2025 International Crown

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2025 Hanwha LifePlus International Crown
Tournament information
Dates23–26 October 2025
LocationGoyang, Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea
CourseNew 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)
Champion
 Australia
← 2023
New Korea Country Club is located in South Korea
New Korea Country Club
New Korea Country Club
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Location in the Republic of Korea

The 2025 Hanwha LifePlus International Crown was 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 was the fifth International Crown, a biennial match play event contested between teams of four players representing seven countries and a world team.[1]

Austraia defeated the United States in the final match.[2]

Format

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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.[3]

Teams

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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.[4]

Teams
Seed Rank Rank after changes^ Country
1 42 64  United States
2 50 50  Japan
3 56 56  South Korea
4 81 81  Australia
5 96 231  Thailand
6 126 126  Sweden
7 150 150 World team
8 285 334  China
Team members
#1 United States
Rank Player
7 Angel Yin
14 Lauren Coughlin
19 Lilia Vu
24 Yealimi Noh^
#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 Jeeno Thitikul
36 Chanettee Wannasaen
78 Pajaree Anannarukarn^
116 Jasmine Suwannapura^
#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
99 Zhang Weiwei
104 Liu Yan
126 Ruixin Liu^

^Changes:

Results

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Round one pool play

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Thursday, October 23, 2025

Sources:[8][9]

Pool A
Australia Results Thailand
Lee/Kyriacou Australia 2 up Wannasaen/Suwannapura
Green/Kim Thailand 1 up Thitikul/Anannarukarn
1 Session 1
United States Results China
Noh/Yin United States 5 & 4 Y Liu/Yin
Vu/Coughlin United States 2 up Zhang/R Liu
2 Session 0
Standings after round one
Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie
1  United States 2 2 0 0
4  Australia 1 1 1 0
5  Thailand 1 1 1 0
8  China 0 0 2 0
Pool B
Japan Results World team
Yamashita/Takeda Tied Hull/Ko
Furue/Saigo Wld 2 & 1 Henderson/Hsu
0.5 Session 1.5
South Korea Results Sweden
Ko/Ryu Tied Lindblad/Sagström
Kim/Choi South Korea 3 & 2 Stark/Grant
1.5 Session 0.5
Standings after round one
Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie
3  South Korea 1.5 1 0 1
7 World team 1.5 1 0 1
2  Japan 0.5 0 1 1
6  Sweden 0.5 0 1 1

Round two pool play

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Friday, October 24, 2025

Sources:[8][10]

Pool A
Australia Results China
Green/Kim China 1 up R Liu/Yin
Lee/Kyriacou Australia 2 & 1 Y Liu/Zhang
1 Session 1
United States Results Thailand
Noh/Yin United States 5 & 4 Thitikul/Anannarukarn
Vu/Coughlin United States 3 & 2 Wannasaen/Suwannapura
2 Session 0
Standings after round two
Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie
1  United States 4 4 0 0
4  Australia 2 2 2 0
8  China 1 1 3 0
5  Thailand 1 1 3 0
Pool B
Japan Results Sweden
Yamashita/Takeda Japan 3 & 2 Lindblad/Sagström
Furue/Saigo Sweden 3 & 2 Stark/Grant
1 Session 1
South Korea Results World team
Ko/Ryu Tied Henderson/Hsu
Kim/Choi Wld 1 up Hull/Ko
0.5 Session 1.5
Standings after round two
Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie
7 World team 3 2 0 2
3  South Korea 2 1 1 2
2  Japan 1.5 1 2 1
6  Sweden 1.5 1 2 1

Round three pool play

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Saturday, October 25, 2025

Sources:[8][11]

Pool A
Thailand Results China
Thitikul/Anannarukarn Thailand 3 & 1 Y Liu/Zhang
Wannasaen/Suwannapura China 2 & 1 R Liu/Yin
1 Session 1
United States Results Australia
Noh/Yin Tied Lee/Kyriacou
Vu/Coughlin United States 5 & 4 Green/Kim
1.5 Session 0.5
Standings after round two
Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie
1  United States 5.5 5 0 1
4  Australia 2.5 2 3 1
8  China 2 2 4 0
5  Thailand 2 2 4 0
Pool B
Sweden Results World team
Lindblad/Sagström Wld 4 & 3 Henderson/Hsu
Stark/Grant Sweden 3 & 1 Hull/Ko
1 Session 1
Japan Results South Korea
Furue/Takeda Tied Ko/Ryu
Saigo/Yamashita Japan 1 up Kim/Choi
1.5 Session 0.5
Standings after round two
Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie
7 World team 4 3 1 2
2  Japan 3 3 2 3
3  South Korea 2.5 1 2 3
6  Sweden 2.5 2 3 1

Finals

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Sunday, October 26, 2025

Sources:[2][8]

Semi final 1
United States Results Japan
Yin United States 2 & 1 Takeda
Noh United States 4 & 2 Yamashita
Vu/Coughlin Japan 1 up Furue/Saigo
2 Session 1
Semi final 2
World team Results Australia
Hull Wld 2 & 1 Green
Henderson Australia 1 up Lee
Hsu/Ko Australia 20 holes Kyriacou/Kim
1 Session 2
 
Semi finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 United States2
 
 
 
 Japan 1
 
 Australia2.5
 
 
 
 United States0.5
 
World team 1
 
 
 Australia 2
 
3rd place match
 
 
 
 
 
World team 2
 
 
 Japan1
3rd place match
Japan Results World team
Furue Wld 4 & 3 Hull
Takeda Wld 3 & 2 Ko
Saigo/Yamashita Japan 4 & 3 Hsu/Henderson
1 Session 2
Final
United States Results Australia
Yin Australia 2 & 1 Lee
Noh Australia 2 & 1 Green
Vu/Coughlin Tied Kyriacou/Kim
0.5 Session 2.5

Final standings

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Place Team Money ($)
(per player)
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia 125,000
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States 75,900
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) World team 64,400
4  Japan 55,200
T5  South Korea 40,825
T5  Sweden 40,825
T7  China 33,925
T7  Thailand 33,925

Source:[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Seven Countries Locked in for 2025 Hanwha LifePlus International Crown". LPGA. 23 June 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Australia beats U.S. to win LPGA's International Crown". ESPN. Associated Press. 26 October 2025.
  3. ^ "The Format: 2025 Hanwha LifePlus International Crown". LPGA. 22 October 2025.
  4. ^ a b "United States, Japan Secure Top Seeds for 2025 Hanwha LifePlus International Crown". LPGA. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  5. ^ Heath, Elliott (6 October 2025). "Nelly Korda Withdraws From USA's International Crown Squad". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  6. ^ "Team Updates for 2025 Hanwha LifePlus International Crown". LPGA Tour. 5 October 2025. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  7. ^ "Team Updates for 2025 Hanwha Lifeplus International Crown". LPGA. 16 October 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  8. ^ a b c d "Hanwha LifePlus International Crown – Leaderboard". LPGA.
  9. ^ "Americans best China, Thitikul perfect at International Crown". ESPN. Associated Press. 23 October 2025.
  10. ^ "U.S. wins 4th straight fourball at LPGA's International Crown". ESPN. Associated Press. 24 October 2025.
  11. ^ "Henderson, Hsu put World team in International Crown semis". ESPN. Associated Press. 25 October 2025.
  12. ^ "Here's the prize money payout for each team and golfer at the LPGA's 2025 Hanwha LifePlus International Crown". Golf Digest. 26 October 2025.
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