2019 Evian Championship

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.

2019 Evian Championship
Tournament information
Dates25–28 July 2019
LocationÉvian-les-Bains, France
46°23′38″N 6°34′12″E / 46.394°N 6.570°E / 46.394; 6.570
Course(s)Evian Resort Golf Club
Tour(s)Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,523 yards (5,965 m)
Field120, 72 after cut
Cut144 (+2)
Prize fund$4,100,000
Winner's share$615,000
Champion
South Korea Ko Jin-young
269 (−15)
Location map
Evian Resort Golf Club is located in France
Evian Resort Golf Club
Evian Resort Golf Club
Location in France
Evian Resort Golf Club is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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Ko Jin-young won her second major of the year by two strokes 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

6. Past Evian Championship winners

Anna Nordqvist, Angela Stanford (12)

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

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

Brittany Lang, Pernilla Lindberg

9. LPGA Tour winners since the 2018 Evian

Céline Boutier, Gaby López, Thidapa Suwannapura

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

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

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

Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par434434535354445353443671
Yards3991653554341883785451895153,1684173534064992265271553314413,3556,523
Metres3651513253971723464981734712,8983813233724562074821423034033,0695,967

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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]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Paula Creamer64−7
T2 Brittany Altomare65−6
Ko Jin-young
Lee Mi-hyang
Inbee Park
T6 Jennifer Kupcho66−5
Melissa Reid
T8 Chella Choi67−4
Austin Ernst
Park Sung-hyun

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]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Lee Mi-hyang65-67=132−10
T2 Kim Hyo-joo69-64=133−9
Inbee Park65-68=133
Park Sung-hyun67-66=133
5 Shanshan Feng69-66=135−7
T6 Pajaree Anannarukarn68-68=136−6
Caroline Hedwall72-64=136
Kim Sei-young68-68=136
Ko Jin-young65-71=136
Jennifer Kupcho66-70=136
Amy Olson70-66=136

Third round

Saturday, 27 July 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Kim Hyo-joo69-64-65=198−15
2 Park Sung-hyun67-66-66=199−14
T3 Ko Jin-young65-71-66=202−11
Inbee Park65-68-69=202
T5 Shanshan Feng69-66-68=203−10
Lee Mi-hyang65-67-71=203
7 Caroline Hedwall72-64-68=204−9
T8 Chella Choi67-70-68=205−8
Ariya Jutanugarn70-71-64=205
Megan Khang68-70-67=205
Jennifer Kupcho66-70-69=205

Final round

Sunday, 28 July 2019

PlacePlayerScoreTo parPrize money (US$)
1 Ko Jin-young65-71-66-67=269−15615,000
T2 Shanshan Feng69-66-68-68=271−13290,778
Kim Hyo-joo69-64-65-73=271
Jennifer Kupcho66-70-69-66=271
5 Ariya Jutanugarn70-71-64-68=273−11172,316
T6 Moriya Jutanugarn68-72-66-68=274−10129,498
Park Sung-hyun67-66-66-75=274
T8 Megan Khang68-70-67-70=275−998,169
Inbee Park65-68-69-73=275
10 Carlota Ciganda70-69-67-70=276−884,591

Scorecard

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par434434535444435345
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

EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+

Source:[8]

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