INCHEON – (BUSINESS WIRE)- 2018 UL International Crown zal worden gehouden van 4-7 oktober bij Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Songdo, Incheon Metropolitan City.

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Het meest spraakmakende tweejaarlijkse golftoernooi op de LPGA Tour, een eersteklas team match-play competitie met de beste vrouwelijke golfers uit de acht beste landen ter wereld, wordt voor het eerst buiten de Verenigde Staten gespeeld sinds de eerste UL International Crown in 2014 in Baltimore plaatsvond.

Dit is de derde UL International Crown die plaatsvindt met de tweede in 2016 in Chicago.

32 speelsters uit acht landen, bevestigd via de Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, zullen deelnemen aan het vierdaagse match-play evenement voor een totale prijzenpot van $1,6 miljoen. De “Crown”, ook wel bekend als de titel van beste golfnatie ter wereld, wordt na de laatste ronde toegekend aan het winnende land.

2018 UL International Crown to Be Staged in Incheon October 4-7

INCHEON, South Korea–(BUSINESS WIRE)– 2018 UL International Crown will be held October 4-7 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Songdo, Incheon Metropolitan City.

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2018 UL International Crown will be held October 4-7 at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Songdo, Incheon Metropolitan City. Incheon Metropolitan City is not sparing any effort to support the event as an Ambassador Partner. The most high-profile biennial golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, the third UL International Crown to take place with the second held in Chicago in 2016. 32 players from the eight countries will compete in the four-day match-play event for the “Crown.” (Graphic: Business Wire)

The most high-profile biennial golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, a first-of-its-kind team match-play competition featuring the best women golfers from the top eight countries around the world, is being played outside the United States for the first time since the first UL International Crown was staged in Baltimore in 2014.

This is the third UL International Crown to take place with the second held in Chicago in 2016.

32 players from the eight countries, confirmed via the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, will compete in the four-day match-play event for a total purse of $1.6 million. The “Crown,” otherwise known as the title of best golfing nation in the world, will be awarded to the winning country after the final round.

Team Korea earned the No. 1 seeding while defending champions, Team USA, were seeded second. The other six teams competing, in order of seeding, are Japan, England, Australia, Thailand, Sweden and Chinese Taipei.

The highest-ranked Team Korea will be spearheaded by major champions: Sung Hyun Park, So Yeon Ryu, In-Kyung Kim and In-ji Jeon. With the first UL International Crown won by Spain and the second by USA, many golf fans are keen to know whether top seed Team Korea will capture the Crown.

Meantime, the host course for the third UL International Crown, Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea, one of the world’s top 100 premier golf courses, is a par-72 course that covers 6,528 yards (5,969m), making it perfect for hosting international competitions.

Incheon Metropolitan City is not sparing any effort to support the event as an Ambassador Partner. Incheon has organized nine support teams comprised of experts in public relations, sanitation, tourism, firefighting and others to better serve local and foreign golf enthusiasts who will visit to see the upcoming golf event.

“This international competition is expected to attract the attention of golf fans across the globe because it will be played in Incheon, an emerging business hub in Northeast Asia,” said Incheon Mayor Nam-chun Park. “We will try to take this opportunity to make Incheon more familiar to the world as a city that is capable of hosting more international events.”

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Contacts

Incheon Metropolitan City
Kyeong Ji Park, +82-32-440-4955