2017 Evian Championship

The 2017 Evian Championship was played 14–17 September at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 24th Evian Championship (the first 19 played as the Evian Masters), and the fifth 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.

2017 Evian Championship
Tournament information
Dates14–17 September 2017
LocationÉvian-les-Bains, France
Course(s)Evian Resort Golf Club
Tour(s)Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par71[1]
Length6,482 yards (5,927 m)[1]
Field120 players, 72 after cut
Cut145 (+3)
Prize fund$3,650,000
3,068,956
Winner's share$547,500
€460,343
Champion
Anna Nordqvist
204 (−9), playoff
Evian Resort Golf Club
Location in France

Anna Nordqvist beat Brittany Altomare at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff, after the pair had tied on 204. The event was reduced to 54 holes after the first day's play was abandoned because of bad weather.

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 15 exemption categories for the 2017 Evian Championship.[2]

1. The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, as of 15 August 2017

Choi Hye-jin (a), Chun In-gee (2,4,8), Carlota Ciganda (5,7), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (7), Shanshan Feng (5,6,8), Brooke Henderson (4,5,8), Charley Hull (5), M. J. Hur, Ariya Jutanugarn (4,5,8), Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang (4,5), Cristie Kerr (5), Kim Hyo-joo (2), In-Kyung Kim (4,5,6,7,8), Kim Sei-young (5,8), Lydia Ko (2,4), Jessica Korda, Lee Mi-hyang (5,6), Minjee Lee, Mirim Lee, Haru Nomura (5,8), Anna Nordqvist (5), Park Sung-hyun (4,5,8), Suzann Pettersen (2), Gerina Piller (8), Ryu So-yeon (4,5,8), Lexi Thompson (4,5), Amy Yang (5)

2. Past Evian Championship winners

all already qualified

3. Active Evian Masters Champions (must have played in 10 LPGA Tour or LET events from 5 September 2016 to 5 September 2017)

Paula Creamer, Laura Davies, Juli Inkster, Ai Miyazato, Karrie Webb

4. Winners of the other women's majors for the last five years

Brittany Lang, Brittany Lincicome (5), Mo Martin

5. LPGA Tour winners since the 2016 Evian

Katherine Kirk

6. LET winners since the 2016 Evian

Beth Allen, Aditi Ashok, Azahara Muñoz, Florentyna Parker, Melissa Reid, Supamas Sangchan, Klára Spilková, Atthaya Thitikul (a), Anne van Dam

7. The top five on the LET Order of Merit, as of 5 September

Georgia Hall, Caroline Masson

8. Top 10 and ties from the 2016 Evian Championship

Angela Stanford

9. 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur champion

Sophia Schubert (a)

10. 2017 British Ladies Amateur champion

11. Top two players from the PHC Classic on the Symetra Tour

Brittany Marchand, Marion Ricordeau

12. Top player after the Evian Challenge in South Korea

Kim Do-yeon

13. Top two from the Jabra Ladies Open on the LET Access Series

Isabelle Boineau, Johanna Gustavsson

14. Evian invitations (four)[4]

Natalie Gulbis, Agathe Laisné (a), Paphangkorn Tavatanakit (a), Albane Valenzuela (a)

15. LPGA Tour money list, as of 5 September (if needed to fill the field to 120)

Marina Alex, Brittany Altomare, Nicole Broch Larsen, Katie Burnett, Pei-Yun Chien, Chella Choi, Cydney Clanton, Jacqui Concolino, Perrine Delacour, Lindy Duncan, Austin Ernst, Simin Feng, Sandra Gal, Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Jaye Marie Green, Mina Harigae, Caroline Hedwall, Wei-Ling Hsu, Karine Icher, Ji Eun-hee, Tiffany Joh, Kim Kaufman, Megan Khang, Christina Kim, Joanna Klatten, Nelly Korda, Olafia Kristinsdottir, Candie Kung, Bronte Law, Alison Lee, Amelia Lewis, Lee Jeong-eun, Pernilla Lindberg, Gaby López, Catriona Matthew, Ally McDonald, Wichanee Meechai, Su-Hyun Oh, Amy Olson, Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace, Jane Park, Emily Kristine Pedersen, Pornanong Phatlum, Morgan Pressel, Beatriz Recari, Madelene Sagström, Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong, Jenny Shin, Kelly Shon, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Mariah Stackhouse, Marissa Steen, Thidapa Suwannapura, Yani Tseng, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Jing Yan, Angel Yin, Yoo Sun-young

Nationalities in the field

North America (43)South America (1)Europe (32)Oceana (6)Asia (37)Africa (1)
 Canada (2) Colombia (1) England (7) Australia (5) China (3) South Africa (1)
 Mexico (1) Scotland (1) New Zealand (1) India (1)
 United States (40) Belgium (1) Japan (3)
 Czech Republic (1) South Korea (17)
 Denmark (2) Taiwan (4)
 France (6) Thailand (9)
 Germany (2)
 Iceland (1)
 Netherlands (1)
 Norway (1)
 Spain (3)
 Sweden (5)
  Switzerland (1)

Past champions in the field

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2R3TotalTo parFinish
Lydia Ko New Zealand2015686869205−8T3
Kim Hyo-joo South Korea2014707368211−2T14
Chun In-gee South Korea2016707072212−1T18
Suzann Pettersen Norway2013697472215+2T40

Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par434434535354445353443671
Yards3991653554141883845451895053,1444173534064992095271553314413,3386,482
Metres3651513253791723514981734612,8743813233724561914821423034033,0525,926

Source:[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 14 September 2017

Strong winds and heavy rain caused play to be abandoned. The scores of the players who had already started were not counted and the tournament will resume on Friday as a 54-hole event with a cut after 36 holes.[5]

Friday, 15 September 2017

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Park Sung-hyun South Korea63−8
2Moriya Jutanugarn Thailand65−6
T3Katherine Kirk Australia66−5
Anna Nordqvist Sweden
T5Marina Alex United States67−4
In-Kyung Kim South Korea
Jessica Korda United States
T8Austin Ernst United States68−3
Georgia Hall England
M. J. Hur South Korea
Lydia Ko New Zealand
Ai Miyazato Japan
Ryann O'Toole United States
Sophia Schubert (a) United States
Ayako Uehara Japan

Second round

Saturday, 16 September 2017

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Moriya Jutanugarn Thailand65-68=133−9
2Ayako Uehara Japan68-66=134−8
3Katherine Kirk Australia66-69=135−7
T4In-Kyung Kim South Korea67-69=136−6
Lydia Ko New Zealand68-68=136
Park Sung-hyun South Korea63-73=136
T7Shanshan Feng China69-68=137−5
Georgia Hall England68-69=137
Jennifer Song United States72-65=137
Angela Stanford United States69-68=137

Final round

Sunday, 17 September 2017

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
T1Brittany Altomare United States70-68-66=204−9Playoff
Anna Nordqvist Sweden66-72-66=204
T3Moriya Jutanugarn Thailand65-68-72=205−8196,789
Katherine Kirk Australia66-69-70=205
Lydia Ko New Zealand68-68-69=205
T6Shanshan Feng China69-68-69=206−7115,285
Kim Sei-young South Korea70-68-68=206
8Jennifer Song United States72-65-70=207−692,042
9Lee Mi-hyang South Korea69-72-67=208−582,746
T10Georgia Hall England68-69-72=209−470,037
In-Kyung Kim South Korea67-69-73=209
Ayako Uehara Japan68-66-75=209

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par434434535444535344
Nordqvist−3−3−3−3−2−3−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−7−9−10−10−9
Altomare−4−3−3−4−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−9−9
Jutanugarn−8−8−9−10−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−9−9−9−9−9−8
Kirk−8−8−8−8−8−7−8−8−8−7−7−7−7−8−9−8−7−8
Ko−6−6−7−8−8−8−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−7−9−9−9−8
Feng−5−5−5−6−7−6−6−5−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−8−8−7
Kim−4−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−3−3−4−5−6−5−6−6−7
Uehara−8−8−8−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−7−5−5−5−5−4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagles Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[6]

Playoff

The sudden-death playoff was on the par-4 18th hole. Altomare took a double-bogey 6 to Nordqvist's bogey 5.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Anna Nordqvist Sweden5+1547,500
2Brittany Altomare United States6+2339,625

References

  1. "The Evian Championship - Course". Archived from the original on 30 August 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  2. "2017 Evian Championship – Press Kit" (PDF). Evian Championship. p. 3.
  3. "Wie withdraws from Evian, recovering from appendicitis". USA Today. Associated Press. 6 September 2017.
  4. "Get to know: Our 4 wildcards". Evian Championship. 3 August 2017.
  5. "Final women's major shortened to 54 holes due to weather". ESPN. Associated Press. 14 September 2017.
  6. "THE EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP". LPGA. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
Preceded by
2017 Women's British Open
Major Championships Succeeded by
2018 ANA Inspiration

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