2016 UL International Crown Fact Sheet

EVENT: The second edition of the UL International Crown will be contested July 19-24, 2016. It will be played on subsequent even numbered years. The global team match-play event is the first of its kind in women’s professional golf as it truly “Crowns” the best golf nation in the world.

DATE: July 19-24, 2016

SITES: 2014 – Caves Valley Golf Club, Owings Mills, MD 2016 – Rich Harvest Farms Golf Club, Sugar Grove, IL 2018 – Republic of Korea (Site TBD)

The 2016 site, Rich Harvest Farms, is ranked #58 in 2011-2012 Golf Digest America’s Top 100 Greatest Golf Courses. It previously hosted the 2009 Solheim Cup and the 2007 & 2014 Men’s NCAA Central Regional Championships, among other events

WEBSITE/ Web: www.ULCROWN.com SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook: /ULInternationalCrown Twitter: @ULIntlCrown Instagram: /ulintlcrown YouTube: /LPGAvideo

HISTORY: Results from the 2014 event: 1st Spain (15 points) 6th United States (6 points) 2nd Sweden (11 points) 7th Taiwan (4 points) T-3rd Korea & Japan (10 points) 8th Australia (3 points) 5th Thailand (9 points)

SCHEDULE: Tuesday Practice, Gala Dinner Wednesday Official Pro-Am Thursday-Saturday Round Robin Four-Ball matches (8 matches per day) Sunday Singles matches (10 matches)

PURSE: $1.6 million total 1st Place Team: $100,000 per player 5th Place Team: $42,500 per player 2nd Place Team: $60,000 per player 6th Place Team: $35,000 per player 3rd Place Team: $52,500 per player 7th Place Team: $32,500 per player 4th Place Team: $47,500 per player 8th Place Team: $30,000 per player

TEAMS: The field of eight countries will be determined by the combined Rolex World Ranking of the top four players from each country as of the Rolex World Rankings published at a date TBD. Countries must have a minimum of four ranked players to be eligible. Note that this date will determine the eight countries that qualify for the event. It does not guarantee a spot on the team for the four players whose rankings were used to calculate the country rank.

PLAYERS: The final field of 32 players will be determined via the Rolex World Rankings at a date TBD in the spring of 2016. At this point, the top-4 ranked players from each pre-qualified country will qualify for their respective country’s team. Note that if a player ranked in the top-4 of a pre- qualified country chooses not to compete or is unable to compete, the spot will be filled by the next highest ranked, available player from the Rolex World Ranking for that country, dating back to the Rolex World Rankings at a date TBD.

COMPETITION: The competition will take place over four days. It will feature three days of four-ball competition and one day of singles matches on Sunday. Five of the eight countries will advance to the Sunday singles matches based on the outcome of the four-ball matches contested Thursday through Saturday.

SCORING: Points will be awarded per match based on the following – two for a win, one for a tie and zero for a loss. All points from the four-ball matches will carry over to Sunday and the total cumulative points for the four days of competition will be used to determine the overall champion.

SEEDING: The eight countries will be seeded #1 through #8 and they will be divided into two brackets based on the cumulative team score of the four players’ Rolex World Rankings.

Pool A Pool B Country #1 Country #2 Country #4 Country #3 Country #5 Country #6 Country #8 Country #7

FOUR-BALL: Each country will play two four-ball matches against each of the other three countries in their bracket.

Thursday – Pool A Thursday – Pool B Country #1-A vs. Country #8-A Country #2-A vs. Country #7-A Country #1-B vs. Country #8-B Country #2-B vs. Country #7-B Country #4-A vs. Country #4-A Country #3-A vs. Country #6-A Country #4-B vs. Country #5-B Country #3-B vs. Country #6-B

Friday – Pool A Friday – Pool B Country #1-A vs. Country #5-A Country #2-A vs. Country #6-A Country #1-B vs. Country #5-B Country #2-B vs. Country #6-B Country #4-A vs. Country #8-A Country #3-A vs. Country #7-A Country #4-B vs. Country #8-B Country #3-B vs. Country #7-B

Saturday – Pool A Saturday – Pool B Country #1-A vs. Country #4-A Country #2-A vs. Country #3-A Country #1-B vs. Country #4-B Country #2-B vs. Country #3-B Country #5-A vs. Country #8-A Country #6-A vs. Country #7-A Country #5-B vs. Country #8-B Country #6-B vs. Country #7-B

At the conclusion of the three days of four-ball competition, the two teams with the most points from each pool and one wild-card team will advance to Sunday Singles. In the event of a tie between teams tied for first or tied for second in each pool, a pre-determined formula will be used to break all ties.

WILD-CARD: Countries in third place or tied for third place from each pool will compete in a sudden-death, wild-card playoff. Teams will determine two players to represent their country in the playoff prior to teeing off on the extra holes at the conclusion of the Saturday’s four-ball matches.

SINGLES: After the wild-card playoff, countries will be re-seeded #1 through 5 based on total points earned in the four-ball matches. In the event of a tie during the re-seed, a pre-determined formula will be used to break all ties.

Each country will play one singles match against every other country. Pairings will be determined by a semi-blind draw.

Match 1: Seed #4 vs. Seed #5 Match 6: Seed #2 vs. Seed #4 Match 2: Seed #3 vs. Seed #5 Match 7: Seed #1 vs. Seed #4 Match 3: Seed #3 vs. Seed #4 Match 8: Seed #2 vs. Seed #3 Match 4: Seed #2 vs. Seed #5 Match 9: Seed #1 vs. Seed #3 Match 5: Seed #1 vs. Seed #5 Match 10: Seed #1 vs. Seed #2

At the conclusion of the 10 Sunday singles matches, the country with the highest point total from the four days of competition will be “Crowned” the best golf nation in the world.

TIE-BREAK: In the event of a tie after Sunday singles, each team will determine one player to represent the team in a sudden-death playoff.

SPONSORSHIP: Sponsorship packages are available with marketing, hospitality and Pro-Am opportunities. Please contact Kurt Olson with the LPGA for more information at kurt.olson@lpga.com or 386- 236-1621.

TICKETS: Tickets for the 2016 event are expected to go on sale in July 2015.

VOLUNTEERS: The tournament needs nearly 1,000 volunteers to help ensure the event runs smoothly and efficiently. There are many volunteer positions available that are lots of fun for golf fans as well as those who are not familiar with the game. Positions include staffing hospitality venues, gallery control, helping in the media center, scoring and many others. For more information please visit the tournament website at www.ULCROWN.com. Volunteer applications will be accepted beginning in July 2015.

ECONOMIC It is estimated that the event will generate $15 to $20 million in economic impact to the region IMPACT: through hotel, restaurant, transportation spending, other vendor and supply purchases and state sales and income taxes.

TOURNAMENT LPGA International Crown OFFICE: c/o Rich Harvest Farms 7 South 771 Dugan Road Sugar Grove, IL 60554 Tel: 386-236-1325

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AMBASSADOR Calamos Investments SPONSORS: Rolex