GOYANG, South Korea — Canada’s Brooke Henderson and Wei-Ling Hsu of Taiwan beat Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom and Ingrid Lindblad 4 and three on Saturday to qualify the World staff for the Worldwide Crown semifinals.
The win gave the World staff its fourth level in Pool B from three wins and two ties within the LPGA staff occasion on the New Korea Nation Membership.
In a later match, Maja Stark and Linn Grant of Sweden beat the World staff’s Charley Hull and Lydia Ko 3 and 1.
Australia additionally certified for the semifinals from Pool A, as did Japan from Pool B.
“I have been ready a very long time for the World staff to return true, and I’m simply so grateful to be part of this staff,” Henderson stated. “It has been an unimaginable alternative to date. I really like my accomplice right here. [Wei-Ling] bailed me out lots right here right this moment, and he or she performed wonderful all week. It has been a lot enjoyable, and I am actually excited for tomorrow.”
Going into Saturday’s closing spherical of four-ball matches, the USA had already certified for the semifinals from Pool A with wins in its first 4 four-ball matches.
Underneath the event format, seven nations and a “remainder of the world” staff compete in two swimming pools. The groups and their gamers had been decided by the ladies’s world rating.
The highest two nations from every pool advance to Sunday’s semifinals and closing that consists of 1 foursomes (alternate shot) and two singles matches.
Final week, Sei Younger Kim received the BMW Women 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.
