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
Lydia Ko
268 (−16)
Evian Resort Golf Club
Location in France

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

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

Past champions in the field
PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Kim Hyo-joo South Korea201473697169282−2T20
Suzann Pettersen Norway201375727267286+2T34

Nationalities in the field
North America (39)South America (2)Europe (29)Oceania (7)Asia (40)Africa (3)
 Canada (2) Colombia (1) England (5) Australia (6) China (2) South Africa (3)
 United States (37) Paraguay (1) Scotland (1) New Zealand (1) Japan (5)
 Ireland (1) Malaysia (1)
 Czech Republic (1) South Korea (22)
 Denmark (2) Taiwan (5)
 France (6) Thailand (5)
 Germany (2)
 Norway (1)
 Spain (5)
 Sweden (4)
  Switzerland (1)

Course
Main article: Evian Resort Golf Club
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par434434535354445353443671
Yards3991653554141883845451894813,1204173534064992215271553314413,3506,470
Metres3651513253791723514981734402,8533813233724562024821423034033,0635,916

Source:[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 10 September 2015

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Lee Mi-hyang South Korea66−5
Lexi Thompson United States
T3Ji Eun-hee South Korea67−4
Pornanong Phatlum Thailand
Gerina Piller United States
T6Beth Allen United States68−3
Shanshan Feng China
Kim Sei-young South Korea
Nicole Broch Larsen Denmark
Min Lee Taiwan
Minjee Lee Australia

Second round

Friday, 11 September 2015

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lee Mi-hyang South Korea66-67=133−9
2Morgan Pressel United States69-65=134−8
3Nicole Broch Larsen Denmark68-67=135−7
4Shanshan Feng China68-68=136−6
T5In-Kyung Kim South Korea71-67=138−4
Lydia Ko New Zealand69-69=138
Ilhee Lee South Korea71-67=138
Pornanong Phatlum Thailand67-71=138
Lexi Thompson United States66-72=138
Amy Yang South Korea72-66=138

Third round

Saturday, 12 September 2015

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lee Mi-hyang South Korea66-67-70=203−10
2Lexi Thompson United States66-72-66=204−9
T3Lydia Ko New Zealand69-69-67=205−8
Morgan Pressel United States69-65-71=205
T5Shanshan Feng China68-68-70=206−7
Nicole Broch Larsen Denmark68-67-71=206
Amy Yang South Korea72-66-68=206
T8Ji Eun-hee South Korea67-73-67=207−6
Ilhee Lee South Korea71-67-69=207
T10Minjee Lee Australia68-72-68=208−5
Lee-Anne Pace South Africa71-72-65=208

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]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Lydia Ko New Zealand69-69-67-63=268−16487,500
2Lexi Thompson United States66-72-66-70=274−10298,698
3Shanshan Feng China68-68-70-70=276−8216,684
T4Ilhee Lee South Korea71-67-69-70=277−7151,270
Mi Hyang Lee South Korea66-67-70-74=277
T6Alison Lee United States70-70-72-66=278−6101,392
Lee-Anne Pace South Africa71-72-65-70=278
T8Eun-Hee Ji South Korea67-73-67-72=279−573,319
Inbee Park South Korea72-69-70-68=279
Amy Yang South Korea72-66-68-73=279

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par434434535444535344
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
  1. "The Evian Championship - Course". 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".
Preceded by
2015 Women's British Open		 Major Championships Succeeded by
2016 ANA Inspiration

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.