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The Hanwha Lifeplus International Crown, a women's golf team competition between countries, will be held in San Francisco, California, in 2027.

On November 3, the tournament organizing committee officially announced that the International Crown will take place at Lake Merced Golf Club. Established in 2014, the International Crown is a biennial women's golf team event organized by the LPGA Tour.

This is a view of Lake Merced Golf Club, the venue for the 2027 International Crown. Provided by LPGA

Since 2023, Lifeplus, the joint brand of Hanwha's financial affiliates, has been sponsoring the event, making the official title "Hanwha Lifeplus International Crown." Park Chan-hyuk, Executive Director at Hanwha Life Insurance, stated, "San Francisco is home to the AI centers of Hanwha Life Insurance, Hanwha General Insurance, and Hanwha Asset Management. We are pleased to hold the next tournament in a city with such a deep connection to us."

The tournament was held in Baltimore, Maryland, in 2014; near Chicago, Illinois, in 2016; and at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon in 2018. It was not held for several years due to the spread of COVID-19 but resumed in 2023 in San Francisco. At the fifth edition of the tournament, held last month at New Korea Country Club in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, Australia defeated the United States to claim the title.