The inaugural International Crown started with eight teams, and ended with the Spanish quartet of Beatriz Recari, Azahara Munoz, Carlota Ciganda, and Belen Mozo winning with a dominant performance on Sunday. They swept their singles matches to win by four points over second place Sweden at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland.
A global game and a global tour
The LPGA has created a new event that appears to be its own version of the Presidents Cup on the men’s tour. The ladies have the Solheim Cup (biennial matches between the U.S and. Europe, like the Ryder Cup), but the game, especially on the LPGA tour, is an international affair.
Last week the LPGA announced the International Crown, “a first-of-its-kind, biennial, global match play competition commencing in 2014 that will feature teams from eight countries battling for the right to be ‘Crowned’ the world’s best golf nation,” according to the press release.
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