2013 Evian Championship

The 2013 Evian Championship was played 12–15 September at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 20th Evian Championship (the first 19 played as the Evian Masters), and the first as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. The inaugural event was televised by Golf Channel and NBC Sports in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.

2013 Evian Championship

Tournament information
Dates	12–15 September 2013
Location	Évian-les-Bains, France
Course(s)	Evian Resort Golf Club
Tour(s)	Ladies European Tour LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71[1]
Length	6,428 yards (5,878 m)[1]
Field	120 players, 77 after cut
Cut	146 (+4)
Prize fund	$3,250,000 €2,496,170
Winner's share	$487,500 €366,393
Champion
Suzann Pettersen
203 (−10)

Evian Resort Golf Club

Location in France

Heavy rain before and during the first day of the tournament forced Thursday's played to be suspended and the scores abandoned. The initial plan was to play the first and second rounds on Friday and Saturday and play the final 36 holes on Sunday.[2] The prediction of more heavy rain on Sunday and several following days forced tournament officials to shorten the event to 54 holes.[3]

Suzann Pettersen won by two strokes over amateur Lydia Ko.

Field

The field for the tournament was set at 120, and most earned 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 were seven exemption categories for the 2013 Evian Championship.[4]

1. The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings.
2. Active Evian Masters Champions.
3. 2013 LPGA Tour winners.
4. 2013 Ladies European Tour (LET) winners.
5. The top 5 on the LET Order of Merit.
6. Evian invitations (six).
7. Remainder of players from the LPGA Tour money list.

Nationalities in the field

North America (47)	South America (3)	Europe (27)	Oceania (7)	Asia (35)	Africa (1)
Canada (1)	Colombia (2)	England (5)	Australia (6)	China (2)	South Africa (1)
United States (46)	Paraguay (1)	Scotland (1)	New Zealand (1)	Japan (4)
		Wales (1)		Philippines (1)
		Spain (4)		South Korea (23)
		France (3)		Taiwan (2)
		Germany (3)		Thailand (3)
		Italy (1)
		Netherlands (2)
		Norway (2)
		Sweden (5)

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	395	165	343	414	179	377	529	189	475	3,066	406	353	428	499	221	527	155	331	442	3,362	6,428
Metres	361	151	314	379	164	345	484	173	434	2,805	371	323	391	456	202	482	142	303	404	3,074	5,879

Source:[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 12 September 2013
Friday, 13 September 2013

Thursday's play began after a two-hour rain delay. Play was suspended after less than an hour due to continuing rain. The scores were annulled and play resumed on Friday. The course had received almost 4 inches (10 cm) of rain since the previous Saturday.[2][5] The first round was played on Friday with Mika Miyazato of Japan shooting a 6-under-par 65 to take a one stroke lead over Sandra Gal, Se Ri Pak, and Suzann Pettersen.[6]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Mika Miyazato	Japan	65	−6
T2	Sandra Gal	Germany	66	−5
	Se Ri Pak	South Korea
	Suzann Pettersen	Norway
5	Christina Kim	United States	67	−4
T6	Lydia Ko (a)	New Zealand	68	−3
	Karrie Webb	Australia
	Michelle Wie	United States
	Lindsey Wright	Australia
T10	Danah Bordner	United States	69	−2
	Na Yeon Choi	South Korea
	Hee-Won Han	South Korea
	I.K. Kim	South Korea
	Stacy Lewis	United States
	Ji-Young Oh	South Korea
	Lee-Anne Pace	South Africa
	Beatriz Recari	Spain
	Angela Stanford	United States
	Ayako Uehara	Japan

Second round

Saturday, 14 September 2013

Mika Miyazato shot a 2-under-par 69 to maintain a one-shot lead over Suzann Pettersen and amateur Lydia Ko.[7] The cut was at 146 (+4) and 77 players made the cut.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Mika Miyazato	Japan	65-69=134	−8
T2	Lydia Ko (a)	New Zealand	68-67=135	−7
	Suzann Pettersen	Norway	66-69=135
4	Stacy Lewis	United States	69-67=136	−6
T5	Chella Choi	South Korea	70-67=137	−5
	Se Ri Pak	South Korea	66-71=137
	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea	71-66=137
T8	I.K. Kim	South Korea	69-69=138	−4
	Beatriz Recari	Spain	69-69=138
	Lindsey Wright	Australia	68-70=138

Final round

Sunday, 15 September 2013

The event was reduced to 54 holes due to heavy rain.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Suzann Pettersen	Norway	66-69-68=203	−10	487,500
2	Lydia Ko (a)	New Zealand	68-67-70=205	−8	0
3	Lexi Thompson	United States	72-67-68=207	−6	297,994
T4	Se Ri Pak	South Korea	66-71-71=208	−5	191,700
	So Yeon Ryu	South Korea	71-66-71=208
T6	Chella Choi	South Korea	70-67-72=209	−4	112,302
	Stacy Lewis	United States	69-67-73=209
	Angela Stanford	United States	69-71-69=209
T9	Jennifer Johnson	United States	70-70-70=210	−3	76,681
	Beatriz Recari	Spain	69-69-72=210

Source:[8]

(a) = amateur

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
Pettersen	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10
Ko	−8	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8
Thompson	−3	−4	−5	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6
Pak	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−4	−5	−5
Ryu	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−5
Lewis	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−7	−7	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−5	−4
Miyazato	−7	−7	−6	−6	−5	−5	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−1	−1	−1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+

Source:[9]

References

1. "The Evian Championship - Course". Retrieved 12 September 2013.
2. "Rain postpones play on day 1". ESPN. Associated Press. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
3. "Evian Championship – Second Round Notes and Interviews". LPGA. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
4. "2013 Evian Championship – Tournament Entry List". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
5. "Evian Championship First Round to Re-start Friday". Ladies European Tour. 12 September 2013. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
6. "Mika Miyazato shoots 65 at Evian". ESPN. Associated Press. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
7. "Mika Miyazato leads Evian by 1". ESPN. Associated Press. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
8. "Leaderboard: Evian Championship". Yahoo! Sports. 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
9. "The Evian Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved 3 September 2018.

External links

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