2025 International Crown

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
New Korea Country Club
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

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

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 Lydia Ko
10 Charley Hull
54 Brooke Henderson
83 Hsu Wei-ling
#8 China
Rank Player
5 Yin Ruoning
99 Zhang Weiwei
104 Liu Yan
126 Ruixin Liu^

^Changes:

Results

Round one pool play

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Sources:[8][9]

Pool A
Results
Lee/Kyriacou 2 up Wannasaen/Suwannapura
Green/Kim 1 up Thitikul/Anannarukarn
1 Session 1
Results
Noh/Yin 5 & 4 Y Liu/Yin
Vu/Coughlin 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
Results World team
Yamashita/Takeda Tied Hull/Ko
Furue/Saigo Wld 2 & 1 Henderson/Hsu
0.5 Session 1.5
Results
Ko/Ryu Tied Lindblad/Sagström
Kim/Choi 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

Friday, October 24, 2025

Sources:[8][10]

Pool A
Results
Green/Kim 1 up R Liu/Yin
Lee/Kyriacou 2 & 1 Y Liu/Zhang
1 Session 1
Results
Noh/Yin 5 & 4 Thitikul/Anannarukarn
Vu/Coughlin 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
Results
Yamashita/Takeda 3 & 2 Lindblad/Sagström
Furue/Saigo 3 & 2 Stark/Grant
1 Session 1
Results World team
Ko/Ryu Tied Henderson/Hsu
Kim/Choi Wld 1 up Hull/Ko
0.5 Session 1.5
Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie
Standings after round two
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

Saturday, October 25, 2025

Sources:[8][11]

Pool A
Results
Thitikul/Anannarukarn 3 & 1 Y Liu/Zhang
Wannasaen/Suwannapura 2 & 1 R Liu/Yin
1 Session 1
Results
Noh/Yin Tied Lee/Kyriacou
Vu/Coughlin 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
Results World team
Lindblad/Sagström Wld 4 & 3 Henderson/Hsu
Stark/Grant 3 & 1 Hull/Ko
1 Session 1
Results
Furue/Takeda Tied Ko/Ryu
Saigo/Yamashita 1 up Kim/Choi
1.5 Session 0.5
Seed Team Points Win Loss Tie
Standings after round two
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

Sunday, October 26, 2025

Sources:[2][8]

Semi final 1
Results
Yin 2 & 1 Takeda
Noh 4 & 2 Yamashita
Vu/Coughlin 1 up Furue/Saigo
2 Session 1
Semi final 2
World team Results
Hull Wld 2 & 1 Green
Henderson 1 up Lee
Hsu/Ko 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
Results World team
Furue Wld 4 & 3 Hull
Takeda Wld 3 & 2 Ko
Saigo/Yamashita 4 & 3 Hsu/Henderson
1 Session 2
Final
Results
Yin 2 & 1 Lee
Noh 2 & 1 Green
Vu/Coughlin Tied Kyriacou/Kim
0.5 Session 2.5

Final standings

Place Team Money ($)
(per player)
 Australia 125,000
 United States 75,900
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

  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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