The 2026 Evian Championship was played 9–12 July in France. It was the 32nd Evian Championship (the first 20 played as the Evian Masters), and the 13th as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.
Ryu Hae-ran won in a playoff with Brooke Henderson. It was Ryu's first Evain win and her second consecutive major win of the year.
Field The field for the tournament was set at 132, 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.
1. Evian invitations (six)
Aphrodite Deng (a) Lauren Kim (a) Farah O'Keefe (a) Kiara Romero (a) Sayaka Takahashi Asterisk Talley (a)
2. Top 50 from Women's World Golf Rankings
Casandra Alexander (7) Céline Boutier (4,6) Choi Hye-jin Carlota Ciganda Allisen Corpuz (5) Lauren Coughlin (6) Lindy Duncan Ayaka Furue (4) Linn Grant (6) Hannah Green (6) Nasa Hataoka (6) Brooke Henderson (4,6) Charley Hull (6) Hwang You-min (6) Im Jin-hee Akie Iwai (6) Chisato Iwai Ariya Jutanugarn (8) Minami Katsu Seo Kyo-rim Kim A-lim Auston Kim Grace Kim (4,8) Kim Hyo-joo (6) Kim Sei-young (6) Lydia Ko (5) Nelly Korda (5,6) Jennifer Kupcho (5) Shiho Kuwaki Andrea Lee (8) Minjee Lee (4,5,8) Lee So-mi Liu Yan Gaby López (8) Ryu Hae-ran (5) Mao Saigo (5) Shuri Sakuma Maja Stark (5) Rio Takeda Patty Tavatanakit Jeeno Thitikul (6) Lottie Woad (6,8) Miyū Yamashita (5,6) Yin Ruoning (5) Yoo Hyun-jo Ina Yoon
Chun In-gee (4,5), Yui Kawamoto, Kim Min-sol, and Angel Yin (8) did not play
3. Top player not already qualified from the Jabra Ladies Open de France Helen Briem
4. Past Evian Championship winners
Ko Jin-young Anna Nordqvist
5. Majors winners (last five years)
Ashleigh Buhai Yuka Saso Lilia Vu Amy Yang
6. LPGA tournament winners (since last Evian)
Gina Kim Lee Mi-hyang Wang Xinying
Yana Wilson did not play
7. LET Order of Merit (top seven from 2025, top seven from current year)
Kajsa Arwefjäll Kelsey Bennett Alexandra Försterling Cara Gainer Esme Hamilton Leonie Harm Alice Hewson Anna Huang Sára Kousková Agathe Laisné Nastasia Nadaud Mimi Rhodes Chiara Tamburlini Shannon Tan
8. Top 10 and ties previous year's Evian Championship
Leona Maguire Gabriela Ruffels
9. Amateur winners María José Marín (Augusta National Women's Amateur and Women's Amateur Latin America) Yang Yun-seo (Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific) Valentine Delon (The Women's Amateur Championship) did not play Megha Ganne (U.S. Women's Amateur) forfeited her exemption by turning professional
10. LPGA Tour CME Globe points list (if needed to fill the field to 132)
An Na-rin Pajaree Anannarukarn Aditi Ashok Jenny Bae Ana Belac Chella Choi Robyn Choi Karis Davidson Manon De Roey Perrine Delacour Brianna Do Amanda Doherty Jodi Ewart Shadoff Isi Gabsa Melanie Green Nataliya Guseva Erika Hara Esther Henseleit Hsu Wei-ling Jeon Ji-won Joo Soo-bin Minji Kang Megan Khang Frida Kinhult Alison Lee Lucy Li Ingrid Lindblad Yu Liu Mary Liu Julia López Ramirez Polly Mack Nanna Koerstz Madsen Brooke Matthews Yuna Nishimura Yealimi Noh Ryann O'Toole Alexa Pano Pornanong Phatlum Cassie Porter Pauline Roussin Hinako Shibuno Jenny Shin Carla Tejedo Mulet Suvichaya Vinijchaitham Lauren Walsh Chanettee Wannasaen Dewi Weber Jing Yan Yuri Yoshida Arpichaya Yubol Rose Zhang Zhang Weiwei
Thidapa Suwannapura did not play
Round summaries First round Thursday, 9 July 2026
Akie Iwai shot a 8-under-par round of 63 to take a two-stroke lead over Perrine Delacour. World number 1 Nelly Korda, winner of the year's first two majors, shot a 3-over-par 74. Ryu Hae-ran, winner of the year's other major, was tied for third with a 66.
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Akie Iwai 63 −82 Perrine Delacour 65 −6T3 Charley Hull 66 −5 Im Jin-hee Ryu Hae-ran Mao Saigo Maja StarkT8 Cara Gainer 67 −4 Erika Hara Brooke Henderson Minji Kang Lottie Woad Jing Yan Yin Ruoning Source:
Second round Friday, 10 July 2026
Lottie Woad shot a 7-under-par 64, tied for the low round of the day, to take a one-stroke lead over first round leader Akie Iwai. Ryu Hae-ran, winner of the previous major of the year, was tied for third with Mao Saigo, two strokes behind Iwai. World number one Nelly Korda missed the cut by one stroke. The cut came at 142, even par, with 66 players (including four amateurs) advancing to the final two rounds.
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Lottie Woad 67-64=131 −112 Akie Iwai 63-69=132 −10T3 Ryu Hae-ran 66-68=134 −8 Mao Saigo 66-68=132T5 Charley Hull 66-70=136 −6 Nastasia Nadaud 68-68=136 Jeeno Thitikul 72-64=136 Miyū Yamashita 70-66=136T9 Perrine Delacour 65-72=137 −5 Erika Hara 67-70=137 Brooke Henderson 67-70=137 Im Jin-hee 66-71=137 Auston Kim 70-67=137 Anna Nordqvist 69-68=137 Shuri Sakuma 70-67=137 Hinako Shibuno 69-68=137 Maja Stark 66-71=137 Source:
Third round Saturday, 11 July 2026
Ryu Hae-ran shot a women's major lowest round record 60 (−11) to take a three stroke lead over Akie Iwai. The round was one stroke better than three other golfers' 61, all shot at the Evian Championship. Ryu won the previous major of the year, the KPMG Women's PGA Championship.
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Ryu Hae-ran 66-68-60=194 −192 Akie Iwai 63-69-65=197 −16T3 Brooke Henderson 67-70-64=201 −12 Mao Saigo 66-68-67=2015 Casandra Alexander 73-66-63=202 −11T6 Jeeno Thitikul 72-64-67=203 −10 Miyū Yamashita 70-66-67=203 Lottie Woad 67-64-72=203 9 Im Jin-hee 66-71-67=204 −9T10 Cara Gainer 67-72-66=205 −8 Auston Kim 70-67-68=205 Anna Nordqvist 69-68-68=205 Hinako Shibuno 69-68-68=205 Source:
Final round Sunday, 12 July 2026
Ryu Hae-ran shot an even-par 71 to end the day at 265 (−19) and in a tie with Brooke Henderson. Henderson shot a second consecutive round of 64 that included a hole-in-one on the par-3 8th hole and two other eagles. In the sudden-death playoff, Henderson made par while Ryu birdied to win her second consecutive major of the year.
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Ryu Hae-ran^ 66-68-60-71=265 −19 1,400,0002 Brooke Henderson 67-70-64-64=265 835,3913 Akie Iwai 63-69-65-69=266 −18 606,017T4 Im Jin-hee 66-71-67-65=269 −15 384,954 Mao Saigo 66-68-67-68=269 Miyū Yamashita 70-66-67-66=269T7 Lydia Ko 69-69-69-64=271 −13 242,409 Anna Nordqvist 69-68-68-66=2719 Auston Kim 70-67-68-67=272 −12 203,533T10 Casandra Alexander 73-66-63-71=273 −11 166,709 Lee So-mi 68-70-71-64=273 Maja Stark 66-71-69-67=273 Jeeno Thitikul 72-64-67-70=273 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)14 Erika Hara 67-70-70-67=274 −10 140,86915 Amy Yang 70-68-68-69=275 −9 132,634T16 Charley Hull 66-70-71-69=276 −8 112,209 Ariya Jutanugarn 70-68-69-69=276 Jennifer Kupcho 69-70-69-68=276 Hinako Shibuno 69-68-68-71=276 Shannon Tan 69-72-67-68=276 Lottie Woad 67-64-72-73=276T22 Anna Huang 70-71-66-70=277 −7 92,504 Kim Sei-young 69-70-73-65=277 Andrea Lee 70-70-70-67=277 Nastasia Nadaud 68-68-74-67=277T26 Karis Davidson 70-71-66-71=278 −6 72,111 Nataliya Guseva 70-69-72-67=278 Minami Katsu 70-68-69-71=278 Kim A-lim 71-69-69-69=278 Kim Hyo-joo 69-73-69-67=278 Mary Liu 70-69-68-71=278 Cassie Porter 69-72-68-69=278 Patty Tavatanakit 70-69-71-68=278 Yin Ruoning 67-73-71-67=278T35 Pajaree Anannarukarn 73-67-68-71=279 −5 53,970 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 69-70-69-65=279 Minji Kang 67-74-66-72=279 Farah O'Keefe (a) 68-74-68-69=279 0 Shuri Sakuma 70-67-71-71=279 53,970 Jing Yan 67-72-75-65=279T41 Kajsa Arwefjäll 69-70-70-71=280 −4 41,506 Jenny Bae 76-66-69-69=280 Cara Gainer 67-72-66-75=280 Joo Soo-bin 72-67-69-72=280 Shiho Kuwaki 70-69-71-70=280 Alison Lee 69-71-73-67=280 Arpichaya Yubol 70-72-66-72=280 Yang Yun-seo (a) 72-70-68-70=280 0 Rose Zhang 70-72-69-69=280 41,506T50 Perrine Delacour 65-72-70-74=281 −3 33,386 Hsu Wei-ling 69-72-70-70=281 Pauline Roussin 74-68-68-71=281T53 Chella Choi 68-72-71-71=282 −2 30,186 Ayaka Furue 68-73-68-73=282 Ina Yoon 69-70-73-70=28256 Aditi Ashok 70-70-69-74=283 −1 28,359T57 María José Marín (a) 74-66-71-73=284 E 0 Sára Kousková 72-67-72-73=284 27,441T59 Melanie Green 71-70-68-76=285 +1 26,069 Nanna Koerstz Madsen 72-69-71-73=285T61 Linn Grant 69-73-74-70=286 +2 24,242 Chiara Tamburlini 71-70-72-73=286 63 Ryann O'Toole 69-73-70-75=287 +5 22,86964 Lauren Kim (a) 70-71-76-72=289 +8 0T65 Brianna Do 72-70-78-72=292 +2 22,183 Yuka Saso 72-67-77-76=292 CUT Choi Hye-jin 71-72=143 +3 0 Allisen Corpuz 72-71=143 Lauren Coughlin 71-72=143 Hannah Green 70-73=143 Chisato Iwai 70-73=143 Nelly Korda 74-69=143 Gaby López 73-70=143 Julia López Ramírez 72-71=143 Yealimi Noh 72-71=143 Seo Kyo-rim 74-69=143 Asterisk Talley (a) 70-73=143 Suvichaya Vinijchaitham 76-67=143 Kelsey Bennett 74-70=144 +2 Robyn Choi 73-71=144 Amanda Doherty 72-72=144 Isi Gabsa 73-71=144 Leonie Harm 73-71=144 Esther Henseleit 72-72=144 Agathe Laisné 73-71=144 Yuna Nishimura 70-74=144 Rio Takeda 72-72=144 Dewi Weber 71-73=144 Zhang Weiwei 70-74=144 Céline Boutier 76-69=145 +2 Helen Briem 73-72=145 Hwang You-min 72-73=145 Jeon Ji-won 73-72=145 Megan Khang 71-74=145 Grace Kim 73-72=145 Frida Kinhult 73-72=145 Lee Mi-hyang 71-74=145 Polly Mack 74-71=145 Leona Maguire 71-74=145 Sayaka Takahashi 71-74=145 Carla Tejedo Mulet 73-72=145 Lilia Vu 72-73=145 Manon De Roey 74-72=146 +4 Aphrodite Deng (a) 72-74=146 Alexandra Försterling 71-75=146 Gina Kim 75-71=146 Lucy Li 74-72=146 Yu Liu 74-72=146 Alexa Pano 70-76=146 Lauren Walsh 73-73=146 Yoo Hyun-jo 74-72=146 Yuri Yoshida 73-73=146 Ashleigh Buhai 75-72=147 +5 Carlota Ciganda 72-75=147 Liu Yan 77-70=147 Brooke Matthews 72-75=147 Kiara Romero (a) 74-73=147 Jenny Shin 75-72=147 Ko Jin-young 74-74=148 +6 Mimi Rhodes 76-72=148 Ana Belac 74-75=149 +7 Pornanong Phatlum 76-73=149 Chanettee Wannasaen 78-71=149 Lindy Duncan 73-77=150 +8 An Na-rin 77-74=151 +7 Esme Hamilton 80-71=151 Alice Hewson 77-74=151 Ingrid Lindblad 78-74=152 +10 Minjee Lee 77-77=154 +12 Miranda Wang 77-77=154 Gabriela Ruffels 78-77=155 +13WD Nasa Hataoka 80=80 +9
^ Ryu won with a birdie on the first sudden-death playoff hole. Source:
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