Maja Stark
31 Madelene Sagström
40 Ingrid Lindblad
42 Linn Grant
#7 World Team
Rank Player
3 New Zealand Lydia Ko
10 England Charley Hull
54 Canada Brooke Henderson
83 Chinese Taipei Hsu Wei-ling
#8 China
Rank Player
5 Yin Ruoning
77 Lin Xiyu^
99 Zhang Weiwei
104 Yan Liu

^ Lin Xiyu, ranked 77, will not play (maternity leave); Ruixin Liu, ranked 126, is the first alternate for China.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Seven Countries Locked in for 2025 Hanwha LifePlus International Crown". LPGA. 23 June 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b "United States, Japan Secure Top Seeds for 2025 Hanwha LifePlus International Crown". LPGA. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.

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