The Hanwha Life Plus International Crown, which will be held for the fourth time this year, is the only national competition organized by the LPGA Tour. This tournament, which features eight countries, has changed in an interesting way this year.
The Hanwha Life Plus International Crown, which will be held at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, California, USA for four days starting on the 5th (Korean time), will have group stages on the first three days and semifinals and finals on the final day. This is the first time that the Hanwha LifePlus International Crown has won a semi-final tournament. Previously, a total of five teams, including크크크벳 the top two teams in each group A and B and one team winning a playoff between the third-place teams in each group, played single match play on the final day to determine the final ranking by adding up the points for each country. However, starting from this tournament, the top 2 teams in each group advance to the semi-final tournament, and in the tournament, the final winner is determined through points scored in 3 matches, including 2 single match play matches and 1 foursome match match. cover It is expected that the fun of seeing the strategy for each team will be added.
In the group stage, each team plays 3 games, 1 point is awarded for a win, 0.5 points for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. A four-ball game is held in which two teams form a team and play each other with a ball, with the better score being the team score. Korea, where Ko Jin-young, Kim Hyo-joo, Jeon In-ji, and Choi Hye-jin will start, was placed in Group B with Japan, Thailand and Australia. In Group A, the United States, Sweden, England and China compete together. Korea will play consecutive matches against Australia on the 5th, Thailand on the 6th, and Japan on the 7th. JTBC Golf plans to broadcast the first day of the tournament live at 7:00 am on the 5th.