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2017 Evian Championship

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2017 Evian Championship
Tournament information
Dates14–17 September 2017
LocationÉvian-les-Bains, France
Course(s)Evian Resort Golf Club
Tour(s)Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par71[1]
Length6,482 yards (5,927 m)[1]
Field120 players, 72 after cut
Cut145 (+3)
Prize fund$3,650,000
3,068,956
Winner's share$547,500
€460,343
Champion
Sweden Anna Nordqvist
204 (−9), playoff
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Evian Resort Golf Club is located in France
Evian Resort Golf Club
Evian Resort Golf Club

The 2017 Evian Championship was played 14–17 September at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 24th Evian Championship (the first 19 played as the Evian Masters), and the fifth 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.

Anna Nordqvist beat Brittany Altomare at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff, after the pair had tied on 204. The event was reduced to 54 holes after the first day's play was abandoned because of bad weather.

Field

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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 2017 Evian Championship.[2]

1. The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, as of 15 August 2017

Choi Hye-jin (a), Chun In-gee (2,4,8), Carlota Ciganda (5,7), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (7), Shanshan Feng (5,6,8), Brooke Henderson (4,5,8), Charley Hull (5), M. J. Hur, Ariya Jutanugarn (4,5,8), Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang (4,5), Cristie Kerr (5), Kim Hyo-joo (2), In-Kyung Kim (4,5,6,7,8), Kim Sei-young (5,8), Lydia Ko (2,4), Jessica Korda, Lee Mi-hyang (5,6), Minjee Lee, Mirim Lee, Haru Nomura (5,8), Anna Nordqvist (5), Park Sung-hyun (4,5,8), Suzann Pettersen (2), Gerina Piller (8), Ryu So-yeon (4,5,8), Lexi Thompson (4,5), Amy Yang (5)

2. Past Evian Championship winners

all already qualified

3. Active Evian Masters Champions (must have played in 10 LPGA Tour or LET events from 5 September 2016 to 5 September 2017)

Paula Creamer, Laura Davies, Juli Inkster, Ai Miyazato, Karrie Webb

4. Winners of the other women's majors for the last five years

Brittany Lang, Brittany Lincicome (5), Mo Martin

5. LPGA Tour winners since the 2016 Evian

Katherine Kirk

6. LET winners since the 2016 Evian

Beth Allen, Aditi Ashok, Azahara Muñoz, Florentyna Parker, Melissa Reid, Supamas Sangchan, Klára Spilková, Atthaya Thitikul (a), Anne van Dam

7. The top five on the LET Order of Merit, as of 5 September

Georgia Hall, Caroline Masson

8. Top 10 and ties from the 2016 Evian Championship

Angela Stanford

9. 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur champion

Sophia Schubert (a)

10. 2017 British Ladies Amateur champion

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

Brittany Marchand, Marion Ricordeau

12. Top player after the Evian Challenge in South Korea

Kim Do-yeon

13. Top two from the Jabra Ladies Open on the LET Access Series

Isabelle Boineau, Johanna Gustavsson

14. Evian invitations (four)[4]

Natalie Gulbis, Agathe Laisné (a), Paphangkorn Tavatanakit (a), Albane Valenzuela (a)

15. LPGA Tour money list, as of 5 September (if needed to fill the field to 120)

Marina Alex, Brittany Altomare, Nicole Broch Larsen, Katie Burnett, Pei-Yun Chien, Chella Choi, Cydney Clanton, Jacqui Concolino, Perrine Delacour, Lindy Duncan, Austin Ernst, Simin Feng, Sandra Gal, Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Jaye Marie Green, Mina Harigae, Caroline Hedwall, Wei-Ling Hsu, Karine Icher, Ji Eun-hee, Tiffany Joh, Kim Kaufman, Megan Khang, Christina Kim, Joanna Klatten, Nelly Korda, Olafia Kristinsdottir, Candie Kung, Bronte Law, Alison Lee, Amelia Lewis, Lee Jeong-eun, Pernilla Lindberg, Gaby López, Catriona Matthew, Ally McDonald, Wichanee Meechai, Su-Hyun Oh, Amy Olson, Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace, Jane Park, Emily Kristine Pedersen, Pornanong Phatlum, Morgan Pressel, Beatriz Recari, Madelene Sagström, Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong, Jenny Shin, Kelly Shon, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Mariah Stackhouse, Marissa Steen, Thidapa Suwannapura, Yani Tseng, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Jing Yan, Angel Yin, Yoo Sun-young

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 399 165 355 414 188 384 545 189 505 3,144 417 353 406 499 209 527 155 331 441 3,338 6,482
Metres 365 151 325 379 172 351 498 173 461 2,874 381 323 372 456 191 482 142 303 403 3,052 5,926

Source:[1]

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, 14 September 2017

Strong winds and heavy rain caused play to be abandoned. The scores of the players who had already started were not counted and the tournament will resume on Friday as a 54-hole event with a cut after 36 holes.[5]

Friday, 15 September 2017

Place Player Score To par
1 South Korea Park Sung-hyun 63 −8
2 Thailand Moriya Jutanugarn 65 −6
T3 Australia Katherine Kirk 66 −5
Sweden Anna Nordqvist
T5 United States Marina Alex 67 −4
South Korea In-Kyung Kim
United States Jessica Korda
T8 United States Austin Ernst 68 −3
England Georgia Hall
South Korea M. J. Hur
New Zealand Lydia Ko
Japan Ai Miyazato
United States Ryann O'Toole
United States Sophia Schubert (a)
Japan Ayako Uehara

Second round

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Saturday, 16 September 2017

Place Player Score To par
1 Thailand Moriya Jutanugarn 65-68=133 −9
2 Japan Ayako Uehara 68-66=134 −8
3 Australia Katherine Kirk 66-69=135 −7
T4 South Korea In-Kyung Kim 67-69=136 −6
New Zealand Lydia Ko 68-68=136
South Korea Park Sung-hyun 63-73=136
T7 China Shanshan Feng 69-68=137 −5
England Georgia Hall 68-69=137
United States Jennifer Song 72-65=137
United States Angela Stanford 69-68=137

Final round

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Sunday, 17 September 2017

Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
T1 United States Brittany Altomare 70-68-66=204 −9 Playoff
Sweden Anna Nordqvist 66-72-66=204
T3 Thailand Moriya Jutanugarn 65-68-72=205 −8 196,789
Australia Katherine Kirk 66-69-70=205
New Zealand Lydia Ko 68-68-69=205
T6 China Shanshan Feng 69-68-69=206 −7 115,285
South Korea Kim Sei-young 70-68-68=206
8 United States Jennifer Song 72-65-70=207 −6 92,042
9 South Korea Lee Mi-hyang 69-72-67=208 −5 82,746
T10 England Georgia Hall 68-69-72=209 −4 70,037
South Korea In-Kyung Kim 67-69-73=209
Japan Ayako Uehara 68-66-75=209

Scorecard

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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
Sweden Nordqvist −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −3 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −9 −10 −10 −9
United States Altomare −4 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9
Thailand Jutanugarn −8 −8 −9 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8
Australia Kirk −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −8 −7 −8
New Zealand Ko −6 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −7 −9 −9 −9 −8
China Feng −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7
South Korea Kim −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −3 −3 −4 −5 −6 −5 −6 −6 −7
Japan Uehara −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagles Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[6]

Playoff

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The sudden-death playoff was on the par-4 18th hole. Altomare took a double-bogey 6 to Nordqvist's bogey 5.

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Sweden Anna Nordqvist 5 +1 547,500
2 United States Brittany Altomare 6 +2 339,625

References

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  1. ^ a b c "The Evian Championship - Course". Archived from the original on 30 August 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  2. ^ "2017 Evian Championship – Press Kit" (PDF). Evian Championship. p. 3.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Wie withdraws from Evian, recovering from appendicitis". USA Today. Associated Press. 6 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Get to know: Our 4 wildcards". Evian Championship. 3 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Final women's major shortened to 54 holes due to weather". ESPN. Associated Press. 14 September 2017.
  6. ^ "THE EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP". LPGA. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
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