GOYANG, South Korea — Canada’s Brooke Henderson and Wei-Ling Hsu of Taiwan beat Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom and Ingrid Lindblad 4 and three Saturday to qualify the World group for the Worldwide Crown semifinals.
The win gave the World group its fourth level in Pool B from two wins and two ties within the LPGA group occasion on the New Korea Nation Membership.
In later matches, the World group’s Charley Hull and Lydia Ko performed Maja Stark and Linn Grant of Sweden.
Additionally, Japan performed South Korea and the U.S. took on Australia in different fourball matches.
Going into Saturday’s ultimate spherical of fourball matches, the US had already certified for the semifinals from Pool A with wins in its first 4 fourball matches.
On Friday, Individuals Yealimi Noh and Angel Yin beat Thitikul and Pajaree Anannarukarn 5 and 4, handing Thitikul her first loss after six consecutive match wins within the occasion. Lilia Vu and Lauren Coughlin later gained the second fourball match for the Individuals, beating Chanettee Wannasaen and Jasmine Suwannapura 3 and a couple of.
Beneath the match format, seven international locations and a “remainder of the world” group compete in two swimming pools. The groups and their gamers had been decided by the ladies’s world rating.
The highest two international locations from every pool advance to Sunday’s semifinals and ultimate that consists of 1 foursomes (alternate shot) and two singles matches.
Final week Sei Younger Kim gained the BMW Girls Championship, additionally in South Korea. The LPGA’s Asian swing continues in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia subsequent week and concludes in Shiga, Japan from Nov. 6-9.
