The second playing of the UL International Crown is just eight weeks away. Teams will go head-to-head just outside Chicago at the Merit Club, which is hosting the event for the first time in July. Eight countries have secured their spots based on the Rolex Women’s World Rankings, but their final seed and team members are still up for grabs.

In mid-June with the conclusion of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, the four highest ranked players from each of the eight qualifying countries will make up the respective teams. The eight countries will be seeded No.1 through No.8 and will be divided into two pools based on the cumulative team score of the four players’ Rolex World Ranking. The competing countries include Republic of Korea, United States, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Australia, Thailand, England and China.

Following her victory at last week's Kingsmill Championship Presented by JTBC, Ariya Jutanugarn moved up eight spots in the rankings, giving her a firm hold on the top spot for Team Thailand. With Su Oh's second place finish at the Kingsmill Championship and a jump of more than 100 spots in the rankings, Oh moved into the third spot for Australia and helped lift the team to fifth in the overall standings.

Also making a move this week are Sei Young Kim, who moved into the second position on the Republic of Korea team and Gerina Piller, who climbed into the third spot on Team U.S.A.

UL International Crown Standings as of May 23, 2016

STANDINGS	COUNTRY/PLAYER	RANK	STANDINGS	COUNTRY/PLAYER	RANK
1	Republic of Korea	21	2	United States	42
	Inbee Park	2		Lexi Thompson	3
	Sei Young Kim	4		Stacy Lewis	5
	In Gee Chun	7		Gerina Piller	15
	Amy Yang	8		Cristie Kerr	19
	Ha-Na Jang	9		Brittany Lincicome	22
	So Yeon Ryu	11		Jessica Korda	25
3	Japan	145	4	Chinese Taipei	238
	Haru Nomura	23		Teresa Lu	24
	Shiho Oyama	39		Candie Kung	36
	Mika Miyazato	41		Yani Tseng	62
	Ayaka Watanabe	42		Ssu-Chia Cheng	116
	Ai Suzuki	59		Wei-Ling Hsu	128
	Erika Kikuchi	67		Min Lee	172
5	Australia	266	6	Thailand	298
	Minjee Lee	12		Ariya Jutanugarn	13
	Karrie Webb	48		Pornanong Phatlum	30
	Su-Hyun Oh	61		Moriya Jutanugarn	98
	Rebecca Artis	145		Nontaya Srisawang	157
	Sarah Jane Smith	196		Thidapa Suwannapura	182
	Katherine Kirk	245		P.K. Kongkraphan	222
7	England	370	8	China	393
	Charley Hull	27		Shanshan Feng	10
	Holly Clyburn	89		Xiyu Lin	53
	Melissa Reid	101		Jing Yan	135
	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	153		Yuting Shi	195
	Florentyna Parker	154		Simin Feng	221
	Georgia Hall	159		Haruka Morita-WanyaoLu	238

Oh's Move in the Rankings Lifts Australia in the UL International Crown Standings

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