#1 Ranked Players, Major Champions and LPGA Tour Winners highlight field at Caves Valley

RANCHO MIRAGE, CA, March 31, 2014 — At the conclusion of the Kia Classic in Carlsbad, CA, the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) announced the final field of 32 players who will represent the eight pre-qualified countries in the inaugural International Crown event to be held July 24-27 at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, MD.

At the Kia Classic, the United States rallied to overtake South Korea on the final day of qualifying for the inaugural tournament. When the International Crown event was announced in late January, the U.S. team trailed South Korea in combined World Rolex Rankings 45-21. The final country seeds and team rosters are as follows.

Pool "A"			Pool " B"
1.	United States	32	2.	South Korea	33
	Stacy Lewis	3		Inbee Park	1
	Paula Creamer	8		So Yeon Ryu	6
	Lexi Thompson	9		Na Yeon Choi	11
	Cristie Kerr	12		I.K. Kim	15

4.	Thailand	230	3.	Japan	131
	Pornanong Phatlum	30		Mika Miyazato	27
	Ariya Jutanugarn	34		Ai Miyazato	31
	Moriya Jutanugarn	80		Sakura Yokomine	36
	Onnarin Sattayabanphot	86		Rikako Morita	37

5.	Spain	236	6.	Sweden	318
	Azahara Munoz	19		Anna Nordqvist	10
	Beatriz Recari	23		Caroline Hedwall	24
	Carlota Ciganda	45		Pernilla Lindberg	112
	Belen Mozo	149		Mikaela Parmlid	172

8.	Australia	360	7.	Chinese Taipei	351
	Karrie Webb	5		Yani Tseng	46
	Katherine Kirk	110		Teresa Lu	48
	Minjee Lee	115		Candie Kung	97
	Lindsey Wright	130		Hsuan-Yu Yao	160

The eight qualified countries were seeded #1 through #8 and divided into two pools based on the cumulative team score of the four players’ Rolex World Ranking. Each country will play two, four-ball matches between each of the other three countries in their pool (Thursday - Saturday). The top two point-earning countries from each pool and one wild card country will advance to play in Sunday’s single matches. Two points will be awarded per match (two for a win and one for a halve). The total cumulative points from Thursday - Sunday will determine the champion.

When the first of its kind, global team match play event tees off at Caves Valley, the current world #1 ranked player, Inbee Park (South Korea) and four other former world #1 ranked players, according to the Rolex World Rankings, will highlight the field including Stacy Lewis (United States), Yani Tseng (Chinese Taipei), Ai Miyazato (Japan) and Cristie Kerr (United States). In addition to the top ranked players, the field also boasts eight major champions which represent 23 major championships led by World Golf Hall of Fame member Karrie Webb of Australia with seven major titles.

Based on final country seedings, the following matchups will be used during pool play.

Pool "A"					Pool "B"
Thursday					Thursday
#1	United States	vs.	#8	Australia	#2	South Korea	vs.	#7	Chinese Taipei
#4	Thailand	vs.	#5	Spain	#3	Japan	vs.	#6	Sweden

Friday					Friday
#1	United States	vs.	#5	Spain	#2	South Korea	vs.	#6	Sweden
#4	Thailand	vs.	#8	Australia	#3	Japan	vs.	#7	Chinese Taipei

Saturday					Saturday
#1	United States	vs.	#4	Thailand	#2	South Korea	vs.	#3	Japan
#5	Spain	vs.	#8	Australia	#6	Sweden	vs.	#7	Chinese Taipei

TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets to the International Crown are currently on sale at www.LPGAInternationalCrown.com. Weekly Grounds tickets (Tuesday – Sunday) are just $99, with single-day Competition Round tickets starting at just $25. Upgraded weekly International Pavilion tickets can also be purchased, beginning at $185 for the week (Wednesday – Sunday). Children 17 and under receive complimentary admission to the Grounds with a paying adult.

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