2015 Evian Championship

2015 Evian Championship
Tournament information
Dates10–13 September 2015
LocationÉvian-les-Bains, France
Course(s)Evian Resort Golf Club
Tour(s)Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par71[1]
Length6,470 yards (5,920 m)[1]
Field120 players, 77 after cut
Cut147 (+5)
Prize fund$3,250,000
Winner's share$487,500
Champion
New Zealand Lydia Ko
268 (−16)
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Evian Resort Golf Club is located in France
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Location in France

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)

  • All players already qualified in other categories.

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

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 399 165 355 414 188 384 545 189 481 3,120 417 353 406 499 221 527 155 331 441 3,350 6,470
Metres 365 151 325 379 172 351 498 173 440 2,853 381 323 372 456 202 482 142 303 403 3,063 5,916

Source:[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 10 September 2015

Place Player Score To par
T1 South Korea Lee Mi-hyang 66 −5
United States Lexi Thompson
T3 South Korea Ji Eun-hee 67 −4
Thailand Pornanong Phatlum
United States Gerina Piller
T6 United States Beth Allen 68 −3
China Shanshan Feng
South Korea Kim Sei-young
Denmark Nicole Broch Larsen
Taiwan Min Lee
Australia Minjee Lee

Second round

Friday, 11 September 2015

Place Player Score To par
1 South Korea Lee Mi-hyang 66-67=133 −9
2 United States Morgan Pressel 69-65=134 −8
3 Denmark Nicole Broch Larsen 68-67=135 −7
4 China Shanshan Feng 68-68=136 −6
T5 South Korea In-Kyung Kim 71-67=138 −4
New Zealand Lydia Ko 69-69=138
South Korea Ilhee Lee 71-67=138
Thailand Pornanong Phatlum 67-71=138
United States Lexi Thompson 66-72=138
South Korea Amy Yang 72-66=138

Third round

Saturday, 12 September 2015

Place Player Score To par
1 South Korea Lee Mi-hyang 66-67-70=203 −10
2 United States Lexi Thompson 66-72-66=204 −9
T3 New Zealand Lydia Ko 69-69-67=205 −8
United States Morgan Pressel 69-65-71=205
T5 China Shanshan Feng 68-68-70=206 −7
Denmark Nicole Broch Larsen 68-67-71=206
South Korea Amy Yang 72-66-68=206
T8 South Korea Ji Eun-hee 67-73-67=207 −6
South Korea Ilhee Lee 71-67-69=207
T10 Australia Minjee Lee 68-72-68=208 −5
South Africa Lee-Anne Pace 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]

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 New Zealand Lydia Ko 69-69-67-63=268 −16 487,500
2 United States Lexi Thompson 66-72-66-70=274 −10 298,698
3 China Shanshan Feng 68-68-70-70=276 −8 216,684
T4 South Korea Ilhee Lee 71-67-69-70=277 −7 151,270
South Korea Mi Hyang Lee 66-67-70-74=277
T6 United States Alison Lee 70-70-72-66=278 −6 101,392
South Africa Lee-Anne Pace 71-72-65-70=278
T8 South Korea Eun-Hee Ji 67-73-67-72=279 −5 73,319
South Korea Inbee Park 72-69-70-68=279
South Korea Amy Yang 72-66-68-73=279

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
New Zealand Ko −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −15 −16
United States Thompson −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10
China Feng −7 −7 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −8
South Korea I. Lee −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −7 −8 −8 −9 −7
South Korea 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]

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

References

  1. ^ a b c "The Evian Championship - Course". Archived from the original on 30 August 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  2. ^ "2015 Evian Championship – Press Kit" (PDF). Evian Championship. May 2015. p. 5.
  3. ^ "2015 Evian Championship – Players". Evian Championship. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Lydia Ko wins Evian Championship to become youngest major champion". ESPN. 13 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Lowest rounds in women's major championship history". Golf News Net. 13 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Evian Championship leaderboard".

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