The Hanwha International Crown returns to the LPGA schedule for the first time in five years this week at TPC Harding Park, which means a number of players are competing in the event for the first time.
Team USA comes into the week as the top seed out of eight countries and will face China in Thursday’s opening round. Of the four Americans, only Lexi Thompson has experience, having competed in all three previous Crowns. South Korea won the last edition on home soil in 2018.
“I really love team events, like a lot of other girls probably do, too,” said American Danielle Kang, “and having the International Crown come back on the schedule was really exciting for me because it’s something I haven’t done.
“I use it as kind of a check box in my career, and being a part of an International Crown team as a top four player in the United States that gets to represent … is a huge honor.”
