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.
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 Marina Alex, Amy Anderson, Katie Burnett, Carlota Ciganda, Jacqui Concolino, Austin Ernst, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Jaye Marie Green, Mina Harigae, Caroline Hedwall, María Hernández, Wei-Ling Hsu, Charley Hull, Karine Icher, Eun-Hee Ji, Tiffany Joh, Ariya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Kim Kaufman, Sarah Kemp, In-Kyung Kim, SooBin Kim, Joanna Klatten, P.K. Kongkraphan, Candie Kung, Min Seo Kwak, Alison Lee, Ilhee Lee, Min Lee, Meena Lee, Pernilla Lindberg, Mo Martin, Caroline Masson, Catriona Matthew, Maria McBride, Sydnee Michaels, Mika Miyazato, Belén Mozo, Haru Nomura, Ryann O'Toole, Jane Park, Park Hee-young, Sadena Parks, Pornanong Phatlum, Beatriz Recari, Paula Reto, Alena Sharp, Kelly Shon, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Thidapa Suwannapura, Kelly Tan, Yani Tseng, Ayako Uehara, Alison Walshe, Sakura Yokomine, Yoo Sun-young Perrine Delacour, Lee Jee-young, Yueer Cindy Feng did not play
Course
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalPar434434535354445353443671Yards3991653554141883845451894813,1204173534064992215271553314413,3506,470Metres3651513253791723514981734402,8533813233724562024821423034033,0635,916 Source:
Round summaries
First round Thursday, 10 September 2015 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Lee Mi-hyang 66 −5 Lexi ThompsonT3 Ji Eun-hee 67 −4 Pornanong Phatlum Gerina PillerT6 Beth Allen 68 −3 Shanshan Feng Kim Sei-young Nicole Broch Larsen Min Lee Minjee Lee
Second round Friday, 11 September 2015 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Lee Mi-hyang 66-67=133 −92 Morgan Pressel 69-65=134 −83 Nicole Broch Larsen 68-67=135 −74 Shanshan Feng 68-68=136 −6T5 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 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Lee Mi-hyang 66-67-70=203 −102 Lexi Thompson 66-72-66=204 −9T3 Lydia Ko 69-69-67=205 −8 Morgan Pressel 69-65-71=205 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 Ilhee Lee 71-67-69=207 T10 Minjee Lee 68-72-68=208 −5 Lee-Anne Pace 71-72-65=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. Her closing round of 63 was a record lowest final round in the history of women's golf majors.
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Lydia Ko 69-69-67-63=268 −16 487,5002 Lexi Thompson 66-72-66-70=274 −10 298,6983 Shanshan Feng 68-68-70-70=276 −8 216,684T4 Ilhee Lee 71-67-69-70=277 −7 151,270 Mi Hyang Lee 66-67-70-74=277T6 Alison Lee 70-70-72-66=278 −6 101,392 Lee-Anne Pace 71-72-65-70=278T8 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 Hole123456789101112131415161718Par434434535444535344 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: BirdieBogeyDouble bogey
References
External links
Coverage on the Ladies European Tour's official site Coverage on the LPGA Tour's official site