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A. Jutanugarn sends Thailand to singles with 60-foot eagle chip

INCHEON, South Korea – The Jutanugarn sisters decided to pair up just in time. Ariya Jutanugarn chipped in from 60 feet for eagle to help Thailand win the UL International Crown’s wild-card playoff Sunday morning and advance to singles play as the fifth and final team. Jutanugarn’s clutch play eliminated Japan and Australia from the […]

UL International Crown: Rd. 3 standings, match recaps

The Republic of Korea and the United States lived up to their top seedings and advanced to singles. England and Sweden also advanced by virtue of finishing second in their respective pools, and Thailand won a wild-card playoff against Japan and Australia to advance as the fifth team in singles. Ariya Jutanugarn chipped in from […]

Kerr, Thompson rally from 3 down to win

INCHEON, South Korea – Cristie Kerr and Lexi Thompson continue to streamroll opponents as partners in international team events. Kerr and Thompson defeated Japan’s Misuzu Narita and Mamiko Higa, 4 and 3, on Sunday morning in the final round of fourballs. The victory improved Kerr and Thompson to 11-1-2 as partners in Solheim Cup and […]

International Crown records: Chun a perfect 4-0

Korea’s In Gee Chun put up the only perfect record at the UL International Crown, while teammate So Yeon Ryu continued to add to her record-setting run. Chun was 4-0 helping the Koreans claim the crown. Ryu was 3-0-1. Ryu extended her record for most career points won in Crown play to 19 (2 points […]

Japan's Takumi Kanaya wins Asia-Pacific Amateur

Japan’s Takumi Kanaya fired a final-round 65 Sunday in Singapore to win the 10th Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship. With the victory, the 20-year-old earned an invitation to the 2019 Masters and the 2019 Open Championship. “This is simply like a dream. I have been dreaming of going to the Masters ever since I was a kid,” Kanaya […]

Koreans win, but Jutanugarns steal the show Sunday

INCHEON, South Korea – What a Sunday for Thailand’s Jutanugarn sisters. The Koreans may have been the story of the day with their victory before their home fans at the UL International Crown, but the Jutanugarns were the players of the day. In a Rolex world No. 1 vs No. 2 showdown in singles play, […]

Thomas, Fowler sport 'I made Tiger great again' shirts

The U.S. Ryder Cup team had little to celebrate after its loss in Paris, but now that most of the players are back stateside, there is time finally soak in the long-awaited win that suddenly seems like it happened so long ago. Tiger Woods ended a five-year winless drought at the Tour Championship, finally capturing […]

UL International Crown: Final standings, singles match recaps

Final standings 1. Republic of Korea, 15 2. United States, 11 2. England, 11 4. Thailand, 10 5. Sweden, 9 6. Australia, 7 7. Japan, 5 8. Chinese Taipei, 0 Sunday’s singles recaps Match 1 Caroline Hedwall (SWE) halved Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong (THA) Two down with two holes to play, Sweden’s Hedwall finished par-birdie to her […]

Korean win delivers 'moment women’s golf deserves'

INCHEON, South Korea – The Korean women rolled over everybody at the UL International Crown. That includes LPGA commissioner Mike Whan. “I actually got knocked over,” Whan said. “I almost got trampled. I love it.” Whan got in the way of the Koreans chasing Sung Hyun Park to the first tee for the start of […]

After Further Review: Could Crown rival Solheim Cup?

Each week, GolfChannel.com takes a look back at the week in golf. Here’s what’s weighing on our writers’ minds. On the UL International Crown’s chances of rivaling the Solheim Cup … The Koreans raised the bar for the UL International Crown with Sunday’s frenzy of excitement for the host team. The hosts to the next Crown matches […]