Goyang, South Korea — The US had an ideal efficiency on the LPGA Worldwide Crown Event on Friday, profitable the third and fourth four-ball matches and ending No. 1 ranked Gino Titikul’s undefeated streak in staff play.
Individuals Yerimi Noh and Angel Yin defeated Titikul and Pajari Anannarkhan 5-4, marking Titikul’s first loss after six consecutive wins on this event. Later, Lilia Vu and Lauren Coughlin received the second American four-ball match held at New Korea Nation Membership, defeating Chaneety Wanasen and Jasmine Suwannapura 3-2.
On Thursday, top-seeded America defeated China twice. The US, the one undefeated staff within the event, leads Pool A with 4 factors, clinching a spot in Sunday’s semifinals.
All eight groups will play the third set of four-ball matches on Saturday.
On Friday, Australia and China cut up the Pool A four-ball matches. Mingyi Li and Stephanie Kyriacou defeated Zhang Weiwei and Liu Yang 2-and-1, and China’s Ying Ruoning and Liuxing Liu defeated Australia’s Hannah Inexperienced and Grace Kim 1-up.
In Pool B, Japan and Sweden additionally cut up Friday’s video games. Miyu Yamashita and Rio Takeda defeated Madelen Sagstrom and Ingrid Lindblad 3-2, whereas Maya Stark and Lynn Grant defeated Mao Saigo and Ayaka Furue 3-2 to present Sweden the victory.
The World Workforce has one level with a 1-2 win over South Korea, and leads Pool B with three factors with two wins and two attracts.
England’s Charlie Hull sank a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th gap, giving her and world teammate Lydia Ko of New Zealand a 1-up victory over Kim Hyo-joo and Choi Hye-jin. Ko Jin-young and Liu He-ran drew of their matches towards Taiwan’s Su Wei-lin and Canada’s Brooke Henderson.
“I managed to hit it, however I do not wish to hit it too arduous as a result of I do not need the fiddler to return again,” Hull mentioned. “So take into account slicing a gap and lowering stress.”
The event format sees seven international locations and “remainder of the world” groups competing in two swimming pools. The groups and their gamers have been decided by the ladies’s world rankings.
The highest two international locations from every pool will advance to Sunday’s semi-finals and ultimate, which can consist of 1 foursomes match (alternating photographs) and two singles matches.
Final week, Kim Sei-young received the BMW Girls Championship, which was additionally held in South Korea. The LPGA Asia Swing continues subsequent week in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and concludes in Shiga, Japan from November sixth to ninth.
