Australia Wins 2025 International Crown, Defeats United States

Team Australia won the 2025 Hanwha Lifeplus International Crown, defeating the United States in the final at New Korea Country Club in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, to claim the $500,000 winners share of the event’s $2 million purse. The four-day, biennial LPGA team competition ran Thursday through Sunday and featured eight national and international sides made up of 32 players.

Australia secured the title by taking two of three matches in the final. Minjee Lee beat Angel Yin 2 and 1 and Hannah Green defeated Yealimi Noh 2 and 1, while the Australian pairing of Stephanie Kyriacou and Grace Kim halved with Lilia Vu and Lauren Coughlin to close out the victory. Each Australian team member earned $125,000. The United States, which entered the week as the top seed and was unbeaten in pool play, finished second and split $303,600 among its players.

Lee was named tournament Most Valuable Player by a panel that included LPGA staff, Hanwha officials and media after posting a 4-0-1 record across the event. The World Team beat Japan in the third-place match to take the bronze and $257,600 to split among its four players.

The International Crown uses a team match-play format....