Host Korea seeks 2nd title at International Crown

Hosting the International Crown, a biennial LPGA match-play competition, for the second time this week, Korea will look to win the event for the second time as well, up against some of the best that women's golf has to offer with all five major champions of this season in action. New Korea Country Club in Goyang, just northwest of Seoul in Gyeonggi Province, will provide the stage for the fifth edition of the International Crown for a four-day run starting Thursday. The competition was first held in 2014 and has produced a different champion each time. Spain won the inaugural tournament, followed by the United States in 2016. Korea hosted the event in 2018 in Incheon, just west of the capital city, and won it for the first time. After the 2020 event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand was crowned the champion in 2023. This year's International Crown will feature seven countries — Korea, the United States, Japan, Thailand, Sweden, Australia and China — and the brand-new World Team, to be represented by four players each. Team World will be made up of one player each frWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times