2017 Evian Championship

2017 Evian Championship
Tournament information
Dates	14–17 September 2017
Location	Évian-les-Bains, France
Course(s)	Evian Resort Golf Club
Tour(s)	Ladies European Tour; LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,482 yards (5,927 m)
Field	120 players, 72 after cut
Cut	145 (+3)
Prize fund	$3,650,000; €3,068,956
Winner's share	$547,500; €460,343
Champion
	Anna Nordqvist
	204 (−9), playoff
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Evian Resort Golf Club

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Location in France

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.

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[edit]

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)

Michelle Wie (4) did not play following an appendectomy.^[3]
Jang Ha-na (5), Kim Ha-neul, Kim Hae-rym (6), Ko Jin-young, Lee Bo-mee, Lee Jeong-eun, Stacy Lewis (4,5), Teresa Lu, Inbee Park (3,4,5), Jiyai Shin, and Ai Suzuki did not play

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

Leona Maguire (a) did not play

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

Ashleigh Buhai, Sandra Changkija, Lizette Salas, and Alena Sharp did not play

Course[edit]

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	414	188	384	545	189	505	3,144	417	353	406	499	209	527	155	331	441	3,338	6,482
Metres	365	151	325	379	172	351	498	173	461	2,874	381	323	372	456	191	482	142	303	403	3,052	5,926

Source:^[1]

Round summaries[edit]

First round[edit]

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

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Park Sung-hyun	63	−8
2	Moriya Jutanugarn	65	−6
T3	Katherine Kirk	66	−5
T3	Anna Nordqvist	66	−5
T5	Marina Alex	67	−4
	In-Kyung Kim
	Jessica Korda
T8	Austin Ernst	68	−3
	Georgia Hall
	M. J. Hur
	Lydia Ko
	Ai Miyazato
	Ryann O'Toole
	Sophia Schubert (a)
	Ayako Uehara

Second round[edit]

Saturday, 16 September 2017

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Moriya Jutanugarn	65-68=133	−9
2	Ayako Uehara	68-66=134	−8
3	Katherine Kirk	66-69=135	−7
T4	In-Kyung Kim	67-69=136	−6
	Lydia Ko	68-68=136
	Park Sung-hyun	63-73=136
T7	Shanshan Feng	69-68=137	−5
	Georgia Hall	68-69=137
	Jennifer Song	72-65=137
	Angela Stanford	69-68=137

Final round[edit]

Sunday, 17 September 2017

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
T1	Brittany Altomare	70-68-66=204	−9	Playoff
T1	Anna Nordqvist	66-72-66=204	−9	Playoff
T3	Moriya Jutanugarn	65-68-72=205	−8	196,789
	Katherine Kirk	66-69-70=205
	Lydia Ko	68-68-69=205
T6	Shanshan Feng	69-68-69=206	−7	115,285
T6	Kim Sei-young	70-68-68=206	−7	115,285
8	Jennifer Song	72-65-70=207	−6	92,042
9	Lee Mi-hyang	69-72-67=208	−5	82,746
T10	Georgia Hall	68-69-72=209	−4	70,037
	In-Kyung Kim	67-69-73=209
	Ayako Uehara	68-66-75=209

Scorecard[edit]

Final round

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	5	3	5	3	4	4
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[edit]

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

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Anna Nordqvist	5	+1	547,500
2	Brittany Altomare	6	+2	339,625

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "The Evian Championship - Course". Archived from the original on 30 August 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
^ "2017 Evian Championship – Press Kit" (PDF). Evian Championship. p. 3.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Wie withdraws from Evian, recovering from appendicitis". USA Today. Associated Press. 6 September 2017.
^ "Get to know: Our 4 wildcards". Evian Championship. 3 August 2017.
^ "Final women's major shortened to 54 holes due to weather". ESPN. Associated Press. 14 September 2017.
^ "THE EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP". LPGA. Retrieved 3 September 2018.

External links[edit]

46°23′38″N 6°34′12″E / 46.394°N 6.570°E / 46.394; 6.570

[ergc-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.^{[permanent dead link]}

[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.

[rd4scr-6] "THE EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP". LPGA. Retrieved 3 September 2018.

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