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2019 Evian Championship

Coordinates: 46°23′38″N 6°34′12″E / 46.394°N 6.570°E / 46.394; 6.570
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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
Evian Resort Golf Club
Evian Resort Golf Club
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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 strokes over Shanshan Feng and Kim Hyo-joo. Earlier in the year, she won the 2019 ANA Inspiration.

Field

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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

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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

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Round summaries

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First round

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

Second round

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

Third round

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Saturday, 27 July 2019

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

Final round

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Sunday, 28 July 2019

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

Scorecard

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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
South Korea Ko −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15
China Feng −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13
South Korea Kim −15 −15 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −16 −15 −15 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13
United States Kupcho −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −13
Thailand A. Jutanugarn −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −9 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −11
Thailand M. Jutanugarn −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10
South Korea 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

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  1. ^ "2019 Evian Championship – Press Kit" (PDF). Evian Championship. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  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. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d "Qualification The Evian Championship". Evian Championship. 28 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Jabra Ladies Open – Annabel Dimmock, a down-to-the-wire victory". Evian Championship. 25 May 2019. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 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.
  8. ^ "Leaderboard". Evian Championship. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
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