2017 Evian Championship Explained

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

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)

• Michelle Wie (4) did not play following an appendectomy.^[3]
• Jang Ha-na (5), Kim Ha-neul, Kim Hae-rym (6), Ko Jin-young, Lee Bo-mee, Lee Jeong-eun, Stacy Lewis (4,5), Teresa Lu, Inbee Park (3,4,5), Jiyai Shin, and Ai Suzuki did not play

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

• Leona Maguire (a) did not play

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

• Ashleigh Buhai, Sandra Changkija, Lizette Salas, and Alena Sharp did not play

Course

See main article: article and 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	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

First round

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		63	−8
2		65	−6
align=center rowspan=2	T3		align=center rowspan=2	66	align=center rowspan=2	−5
Anna Nordqvist
align=center rowspan=3	T5		align=center rowspan=3	67	align=center rowspan=3	−4
In-Kyung Kim
Jessica Korda
align=center rowspan=8	T8		align=center rowspan=8	68	align=center rowspan=8	−3
Georgia Hall
M. J. Hur
Lydia Ko
Ai Miyazato
Ryann O'Toole
Sophia Schubert (a)
Ayako Uehara

Second round

Saturday, 16 September 2017

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		65-68=133	−9
2		68-66=134	−8
3		66-69=135	−7
align=center rowspan=3	T4		67-69=136	align=center rowspan=3	−6
	68-68=136
	63-73=136
align=center rowspan=4	T7		69-68=137	align=center rowspan=4	−5
	68-69=137
	72-65=137
	69-68=137

Final round

Sunday, 17 September 2017

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
align=center rowspan=2	T1		70-68-66=204	align=center rowspan=2	−9	align=center rowspan=2	Playoff
	66-72-66=204
align=center rowspan=3	T3		65-68-72=205	align=center rowspan=3	−8	align=center rowspan=3	196,789
	66-69-70=205
	68-68-69=205
align=center rowspan=2	T6		69-68-69=206	align=center rowspan=2	−7	align=center rowspan=2	115,285
	70-68-68=206
8		72-65-70=207	−6	92,042
9		69-72-67=208	−5	82,746
align=center rowspan=3	T10		68-69-72=209	align=center rowspan=3	−4	align=center rowspan=3	70,037
	67-69-73=209
	68-66-75=209

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
Nordqvist	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−3	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−9	−10	−10	−9
Altomare	−4	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9
Jutanugarn	−8	−8	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8
Kirk	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−9	−8	−7	−8
Ko	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−7	−9	−9	−9	−8
Feng	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−7
Kim	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−3	−3	−4	−5	−6	−5	−6	−6	−7
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

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Playoff

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	Anna Nordqvist	5	+1	547,500
2		6	+2	339,625

External links

• • Coverage on the Ladies European Tour's official site
• Coverage on the LPGA Tour's official site

46.394°N 6.57°W

Notes and References

1. 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 .
2. Web site: 2017 Evian Championship – Press Kit . Evian Championship . 3 .
3. News: Wie withdraws from Evian, recovering from appendicitis . USA Today . Associated Press . 6 September 2017.
4. Web site: Get to know: Our 4 wildcards . Evian Championship . 3 August 2017.
5. News: Final women's major shortened to 54 holes due to weather . ESPN . Associated Press . 14 September 2017.
6. Web site: LPGA . THE EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP . September 3, 2018.