2019 Evian Championship

2019 Evian Championship
Tournament information
Dates	25–28 July 2019
Location	Évian-les-Bains, France; 46.394°N 6.570°E
Course(s)	Evian Resort Golf Club
Tour(s)	Ladies European Tour; LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,523 yards (5,965 m)
Field	120, 72 after cut
Cut	144 (+2)
Prize fund	$4,100,000
Winner's share	$615,000
Champion
	Ko Jin-young
	269 (−15)
Location Map
	Evian Resort Golf Club Location in France Evian Resort Golf Club Location in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The 2019 Evian Championship was played 25–28 July at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 26th Evian Championship (the first 20 played as the Evian Masters), and the seventh 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.

Ko Jin-young won her second major of the year by two trokes over Shanshan Feng and Kim Hyo-joo. Earlier in the year, she won the 2019 ANA Inspiration.

Field

The field for the tournament was set at 120, and most earned 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 were 17 exemption categories for the 2019 Evian Championship.[1][2]

1. Evian invitations (four)

María Fassi, Julie McCarthy (a), Yealimi Noh, Albane Valenzuela (a)[3][4]

2. Top two from the Jabra Ladies Open

Annabel Dimmock (10), Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (a)[4][5]

3. Top two players from the Island Resort Championship on the Symetra Tour

Cindy Ha, Daniela Iacobelli[4]

4. Winner of the Hanwha Classic Evian Championship Asia Challenge

Ahn Shi-hyun[4]

5. The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, as of 25 June 2019

Marina Alex, Choi Hye-jin, Chun In-gee (6,8,9), Carlota Ciganda, Austin Ernst (12), Shanshan Feng (9), Hannah Green (8,9), Georgia Hall (8), Nasa Hataoka (9), Brooke Henderson (8,9,12), Mamiko Higa, Charley Hull (10), Ji Eun-hee (9), Ariya Jutanugarn (8), Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang (8,9), Kim Hyo-joo (6), In-Kyung Kim (8), Kim Sei-young (9,12), Ko Jin-young (8,9), Lydia Ko (6,8,12), Jessica Korda (12), Nelly Korda (9), Bronte Law (9), Lee Jeong-eun (8,9,12), Lee Mi-hyang (12), Minjee Lee (9), Yu Liu, Azahara Muñoz, Inbee Park (7,8,12), Park Sung-hyun (8,9), Ryu So-yeon (8,12), Lizette Salas, Ai Suzuki, Lexi Thompson (9), Amy Yang (9), Angel Yin

Ahn Sun-ju, Bae Seon-woo, and Jiyai Shin (7) did not play.

6. Past Evian Championship winners

Anna Nordqvist, Angela Stanford (12)

Suzann Pettersen did not play.

7. Active Evian Masters Champions (must have played in 10 LPGA Tour or LET events from 25 July 2018 to 25 July 2019)

Paula Creamer, Laura Davies

Karrie Webb did not play.

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

Brittany Lang, Pernilla Lindberg

Brittany Lincicome did not play.

9. LPGA Tour winners since the 2018 Evian

Céline Boutier, Gaby López, Thidapa Suwannapura

Cydney Clanton did not play.

10. LET winners since the 2018 Evian

Diksha Dagar, Céline Herbin, Nuria Iturrioz (11), Meghan MacLaren (11), Becky Morgan, Marianne Skarpnord (11), Anne Van Dam

Atthaya Thitikul (a) did not play.

11. The top five on the LET Order of Merit, as of 16 July

Caroline Hedwall, Esther Henseleit

12. Top 10 and ties from the 2018 Evian Championship

Katherine Kirk, Amy Olson, Ryann O'Toole

Mo Martin did not play.

13. 2018 U.S. Women's Amateur champion

Kristen Gillman forfeited her exemption by turning professional in November 2018. She qualified under category 17.

14. 2019 British Ladies Amateur champion

Emily Toy (a)

15. 2019 Women's Asia Pacific Championship champion

Yuka Yasuda (a)

16. Any player who qualified for the 2018 Evian but did not compete due to maternity

Stacy Lewis

17. LPGA Tour money list, as of 16 July (if needed to fill the field to 120)

Brittany Altomare, Pajaree Anannarukarn, Aditi Ashok, Nicole Broch Larsen, Ashleigh Buhai, Tiffany Chan, Chella Choi, Daniela Darquea, Lindy Duncan, Dana Finkelstein, Sandra Gal, Kristen Gillman, Jaye Marie Green, Mina Harigae, Wei-Ling Hsu, M. J. Hur, Tiffany Joh, Haeji Kang, Sarah Kemp, Cristie Kerr, Megan Khang, Jennifer Kupcho, Lee Jeong-eun, Mirim Lee, Lin Xiyu, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Caroline Masson, Ally McDonald, Su-Hyun Oh, Annie Park, Pornanong Phatlum, Gerina Piller, Morgan Pressel, Melissa Reid, Madelene Sagström, Sarah Schmelzel, Alena Sharp, Jenny Shin, Jennifer Song, Mariah Stackhouse, Lauren Stephenson, Linnea Strom, Emma Talley, Charlotte Thomas, Maria Torres, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Jing Yan, Sakura Yokomine, Pavarisa Yoktuan

Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Haru Nomura did not play.

Nationalities in the field

North America (41)	South America (2)	Europe (30)	Oceana (6)	Asia (40)	Africa (1)
Canada (2)	Colombia (1)	England (9)	Australia (5)	China (4)	South Africa (1)
Mexico (2)	Ecuador (1)	Wales (1)	New Zealand (1)	Hong Kong (1)
Puerto Rico (1)		Ireland (1)		India (2)
United States (36)		Denmark (2)		Japan (6)
		France (3)		South Korea (20)
		Germany (3)		Taiwan (1)
		Netherlands (1)		Thailand (6)
		Norway (1)
		Spain (3)
		Sweden (5)
		Switzerland (1)

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Kim Hyo-joo	South Korea	2014	69	64	65	73	271	−13	T2
Chun In-gee	South Korea	2016	73	71	72	70	286	+2	T49

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Anna Nordqvist	Sweden	2017	72	73	145	+3
Angela Stanford	United States	2018	76	74	150	+8
Lydia Ko	New Zealand	2015	78	73	151	+9

Course

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Par	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	3	5	35	4	4	4	5	3	5	3	4	4	36	71
Yards	399	165	355	434	188	378	545	189	515	3,168	417	353	406	499	226	527	155	331	441	3,355	6,523
Metres	365	151	325	397	172	346	498	173	471	2,898	381	323	372	456	207	482	142	303	403	3,069	5,967

Source:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 25 July 2019

Paula Creamer shot a 7-under-par 64 to lead by one stroke over four golfers. Defending champion Angela Stanford shot a 5-over 76.[6]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Paula Creamer	United States	64	−7
T2	Brittany Altomare	United States	65	−6
	Ko Jin-young	South Korea
	Lee Mi-hyang	South Korea
	Inbee Park	South Korea
T6	Jennifer Kupcho	United States	66	−5
T6	Melissa Reid	England	66	−5
T8	Chella Choi	South Korea	67	−4
	Austin Ernst	United States
	Park Sung-hyun	South Korea

Second round

Friday, 26 July 2019

Lee Mi-hyang shot a second round 67 to take a one-stroke lead over three fellow South Koreans. The round was interrupted by a weather delay in the late afternoon. First round leader Paula Creamer fell seven strokes in her first five holes after the delay and ended with a 76 to fall to −2 and T-24 for the tournament. Defending champion Angela Stanford missed the cut by six strokes.[7]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Lee Mi-hyang	South Korea	65-67=132	−10
T2	Kim Hyo-joo	South Korea	69-64=133	−9
	Inbee Park	South Korea	65-68=133
	Park Sung-hyun	South Korea	67-66=133
5	Shanshan Feng	China	69-66=135	−7
T6	Pajaree Anannarukarn	Thailand	68-68=136	−6
	Caroline Hedwall	Sweden	72-64=136
	Kim Sei-young	South Korea	68-68=136
	Ko Jin-young	South Korea	65-71=136
	Jennifer Kupcho	United States	66-70=136
	Amy Olson	United States	70-66=136

Third round

Saturday, 27 July 2019

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Kim Hyo-joo	South Korea	69-64-65=198	−15
2	Park Sung-hyun	South Korea	67-66-66=199	−14
T3	Ko Jin-young	South Korea	65-71-66=202	−11
T3	Inbee Park	South Korea	65-68-69=202	−11
T5	Shanshan Feng	China	69-66-68=203	−10
T5	Lee Mi-hyang	South Korea	65-67-71=203	−10
7	Caroline Hedwall	Sweden	72-64-68=204	−9
T8	Chella Choi	South Korea	67-70-68=205	−8
	Ariya Jutanugarn	Thailand	70-71-64=205
	Megan Khang	United States	68-70-67=205
	Jennifer Kupcho	United States	66-70-69=205

Final round

Sunday, 28 July 2019

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Prize money (US$)
1	Ko Jin-young	South Korea	65-71-66-67=269	−15	615,000
T2	Shanshan Feng	China	69-66-68-68=271	−13	290,778
	Kim Hyo-joo	South Korea	69-64-65-73=271
	Jennifer Kupcho	United States	66-70-69-66=271
5	Ariya Jutanugarn	Thailand	70-71-64-68=273	−11	172,316
T6	Moriya Jutanugarn	Thailand	68-72-66-68=274	−10	129,498
T6	Park Sung-hyun	South Korea	67-66-66-75=274	−10	129,498
T8	Megan Khang	United States	68-70-67-70=275	−9	98,169
T8	Inbee Park	South Korea	65-68-69-73=275	−9	98,169
10	Carlota Ciganda	Spain	70-69-67-70=276	−8	84,591

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	5	3	4	5
Ko	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−15
Feng	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−13	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13
Kim	−15	−15	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15	−16	−15	−15	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13
Kupcho	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−12	−13
A. Jutanugarn	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−11
M. Jutanugarn	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10
Park S-h	−13	−12	−13	−13	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−11	−10	−10	−11	−10	−11	−11	−10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey		Triple bogey+

Source:[8]

References

"2019 Evian Championship – Press Kit" (PDF). Evian Championship. p. 4.
"Evian Championship – Tournament Entries (Evian Resort Golf Club – 25th – 28th July 2019)". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
"The Evian Championship Wildcards". Evian Championship. 28 June 2019.
"Qualification The Evian Championship". Evian Championship. 28 June 2019.
"Jabra Ladies Open – Annabel Dimmock, a down-to-the-wire victory". Evian Championship. 25 May 2019.
"Creamer shoots 64 to lead at Evian Championship". ESPN. 25 July 2019.
Nichols, Beth Ann (26 July 2019). "Evian Championship: South Koreans take charge as Creamer falters and bad weather looms". Golfweek.
"Leaderboard". Evian Championship. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

External links

Preceded by 2019 Women's PGA Championship	Major Championships	Succeeded by 2019 Women's British Open

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[1] "2019 Evian Championship – Press Kit" (PDF). Evian Championship. p. 4.

[2] "Evian Championship – Tournament Entries (Evian Resort Golf Club – 25th – 28th July 2019)". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[3] "The Evian Championship Wildcards". Evian Championship. 28 June 2019.

[qual-4] "Qualification The Evian Championship". Evian Championship. 28 June 2019.

[5] "Jabra Ladies Open – Annabel Dimmock, a down-to-the-wire victory". Evian Championship. 25 May 2019.

[6] "Creamer shoots 64 to lead at Evian Championship". ESPN. 25 July 2019.

[7] Nichols, Beth Ann (26 July 2019). "Evian Championship: South Koreans take charge as Creamer falters and bad weather looms". Golfweek.

[rd4scr-8] "Leaderboard". Evian Championship. Retrieved 4 August 2019.