2015 Evian Championship

2015 Evian Championship
Tournament information
Dates	10–13 September 2015
Location	Évian-les-Bains, France
Course(s)	Evian Resort Golf Club
Tour(s)	Ladies European Tour; LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,470 yards (5,920 m)
Field	120 players, 77 after cut
Cut	147 (+5)
Prize fund	$3,250,000
Winner's share	$487,500
Champion
	Lydia Ko
	268 (−16)
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Evian Resort Golf Club

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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

Baek Kyu-jung (4,12), Chella Choi (4,12), Chun In-gee (3), Paula Creamer (2,7,12), Shanshan Feng (4,5,7,12), Sandra Gal (12), Julieta Granada (12), Brooke Henderson (4), Jang Ha-na (7,12), Cristie Kerr (4,12), Kim Hyo-joo (2,4,7,12), Kim Sei-young (4,12), Ko Jin-young, Lydia Ko (4,5,7,12), Jessica Korda (12), Brittany Lang (12), Minjee Lee (4,12), Mirim Lee (4,12), Stacy Lewis (12), Brittany Lincicome (3,7,12), Azahara Muñoz (5,12), Anna Nordqvist (4,7,12), Inbee Park (2,3,4,7,12), Suzann Pettersen (2,4,6,7,12), Gerina Piller (12), Morgan Pressel (12), Ryu So-yeon (5,12), Lizette Salas (12), Jenny Shin (12), Angela Stanford (12), Lexi Thompson (4,7,12), Karrie Webb (2,7,12), Michelle Wie (12), Amy Yang (4,12)
Ahn Sun-ju, Choi Na-yeon (4,7,12), Lee Bo-mee, Lee Jung-min, Teresa Lu, Jiyai Shin (2) did not play

2. Active past champions

Laura Davies, Natalie Gulbis, Juli Inkster (12), Ai Miyazato (12)

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

M. J. Hur (7,12), Christina Kim (12), Lee Mi-hyang (12), Lee-Anne Pace (5,12), Kris Tamulis (12)

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

Beth Allen (6), Rebecca Artis (6), Hannah Burke, Connie Chen, Ssu-chia Cheng, Nicole Broch Larsen, Xi Yu Lin (12), Gwladys Nocera (6), Su-Hyun Oh, Melissa Reid (6)
Christel Boeljon (12) did not play

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

7. Top 10 and ties from the 2014 Evian Championship

Moriya Jutanugarn (12), Mariajo Uribe (12)

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

Hannah O'Sullivan (a)

9. 2015 British Ladies Amateur champion

Céline Boutier (a)

10. Evian invitations (four)

Mathilda Cappeliez (a), Agathe Laisné (a), Leona Maguire (a), Albane Valenzuela (a)

11. Evian pre-qualifiers (two)

Emily Kristine Pedersen, Klára Spilková

12. LPGA Tour money list, as of commitment date

Course

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	Lee Mi-hyang	66	−5
T1	Lexi Thompson	66	−5
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

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

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
T3	Morgan Pressel	69-65-71=205	−8
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
T8	Ilhee Lee	71-67-69=207	−6
T10	Minjee Lee	68-72-68=208	−5
T10	Lee-Anne Pace	71-72-65=208	−5

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	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
T4	Mi Hyang Lee	66-67-70-74=277	−7	151,270
T6	Alison Lee	70-70-72-66=278	−6	101,392
T6	Lee-Anne Pace	71-72-65-70=278	−6	101,392
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

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