Host Korea goes winless on Day 2 at International Crown

Korea failed to win a match against the World Team on the second day of the International Crown on Friday, blowing late leads to take a tie and a loss. Ko Jin-young and Ryu Hae-ran for the No. 2 seed Korea got a tie against Brooke Henderson of Canada and Hsu Wei-Ling of Chinese Taipei of the seventh-seed World Team in their fourball match on Day 2 of the LPGA match-play competition at New Korea Country Club in Goyang, just northwest of Seoul. Kim Hyo-joo and Choi Hye-jin lost 1-up to Charley Hull of England and Lydia Ko of New Zealand. Korea had a win and a tie against Sweden to open this competition Thursday. A match win is worth one point, and a half point is awarded to each team in case of a tie. The host country will play Japan on Saturday. With two points through two days, Korea is in second place in Pool B, with the World Team leading the way at three points. Japan and Sweden, the two other teams in Pool B, have 1 1/2 point each. The International Crown features seven countries — Korea, the United States, Japan, Australia, Thailand, Sweden and China — plus the brand-new World teWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times