2018 Evian Championship Explained

2018 Evian Championship
Location:	Évian-les-Bains, France
Course:	Evian Resort Golf Club
Dates:	13–16 September 2018
Tour:	Ladies European Tour LPGA Tour
Par:	71^[1]
Field:	120 players, 72 after cut
Cut:	145 (+3)
Purse:	$3,850,000
Winners Share:	$577,500
Champion:	Angela Stanford
Score:	272 (−12)
Previous:	2017
Next:	2019
Map:	France#France Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Map Relief:	yes
Map Label:	Evian Resort Golf Club
Coordinates:	46.394°N 6.57°W

The 2018 Evian Championship was played 13–16 September at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 25th Evian Championship (the first 20 played as the Evian Masters), and the sixth 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.

At the age of 40, Angela Stanford won her first major championship on her 76th appearance in a major. Four players tied for second place, a stroke behind, including Amy Olson who came to the last hole needing a par to win but made a double bogey.^[2]

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 15 exemption categories for the 2018 Evian Championship.^[3]

1. Evian invitations (four)

Natalie Gulbis, Rachel Heck (a), Alana Uriell (a), Albane Valenzuela (a)

María Fassi (a) and Dylan Kim (a) declined invitations.^[4]

2. Top two from the Jabra Ladies Open

Karolin Lampert, Astrid Vayson de Pradenne (10)

3. Winner of the SGF 67 Evian Asia Challenge (South Korea)

Ryu Hae-ran (a)

4. Top two players from the PHC Classic on the Symetra Tour

Lauren Coughlin

Dottie Ardina did not play.

5. The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, as of 14 August 2018

Marina Alex (9), Brittany Altomare (12), Chun In-gee (6,8), Carlota Ciganda, Austin Ernst, Shanshan Feng (9,12), Georgia Hall (8,9,10,11,12), Nasa Hataoka (9), Brooke Henderson (8,9), Charley Hull, Ji Eun-hee (9), Ariya Jutanugarn (8,9,10), Moriya Jutanugarn (9,12), Danielle Kang (8), Cristie Kerr (9,10), Kim Hyo-joo (6,8), Kim Sei-young (9,12), Ko Jin-young (9), Lydia Ko (6,8,9,12), Jessica Korda (9), Nelly Korda, Lee Jeong-eun, Minjee Lee (9,10), Brittany Lincicome (8,9), Pernilla Lindberg (8,9), Anna Nordqvist (6,8,12), Inbee Park (7,8,9), Park Sung-hyun (8,9), Ryu So-yeon (8,9), Lizette Salas, Lexi Thompson (8), Amy Yang

Choi Hye-jin, In-Kyung Kim (8,12), Stacy Lewis, Teresa Lu, Oh Ji-hyun, Jiyai Shin (10), Ai Suzuki, and Michelle Wie (8,9) did not play.

6. Past Evian Championship winners

Suzann Pettersen did not play.

7. Active Evian Masters Champions (must have played in 10 LPGA Tour or LET events from 4 September 2017 to 4 September 2018)

Paula Creamer, Laura Davies

Juli Inkster did not play.

8. Winners of the other women's majors for the last five yearsBrittany Lang, Mo Martin

9. LPGA Tour winners since the 2017 Evian

Annie Park, Thidapa Suwannapura

10. LET winners since the 2017 Evian

Aditi Ashok, Céline Boutier, Ashleigh Buhai, Camille Chevalier, Caroline Hedwall, Meghan MacLaren, Azahara Muñoz, Kanyalak Preedasuttijit, Angel Yin

Jenny Haglund (11) did not play.

11. The top five on the LET Order of Merit, as of 4 September

Sarah Kemp, Klára Spilková, Anne Van Dam

12. Top 10 and ties from the 2017 Evian Championship

Katherine Kirk, Lee Mi-hyang, Jennifer Song, Ayako Uehara

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

Kristen Gillman did not play.

14. 2018 British Ladies Amateur champion

Leonie Harm did not play.

15. LPGA Tour money list, as of 4 September (if needed to fill the field to 120)

Nicole Broch Larsen, Sandra Changkija, Pei-Yun Chien, Chella Choi, Cydney Clanton, Jacqui Concolino, Daniela Darquea, Brianna Do, Lindy Duncan, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Sandra Gal, Hannah Green, Jaye Marie Green, Mina Harigae, Céline Herbin, Daniela Holmqvist, Wei-Ling Hsu, M. J. Hur, Caroline Inglis, Tiffany Joh, Haeji Kang, Megan Khang, Christina Kim, Bronte Law, Lee Jeong-eun, Mirim Lee, Yu Liu, Gaby López, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Brittany Marchand, Caroline Masson, Catriona Matthew, Ally McDonald, Wichanee Meechai, Benyapa Niphatsophon, Su-Hyun Oh, Amy Olson, Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace, Park Hee-young, Jane Park, Pornanong Phatlum, Morgan Pressel, Beatriz Recari, Robynn Ree, Madelene Sagström, Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong, Alena Sharp, Jenny Shin, Sarah Jane Smith, Mariah Stackhouse, Angela Stanford, Emma Talley, Kris Tamulis, Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, Maria Torres, Mariajo Uribe, Sakura Yokomine

Laetitia Beck and Yoo Sun-young did not play.

Course

See main article: Evian Resort Golf Club.

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:^[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 13 September 2018

Carlota Ciganda and Maria Torres shot 6-under-par rounds of 65 to lead by one stroke over Austin Ernst.^[5] The defending champion, Anna Nordqvist, shot 71.

Place	Player	Score	To par
align=center rowspan=2	T1		align=center rowspan=2	65	align=center rowspan=2	−6
Maria Torres
3		66	−5
align=center rowspan=3	T4		align=center rowspan=3	67	align=center rowspan=3	−4
Brooke Henderson
Ryu So-yeon
align=center rowspan=10	T7		align=center rowspan=10	68	align=center rowspan=10	−3
Georgia Hall
Ji Eun-hee
Katherine Kirk
Lee Mi-hyang
Mo Martin
Caroline Masson
Ally McDonald
Ryann O'Toole
Inbee Park

Second round

Friday, 14 September 2018

First round co-leader Maria Torres shot a 69 to remain in a first-place tie with Lee Mi-hyang, Mo Martin, and Amy Olson at 134 (−8). The other first round co-leader, Carlota Ciganda, dropped to 5th place at 135. Defending champion Anna Nordqvist was tied for 30th at 141. World number 1 Park Sung-hyun missed the cut by three strokes with a 148.^[6]

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1		68-66=134	−8
	68-66=134
	69-65=134
	65-69=134
5		65-70=135	−7
T6		66-70=136	−6
	68-68=136
	67-69=136
	69-67=136
	67-69=136
	70-66=136
	72-64=136

Third round

Saturday, 15 September 2018

Amy Olson shot a second straight 65 to take a two-stroke lead over Kim Sei-young.^[7]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		69-65-65=199	−14
2		69-68-64=201	−12
3		68-66-69=203	−10
T4		68-68-68=204	−9
	68-69-67=204
	72-64-68=204
T7		66-70-69=205	−8
	69-67-69=205
	72-66-67=205
	68-74-63=205

Final round

Sunday, 16 September 2018

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Angela Stanford	72-64-68-68=272	−12	577,500
T2		66-70-69-68=273	−11	244,615
	69-68-64-72=273
	68-66-69-70=273
	69-65-65-74=273
T6		72-66-67-69=274	−10	121,293
	68-74-63-69=274
T8		69-71-67-68=275	−9	91,949
	68-69-67-71=275
T10		67-69-72-68=276	−8	69,096
	68-73-66-69=276
	72-70-67-67=276
	68-66-73-69=276
	67-69-72-68=276

Scorecard

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
Stanford	−9	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−13	−11	−12	−12
Ernst	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11
Kim	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−11	−11	−10	−11	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11
Martin	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11
Olson	−14	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−14	−13	−13	−13	−13	−11
J-e Lee	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−10
O'Toole	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10
Park	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey

^[8]

External links

Notes and References

Web site: The Evian Championship - Course . 12 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130830081247/http://www.evianchampionship.com/en/the-championship/course . 30 August 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
News: Angela Stanford wins Evian Championship for first career Major . ESPN . Associated Press . 16 September 2018.
Web site: 2018 Evian Championship – Press Kit . Evian Championship . 4.
Web site: The Evian Championship, the 4 wildcard recipients . Evian Championship . 10 July 2018.
News: Maria Torres, Carlota Ciganda lead Evian Championship as Sung Hyun Park struggles . ESPN . Associated Press . 13 September 2018.
News: Maria Torres shares four-way lead as Sung Hyun Park misses cut . ESPN . Associated Press . 14 September 2018.
News: Evian Championships: Amy Olson shoots third-round 65 to take lead . ESPN . Reuters . 15 September 2018.
Web site: Evian Championship . Leaderboard . September 16, 2018.