2016 Evian Championship


The 2016 Evian Championship was played 15–18 September at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 23rd Evian Championship, and the fifth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.
Chun In-gee won her first Evian and second major championship, four strokes ahead of runners-up Ryu So-yeon and Park Sung-hyun. Her 21-under-par score was a record for all women's majors.
The event was televised by Golf Channel and NBC Sports in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.

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 16 exemption categories for the 2016 Evian Championship.
1. The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, as of 16 August 2016
2. Past Evian Championship winners
3. Active Evian Masters Champions
4. Winners of the other women's majors for the last five years
5. Gold medal winner at the 2016 Summer Olympics
6. LPGA Tour winners since the 2015 Evian
7. LET winners since the 2015 Evian
8. The top five on the LET Order of Merit, as of 6 September
9. Top 10 and ties from the 2015 Evian Championship
10. 2016 U.S. Women's Amateur champion
11. 2016 British Ladies Amateur champion
12. Top two players from the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship on the Symetra Tour
13. Top player after the 5 Activia Dream Tour tournaments in South Korea
14. Top two from Evian qualifier
15. Evian invitations
16. LPGA Tour money list, as of 6 September

Past champions in the field

Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par434434535354445353443671
Yards3991653554141883845451895053,1444173534064992095271553314413,3386,482
Metres3651513253791723514981734612,8743813233724561914821423034033,0525,926

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Overlooking Lake Geneva, the average elevation of the course is approximately above sea level.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 15 September 2016
South Koreans Chun In-gee and Park Sung-hyun co-led after the first round at 63. Defending champion Lydia Ko was seven strokes behind at 70.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Chun In-gee63−8
T1Park Sung-hyun63−8
T3Shanshan Feng64−7
T3Annie Park64−7
5Angela Stanford65−6
T6Ji Eun-hee66−5
T6Ryu So-yeon66−5
T6Danielle Kang66−5
T6Ko Jin-young66−5
T6Lin Xiyu66−5
T6Brittany Lincicome66−5
T6Haru Nomura66−5
T6Gerina Piller66−5
T6Jennifer Song66−5

Second round

Friday, 16 September 2016
With a 66, Chun In-gee extended her lead to two strokes over Shanshan Feng and Park Sung-hyun. The cut was 145 and 72 players advanced to the weekend.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Chun In-gee63-66=129−13
T2Shanshan Feng64-67=131−11
T2Park Sung-hyun63-68=131−11
4Ryu So-yeon66-66=132−10
5Angela Stanford65-68=133−9
T6Ji Eun-hee66-68=134−8
T6Brittany Lincicome68-66=134−8
8Jennifer Song68-67=135−7
T9Danielle Kang68-68=136−6
T9Candie Kung69-67=136−6

Third round

Saturday, 17 September 2016
Chun In-gee shot 65 for 194 to stretch her lead to four strokes over Park Sung-hyun.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Chun In-gee63-66-65=194−19
2Park Sung-hyun63-68-67=198−15
3Shanshan Feng64-67-69=200−13
4Ryu So-yeon66-66-69=201−12
5In-Kyung Kim70-69-64=203−10
6Angela Stanford65-68-71=204−9
7Kim Sei-young69-71-65=205−8
T8Haru Nomura68-69-69=206−7
T8Jane Park71-68-67=206−7
T10Brooke Henderson69-71-67=207−6
T10Gerina Piller68-72-67=207−6
T10Jennifer Song68-67-72=207−6

Final round

Sunday, 18 September 2016
Chun In-gee completed her wire-to-wire victory with 69 for 263, four strokes over Park Sung-hyun and Ryu So-yeon. Her 21-under-par total was a record for both women and men. For men's majors, the record is 20 under par, held by Jason Day at the 2015 PGA Championship and Henrik Stenson at the 2016 Open Championship. The previous women's record of 19-under-par was shared by five: Dottie Pepper, Karen Stupples, Cristie Kerr, Yani Tseng. Her 72-hole total of 263 broke the record of 267 held by Betsy King and was one stroke better than Stenson's 264 at the 2016 Open.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Chun In-gee63-66-65-69=263−21487,500
T2Park Sung-hyun63-68-67-69=267−17259,576
T2Ryu So-yeon66-66-69-66=267−17259,576
4Shanshan Feng64-67-69-69=269−15168,848
5Kim Sei-young69-71-65-65=270−14135,904
6In-Kyung Kim70-69-64-69=272−12111,194
7Angela Stanford65-68-71-70=274−1093,074
8Haru Nomura68-69-69-69=275−981,543
T9Brooke Henderson69-71-67-70=277−767,265
T9Ariya Jutanugarn73-67-70-67=277−767,265
T9Gerina Piller68-72-67-70=277−767,265

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Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par434434535444535344
Chun−19−19−20−20−20−20−20−21−21−21−21−21−21−20−21−21−21−21
Park−14−15−15−16−16−16−16−15−15−16−16−15−15−15−17−17−17−17
Ryu−13−14−14−14−15−15−15−15−15−15−15−15−15−15−16−16−17−17
Feng−13−13−13−14−13−13−14−15−16−14−14−14−14−14−15−15−15−15
Kim S.Y.−8−9−8−8−8−8−9−9−10−11−11−10−12−12−13−13−14−14
Kim I.K.−11−10−11−10−11−11−10−11−11−11−10−10−10−9−10−11−12−12

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey

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