2019 Evian Championship


The 2019 Evian Championship was played 25–28 July at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 26th Evian Championship, and the seventh 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.
Ko Jin-young won her second major of the year by two trokes over Shanshan Feng and Kim Hyo-joo. Earlier in the year, she won the 2019 ANA Inspiration.

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 17 exemption categories for the 2019 Evian Championship.
1. Evian invitations
María Fassi, Julie McCarthy, Yealimi Noh, Albane Valenzuela
2. Top two from the Jabra Ladies Open
Annabel Dimmock, Pauline Roussin-Bouchard
3. Top two players from the Island Resort Championship on the Symetra Tour
Cindy Ha, Daniela Iacobelli
4. Winner of the Hanwha Classic Evian Championship Asia Challenge
Ahn Shi-hyun
5. The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, as of 25 June 2019
Marina Alex, Choi Hye-jin, Chun In-gee, Carlota Ciganda, Austin Ernst, Shanshan Feng, Hannah Green, Georgia Hall, Nasa Hataoka, Brooke Henderson, Mamiko Higa, Charley Hull, Ji Eun-hee, Ariya Jutanugarn, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Kim Hyo-joo, In-Kyung Kim, Kim Sei-young, Ko Jin-young, Lydia Ko, Jessica Korda, Nelly Korda, Bronte Law, Lee Jeong-eun, Lee Mi-hyang, Minjee Lee, Yu Liu, Azahara Muñoz, Inbee Park, Park Sung-hyun, Ryu So-yeon, Lizette Salas, Ai Suzuki, Lexi Thompson, Amy Yang, Angel Yin
6. Past Evian Championship winners
Anna Nordqvist, Angela Stanford
7. Active Evian Masters Champions
Paula Creamer, Laura Davies
8. Winners of the other women's majors for the last five years
Brittany Lang, Pernilla Lindberg
9. LPGA Tour winners since the 2018 Evian
Céline Boutier, Gaby López, Thidapa Suwannapura
10. LET winners since the 2018 Evian
Diksha Dagar, Céline Herbin, Nuria Iturrioz, Meghan MacLaren, Becky Morgan, Marianne Skarpnord, Anne Van Dam
11. The top five on the LET Order of Merit, as of 16 July
Caroline Hedwall, Esther Henseleit
12. Top 10 and ties from the 2018 Evian Championship
Katherine Kirk, Amy Olson, Ryann O'Toole
13. 2018 U.S. Women's Amateur champion
Kristen Gillman forfeited her exemption by turning professional in November 2018. She qualified under category 17.
14. 2019 British Ladies Amateur champion
Emily Toy
15. 2019 Women's Asia Pacific Championship champion
Yuka Yasuda
16. Any player who qualified for the 2018 Evian but did not compete due to maternity
Stacy Lewis
17. LPGA Tour money list, as of 16 July
Brittany Altomare, Pajaree Anannarukarn, Aditi Ashok, Nicole Broch Larsen, Ashleigh Buhai, Tiffany Chan, Chella Choi, Daniela Darquea, Lindy Duncan, Dana Finkelstein, Sandra Gal, Kristen Gillman, Jaye Marie Green, Mina Harigae, Wei-Ling Hsu, M. J. Hur, Tiffany Joh, Haeji Kang, Sarah Kemp, Cristie Kerr, Megan Khang, Jennifer Kupcho, Lee Jeong-eun, Mirim Lee, Lin Xiyu, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Caroline Masson, Ally McDonald, Su-Hyun Oh, Annie Park, Pornanong Phatlum, Gerina Piller, Morgan Pressel, Melissa Reid, Madelene Sagström, Sarah Schmelzel, Alena Sharp, Jenny Shin, Jennifer Song, Mariah Stackhouse, Lauren Stephenson, Linnea Strom, Emma Talley, Charlotte Thomas, Maria Torres, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Jing Yan, Sakura Yokomine, Pavarisa Yoktuan

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par434434535354445353443671
Yards3991653554341883785451895153,1684173534064992265271553314413,3556,523
Metres3651513253971723464981734712,8983813233724562074821423034033,0695,967

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 25 July 2019
Paula Creamer shot a 7-under-par 64 to lead by one stroke over four golfers. Defending champion Angela Stanford shot a 5-over 76.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Paula Creamer64−7
T2Brittany Altomare65−6
T2Ko Jin-young65−6
T2Lee Mi-hyang65−6
T2Inbee Park65−6
T6Jennifer Kupcho66−5
T6Melissa Reid66−5
T8Chella Choi67−4
T8Austin Ernst67−4
T8Park Sung-hyun67−4

Second round

Friday, 26 July 2019
Lee Mi-hyang shot a second round 67 to take a one-stroke lead over three fellow South Koreans. The round was interrupted by a weather delay in the late afternoon. First round leader Paula Creamer fell seven strokes in her first five holes after the delay and ended with a 76 to fall to −2 and T-24 for the tournament. Defending champion Angela Stanford missed the cut by six strokes.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lee Mi-hyang65-67=132−10
T2Kim Hyo-joo69-64=133−9
T2Inbee Park65-68=133−9
T2Park Sung-hyun67-66=133−9
5Shanshan Feng69-66=135−7
T6Pajaree Anannarukarn68-68=136−6
T6Caroline Hedwall72-64=136−6
T6Kim Sei-young68-68=136−6
T6Ko Jin-young65-71=136−6
T6Jennifer Kupcho66-70=136−6
T6Amy Olson70-66=136−6

Third round

Saturday, 27 July 2019
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Kim Hyo-joo69-64-65=198−15
2Park Sung-hyun67-66-66=199−14
T3Ko Jin-young65-71-66=202−11
T3Inbee Park65-68-69=202−11
T5Shanshan Feng69-66-68=203−10
T5Lee Mi-hyang65-67-71=203−10
7Caroline Hedwall72-64-68=204−9
T8Chella Choi67-70-68=205−8
T8Ariya Jutanugarn70-71-64=205−8
T8Megan Khang68-70-67=205−8
T8Jennifer Kupcho66-70-69=205−8

Final round

Sunday, 28 July 2019

Scorecard

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par