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2015 Evian Championship

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.

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
Evian Resort Golf Club
Evian Resort Golf Club
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Location in France

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 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 edit

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 edit

First round edit

Thursday, 10 September 2015

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

Second round edit

Friday, 11 September 2015

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

Third round edit

Saturday, 12 September 2015

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

Final round edit

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   Lydia Ko 69-69-67-63=268 −16 487,500
2   Lexi Thompson 66-72-66-70=274 −10 298,698
3   Shanshan Feng 68-68-70-70=276 −8 216,684
T4   Ilhee Lee 71-67-69-70=277 −7 151,270
  Mi Hyang Lee 66-67-70-74=277
T6   Alison Lee 70-70-72-66=278 −6 101,392
  Lee-Anne Pace 71-72-65-70=278
T8   Eun-Hee Ji 67-73-67-72=279 −5 73,319
  Inbee Park 72-69-70-68=279
  Amy Yang 72-66-68-73=279

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
  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]

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

References edit

  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".

External links edit

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