2015 Evian Championship Explained

2015 Evian Championship
Location:Évian-les-Bains, France
Course:Evian Resort Golf Club
Dates:10–13 September 2015
Tour:Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Par:71[1]
Field:120 players, 77 after cut
Cut:147 (+5)
Purse:$3,250,000
Winners Share:$487,500
Champion: Lydia Ko
Score:268 (−16)
Previous:2014
Next:2016

The 2015 Evian Championship was played 10–13 September at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 22nd Evian Championship (the first 19 played as the Evian Masters), and the third 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. Lydia Ko won her first major championship, becoming the youngest major winner, at age 18, and shooting the lowest final round, 63, to win a major.

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 12 exemption categories for the 2015 Evian Championship.[2] [3]

1. The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, as of 4 August 2015

2. Active past champions

3. Winners of the 2015 majors (2015 ANA Inspiration, 2015 KPMG Women's PGA Championship, 2015 U.S. Women's Open, 2015 Women's British Open)

4. LPGA Tour winners since 2014 Evian

5. Ladies European Tour (LET) winners since 2014 Evian

6. The top 5 on the LET Order of Merit, as of commitment date

7. Top 10 and ties from the 2014 Evian Championship

8. 2015 U.S. Women's Amateur champion

9. 2015 British Ladies Amateur champion

10. Evian invitations (four)

11. Evian pre-qualifiers (two)

12. LPGA Tour money list, as of commitment date

Course

See main article: article and Evian Resort Golf Club.

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par434434535354445353443671
Yards3991653554141883845451894813,1204173534064992215271553314413,3506,470
Metres3651513253791723514981734402,8533813233724562024821423034033,0635,916
Source:[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 10 September 2015

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 66 −5
Lexi Thompson
T3 67 −4
Pornanong Phatlum
Gerina Piller
T6 68 −3
Shanshan Feng
Kim Sei-young
Nicole Broch Larsen
Min Lee
Minjee Lee

Second round

Friday, 11 September 2015

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 66-67=133 −9
2 69-65=134 −8
3 68-67=135 −7
4 68-68=136 −6
T5 71-67=138 −4
69-69=138
71-67=138
67-71=138
66-72=138
72-66=138

Third round

Saturday, 12 September 2015

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 66-67-70=203 −10
2 66-72-66=204 −9
T3 69-69-67=205 −8
69-65-71=205
T5 68-68-70=206 −7
68-67-71=206
72-66-68=206
T8 67-73-67=207 −6
71-67-69=207
T10 68-72-68=208 −5
71-72-65=208

Final round

Sunday, 13 September 2015

Lydia Ko birdied five holes on the back-nine and shot a round of 63 for a six-shot win over Lexi Thompson and her first career major championship. With the win Ko became the youngest winner of a LPGA major, and the youngest major champion in golf since Young Tom Morris won the 1868 Open Championship.[4] Her closing round of 63 was a record lowest final round in the history of women's golf majors.[5]

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Lydia Ko 69-69-67-63=268 −16 487,500
2 66-72-66-70=274 −10 298,698
3 68-68-70-70=276 −8 216,684
T4 71-67-69-70=277 −7 151,270
66-67-70-74=277
T6 70-70-72-66=278 −6 101,392
71-72-65-70=278
T8 67-73-67-72=279 −5 73,319
72-69-70-68=279
72-66-68-73=279

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par434434535444535344
Ko −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −15 −16
Thompson −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10
Feng −7 −7 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −8
I. Lee −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −7 −8 −8 −9 −7
M.H. Lee−10 −10 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[6]
BirdieBogeyDouble bogey

External links

46.394°N 6.57°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Evian Championship - Course . 12 September 2013 . 30 August 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130830081247/http://www.evianchampionship.com/en/the-championship/course . dead .
  2. Web site: 2015 Evian Championship – Press Kit . Evian Championship . May 2015 . 5.
  3. Web site: 2015 Evian Championship – Players . Evian Championship . 2 September 2015.
  4. News: Lydia Ko wins Evian Championship to become youngest major champion . ESPN . 13 September 2015.
  5. Web site: Lowest rounds in women’s major championship history . Golf News Net . 13 September 2015.
  6. Web site: Evian Championship leaderboard.

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