Typhoon wipes out day 3 of International Crown

>> INCHEON: Strong winds and heavy rain from Typhoon Kong-rey hit the Korean peninsula yesterday, ensuring that there would be no play on day three of the eight-nation UL International Crown event here, 40 kilometres west of Seoul.

Round three is expected to resume today morning, weather permitting.

The defending champions United States led Pool B at the end of the second round with six points. Sweden are next with four points while Japan and Thailand, led by world No.2 Ariya Jutanugarn, have three each.

After three rounds of fourballs, the top two teams from each pool and one wild-card team will advance to the singles event. The team collecting the most points over the four days wins the title. Teams get two points for a win and one if the match is halved.

Organisers attempted to play two rounds on Friday only for inclement conditions to intervene in the early evening to end the third round with the United States up in one fourball against Japan and down in the other.

Michelle Wie and Jessica Korda walked off the course after the 12th, 1-down against Nasa Hataoka and Ayako Uehara. Cristie Kerr and Lexi Thompson were 1-up after the 11th against Misuzu Narita and Mamiko Higa.

Sweden and Thailand each led one match in their encounter.

England lead Pool A with seven points, one ahead of top-seeded South Korea.

The two teams faced each other in the third round, each leading one match when play was halted. Bronte Law and Jodi Ewart Shadoff were 1-up against Chun In-Gee and Ryu So-Yeon after the sixth, while Park Sung-Hyun and IK Kim were 4-up after the eighth against Charley Hull and Georgia Hall.

Australia, with three points, were leading eighth-seeded Taiwan in both matches.