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
New Zealand Lydia Ko
268 (−16)
Evian Resort Golf Club is located in France
Evian Resort Golf Club
Evian Resort Golf Club
Location in France

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.[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

Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par434434535354445353443671
Yards3991653554141883845451894813,1204173534064992215271553314413,3506,470
Metres3651513253791723514981734402,8533813233724562024821423034033,0635,916

Source:[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 10 September 2015

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1South Korea Lee Mi-hyang66−5
United States Lexi Thompson
T3South Korea Ji Eun-hee67−4
Thailand Pornanong Phatlum
United States Gerina Piller
T6United States Beth Allen68−3
China Shanshan Feng
South Korea Kim Sei-young
Denmark Nicole Broch Larsen
Taiwan Min Lee
Australia Minjee Lee

Second round

Friday, 11 September 2015

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1South Korea Lee Mi-hyang66-67=133−9
2United States Morgan Pressel69-65=134−8
3Denmark Nicole Broch Larsen68-67=135−7
4China Shanshan Feng68-68=136−6
T5South Korea In-Kyung Kim71-67=138−4
New Zealand Lydia Ko69-69=138
South Korea Ilhee Lee71-67=138
Thailand Pornanong Phatlum67-71=138
United States Lexi Thompson66-72=138
South Korea Amy Yang72-66=138

Third round

Saturday, 12 September 2015

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1South Korea Lee Mi-hyang66-67-70=203−10
2United States Lexi Thompson66-72-66=204−9
T3New Zealand Lydia Ko69-69-67=205−8
United States Morgan Pressel69-65-71=205
T5China Shanshan Feng68-68-70=206−7
Denmark Nicole Broch Larsen68-67-71=206
South Korea Amy Yang72-66-68=206
T8South Korea Ji Eun-hee67-73-67=207−6
South Korea Ilhee Lee71-67-69=207
T10Australia Minjee Lee68-72-68=208−5
South Africa Lee-Anne Pace71-72-65=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]

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1New Zealand Lydia Ko69-69-67-63=268−16487,500
2United States Lexi Thompson66-72-66-70=274−10298,698
3China Shanshan Feng68-68-70-70=276−8216,684
T4South Korea Ilhee Lee71-67-69-70=277−7151,270
South Korea Mi Hyang Lee66-67-70-74=277
T6United States Alison Lee70-70-72-66=278−6101,392
South Africa Lee-Anne Pace71-72-65-70=278
T8South Korea Eun-Hee Ji67-73-67-72=279−573,319
South Korea Inbee Park72-69-70-68=279
South Korea Amy Yang72-66-68-73=279

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par434434535444535344
New Zealand Ko−8−8−9−9−9−9−10−10−11−11−12−13−13−13−14−14−15−16
United States Thompson−9−10−10−10−11−12−13−12−12−12−12−12−12−10−10−10−10−10
China Feng−7−7−6−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−7−8
South Korea I. Lee−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−7−8−8−9−7
South Korea 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. 1 2 3 "The Evian Championship - Course". Archived from the original on 30 August 2013. 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".

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