2015 Evian Championship

Golf tournament September 2018 2015 Evian Championship Évian-les-Bains, France Evian Resort Golf Club 10–13 September 2015 Ladies European TourLPGA Tour 71http://www.evianchampionship.com/en/the-championship/course/ The Evian Championship - Course 12 September 2013 30 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130830081247/http://www.evianchampionship.com/en/the-championship/course dead 6470 yd 120 players, 77 after cut 147 (+5) $3,250,000 $487,500 NZL Lydia Ko 268 (−16) 2014 2016 France 1 Evian Resort Golf Club 46.394 6.570 Location in France 5 240 The 2015 Evian Championship was played 10–13 September at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 22nd Evian Championship (the first 19 played as the Evian Masters), and the third as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. The event was televised by Golf Channel and NBC Sports in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom. Lydia Ko won her first major championship, becoming the youngest major winner, at age 18, and shooting the lowest final round, 63, to win a major. Field The field for the tournament is set at 120, and most earn exemptions based on past performance on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA Tour, or with a high ranking in the Women's World Golf Rankings. There are 12 exemption categories for the 2015 Evian Championship.http://www.evianchampionship.com/uploads/tx_news/DP_EVIAN_MAI_2015_WEB_GB_V2.pdf 2015 Evian Championship – Press Kit Evian Championship May 2015 5http://www.evianchampionship.com/en/the-championship/players/ 2015 Evian Championship – Players Evian Championship 2 September 2015 1. The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, as of 4 August 2015 Baek Kyu-jung (4,12), Chella Choi (4,12), Chun In-gee (3), Paula Creamer (2,7,12), Shanshan Feng (4,5,7,12), Sandra Gal (12), Julieta Granada (12), Brooke Henderson (4), Jang Ha-na (7,12), Cristie Kerr (4,12), Kim Hyo-joo (2,4,7,12), Kim Sei-young (4,12), Ko Jin-young, Lydia Ko (4,5,7,12), Jessica Korda (12), Brittany Lang (12), Minjee Lee (4,12), Mirim Lee (4,12), Stacy Lewis (12), Brittany Lincicome (3,7,12), Azahara Muñoz (5,12), Anna Nordqvist (4,7,12), Inbee Park (2,3,4,7,12), Suzann Pettersen (2,4,6,7,12), Gerina Piller (12), Morgan Pressel (12), Ryu So-yeon (5,12), Lizette Salas (12), Jenny Shin (12), Angela Stanford (12), Lexi Thompson (4,7,12), Karrie Webb (2,7,12), Michelle Wie (12), Amy Yang (4,12) Ahn Sun-ju, Choi Na-yeon (4,7,12), Lee Bo-mee, Lee Jung-min, Teresa Lu, Jiyai Shin (2) did not play 2. Active past champions Laura Davies, Natalie Gulbis, Juli Inkster (12), Ai Miyazato (12) 3. Winners of the 2015 majors (2015 ANA Inspiration, 2015 KPMG Women's PGA Championship, 2015 U.S. Women's Open, 2015 Women's British Open) All players already qualified in other categories. 4. LPGA Tour winners since 2014 Evian M. J. Hur (7,12), Christina Kim (12), Lee Mi-hyang (12), Lee-Anne Pace (5,12), Kris Tamulis (12) 5. Ladies European Tour (LET) winners since 2014 Evian Beth Allen (6), Rebecca Artis (6), Hannah Burke, Connie Chen, Ssu-chia Cheng, Nicole Broch Larsen, Xi Yu Lin (12), Gwladys Nocera (6), Su-Hyun Oh, Melissa Reid (6) Christel Boeljon (12) did not play 6. The top 5 on the LET Order of Merit, as of commitment date 7. Top 10 and ties from the 2014 Evian Championship Moriya Jutanugarn (12), Mariajo Uribe (12) 8. 2015 U.S. Women's Amateur champion Hannah O'Sullivan (a) 9. 2015 British Ladies Amateur champion Céline Boutier (a) 10. Evian invitations (four) Mathilda Cappeliez (a), Agathe Laisné (a), Leona Maguire (a), Albane Valenzuela (a) 11. Evian pre-qualifiers (two) Emily Kristine Pedersen, Klára Spilková 12. LPGA Tour money list, as of commitment date Marina Alex, Amy Anderson, Katie Burnett, Carlota Ciganda, Jacqui Concolino, Austin Ernst, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Jaye Marie Green, Mina Harigae, Caroline Hedwall, María Hernández, Wei-Ling Hsu, Charley Hull, Karine Icher, Eun-Hee Ji, Tiffany Joh, Ariya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Kim Kaufman, Sarah Kemp, In-Kyung Kim, SooBin Kim, Joanna Klatten, P.K. Kongkraphan, Candie Kung, Min Seo Kwak, Alison Lee, Ilhee Lee, Min Lee, Meena Lee, Pernilla Lindberg, Mo Martin, Caroline Masson, Catriona Matthew, Maria McBride, Sydnee Michaels, Mika Miyazato, Belén Mozo, Haru Nomura, Ryann O'Toole, Jane Park, Park Hee-young, Sadena Parks, Pornanong Phatlum, Beatriz Recari, Paula Reto, Alena Sharp, Kelly Shon, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Thidapa Suwannapura, Kelly Tan, Yani Tseng, Ayako Uehara, Alison Walshe, Sakura Yokomine, Yoo Sun-young Perrine Delacour, Lee Jee-young, Yueer Cindy Feng did not play Course Evian Resort Golf Club Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalPar434434535354445353443671Yards3991653554141883845451894813,1204173534064992215271553314413,3506,470Metres3651513253791723514981734402,8533813233724562024821423034033,0635,916 Source: Round summaries First round Thursday, 10 September 2015 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 KOR Lee Mi-hyang 66 −5 USA Lexi ThompsonT3 KOR Ji Eun-hee 67 −4 THA Pornanong Phatlum USA Gerina PillerT6 USA Beth Allen 68 −3 CHN Shanshan Feng KOR Kim Sei-young DNK Nicole Broch Larsen TWN Min Lee AUS Minjee Lee Second round Friday, 11 September 2015 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 KOR Lee Mi-hyang 66-67=133 −92 USA Morgan Pressel 69-65=134 −83 DNK Nicole Broch Larsen 68-67=135 −74 CHN Shanshan Feng 68-68=136 −6T5 KOR In-Kyung Kim 71-67=138 −4 NZL Lydia Ko 69-69=138 KOR Ilhee Lee 71-67=138 THA Pornanong Phatlum 67-71=138 USA Lexi Thompson 66-72=138 KOR Amy Yang 72-66=138 Third round Saturday, 12 September 2015 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 KOR Lee Mi-hyang 66-67-70=203 −102 USA Lexi Thompson 66-72-66=204 −9T3 NZL Lydia Ko 69-69-67=205 −8 USA Morgan Pressel 69-65-71=205 T5 CHN Shanshan Feng 68-68-70=206 −7 DNK Nicole Broch Larsen 68-67-71=206 KOR Amy Yang 72-66-68=206 T8 KOR Ji Eun-hee 67-73-67=207 −6 KOR Ilhee Lee 71-67-69=207 T10 AUS Minjee Lee 68-72-68=208 −5 ZAF Lee-Anne Pace 71-72-65=208 Final round Sunday, 13 September 2015 Lydia Ko birdied five holes on the back-nine and shot a round of 63 for a six-shot win over Lexi Thompson and her first career major championship. With the win Ko became the youngest winner of a LPGA major, and the youngest major champion in golf since Young Tom Morris won the 1868 Open Championship.Lydia Ko wins Evian Championship to become youngest major champion https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/13645688/lydia-ko-wins-evian-championship-become-youngest-major-champion ESPN Associated Press 13 September 2015 Her closing round of 63 was a record lowest final round in the history of women's golf majors.Lowest rounds in women’s major championship history http://thegolfnewsnet.com/golfnewsnetteam/2015/09/13/lowest-rounds-womens-major-championship-history-13051/ Golf News Net 13 September 2015 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 NZL Lydia Ko 69-69-67-63=268 −16 487,5002 USA Lexi Thompson 66-72-66-70=274 −10 298,6983 CHN Shanshan Feng 68-68-70-70=276 −8 216,684T4 KOR Ilhee Lee 71-67-69-70=277 −7 151,270 KOR Mi Hyang Lee 66-67-70-74=277T6 USA Alison Lee 70-70-72-66=278 −6 101,392 SAF Lee-Anne Pace 71-72-65-70=278T8 KOR Eun-Hee Ji 67-73-67-72=279 −5 73,319 KOR Inbee Park 72-69-70-68=279 KOR Amy Yang 72-66-68-73=279 Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par434434535444535344NZL Ko −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −15 −16USA Thompson −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10CHN Feng −7 −7 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −8KOR I. Lee −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −7 −8 −8 −9 −7KOR M.H. Lee −10 −10 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:Evian Championship leaderboard http://www.evianchampionship.com/en/leaderboard/all-the-players/ BirdieBogeyDouble bogey References External links http://www.evianchampionship.com/en/ Coverage on the Ladies European Tour's official site Coverage on the LPGA Tour's official site 2015 46.394 N 6.570 E type:event title Category:The Evian Championship Category:Golf tournaments in France Evian Championship Evian Championship Evian Championship