Oct 26, 2025, 06:38 AM ET<\/p>\n
GOYANG, South Korea — Australia beat the United States Team to win LPGA’s International Crown tournament on Sunday, clinching the title after Minjee Lee<\/a> and Hannah Green<\/a> took both of their singles matches, with each winning, 2 and 1, over Angel Yin and Yealimi Noh, respectively.<\/p>\n The foursomes match between Australians Stephanie Kyriacou and Grace Kim and Americans Lilia Vu<\/a> and Lauren Coughlin finished in a tie, but was inconsequential when Green secured victory at the 17th hole in the second singles match at the New Korea Country Club.<\/p>\n It’s the first win for Australia at the match-play tournament, which eluded them in 2023 when current No. 1 ranked Jeeno Thitikul and Thailand beat them in the final at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco.<\/p>\n The World team finished in third place after Charley Hull<\/a> and Lydia Ko<\/a> both had impressive victories in their singles matches against Japan to take an unassailable lead in the three match tie.<\/p>\n Hull led out for the World team with a 4 and 3 win over Ayaka Furue and Ko sealed the third place finish with a 3 and 2 win over Rio Takeda.<\/p>\n Mao Saigo and Miyu Yamashita<\/a> beat Brooke Henderson<\/a> and Wei-Ling Hsu<\/a> 4 and 3 in the foursomes to narrow the deficit for the Japanese.<\/p>\n Semifinal heartache for World team Earlier Sunday, Kyriacou and Kim beat Wei-Ling and Ko of the World team on the 20th hole to clinch a place in the final for the Aussies after the singles had finished at one win apiece.<\/p>\n Hull had edged past Hannah Green 2 and 1 to put the World team ahead after the first singles match, before Minjee Lee rallied in her tie against Canada’s Henderson to win 1-up and level the match.<\/p>\n The top-seeded United States team had a more straightforward path to the final as Yin had a 2 and 1 win over Japan’s Takeda, before Noh sealed the Americans spot with hole wins at the 13th, 15th and 16th for a comfortable 4 and 2 victory over Yamashita.<\/p>\n Furue and Saigo took a consolation victory for Japan and ended the United States perfect record this week when they had a 1-up win of Lilia Vu and Lauren Coughlin in the foursomes.<\/p>\n Under the tournament format, seven countries and a “rest of the world” team compete in two pools. The teams and their players were determined by the women’s world ranking.<\/p>\n The top two countries from each pool advanced Sunday’s semifinals and final that consisted of one foursomes (alternate shot) and two singles matches.<\/p>\n