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2015 Evian Championship

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{{Infobox individual golf tournament

| name = 2015 Evian Championship

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| location = Évian-les-Bains, France

| course = Evian Resort Golf Club

| dates = 10–13 September 2015

| tour = Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour

| par = 71{{cite web |url=http://www.evianchampionship.com/en/the-championship/course/ |title=The Evian Championship - Course |accessdate=12 September 2013 |archive-date=30 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830081247/http://www.evianchampionship.com/en/the-championship/course |url-status=dead }}

| yardage = {{convert|6470|yd}}

| field = 120 players, 77 after cut

| cut = 147 (+5)

| purse = $3,250,000

| winners_share = $487,500

| champion = {{flagicon|NZL}} Lydia Ko

| score = 268 (−16)

| previous = 2014

| next = 2016

}}

{{Location map

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|lat = 46.394

|long = 6.570

|caption = Location in France

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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.{{cite web |url=http://www.evianchampionship.com/uploads/tx_news/DP_EVIAN_MAI_2015_WEB_GB_V2.pdf |title=2015 Evian Championship – Press Kit |publisher=Evian Championship |date=May 2015 |page=5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.evianchampionship.com/en/the-championship/players/ |title=2015 Evian Championship – Players |publisher=Evian Championship |accessdate=2 September 2015}}

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

{{main article|Evian Resort Golf Club}}

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!align="left"|Hole!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!Out!!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18!!In!!Total

align="center"|Par434434535354445353443671
align="center"|Yards3991653554141883845451894813,1204173534064992215271553314413,3506,470
align="center"|Metres3651513253791723514981734402,8533813233724562024821423034033,0635,916

Source:

Round summaries

=First round=

Thursday, 10 September 2015

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par

rowspan=2 align=center|T1{{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Mi-hyangrowspan=2 align=center|66rowspan=2 align=center|−5
{{flagicon|USA}} Lexi Thompson
rowspan=3 align=center|T3{{flagicon|KOR}} Ji Eun-heerowspan=3 align=center|67rowspan=3 align=center|−4
{{flagicon|THA}} Pornanong Phatlum
{{flagicon|USA}} Gerina Piller
rowspan=6 align=center|T6{{flagicon|USA}} Beth Allenrowspan=6 align=center|68rowspan=6 align=center|−3
{{flagicon|CHN}} Shanshan Feng
{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Sei-young
{{flagicon|DNK}} Nicole Broch Larsen
{{flagicon|TWN}} Min Lee
{{flagicon|AUS}} Minjee Lee

=Second round=

Friday, 11 September 2015

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par

align=center|1{{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Mi-hyang66-67=133align=center|−9
align=center|2{{flagicon|USA}} Morgan Pressel69-65=134align=center|−8
align=center|3{{flagicon|DNK}} Nicole Broch Larsen68-67=135align=center|−7
align=center|4{{flagicon|CHN}} Shanshan Feng68-68=136align=center|−6
rowspan=6 align=center|T5{{flagicon|KOR}} In-Kyung Kim71-67=138rowspan=6 align=center|−4
{{flagicon|NZL}} Lydia Ko69-69=138
{{flagicon|KOR}} Ilhee Lee71-67=138
{{flagicon|THA}} Pornanong Phatlum67-71=138
{{flagicon|USA}} Lexi Thompson66-72=138
{{flagicon|KOR}} Amy Yang72-66=138

=Third round=

Saturday, 12 September 2015

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par

align=center|1{{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Mi-hyang66-67-70=203align=center|−10
align=center|2{{flagicon|USA}} Lexi Thompson66-72-66=204align=center|−9
rowspan=2 align=center|T3{{flagicon|NZL}} Lydia Ko69-69-67=205rowspan=2 align=center|−8
{{flagicon|USA}} Morgan Pressel69-65-71=205
rowspan=3 align=center|T5{{flagicon|CHN}} Shanshan Feng68-68-70=206rowspan=3 align=center|−7
{{flagicon|DNK}} Nicole Broch Larsen68-67-71=206
{{flagicon|KOR}} Amy Yang72-66-68=206
rowspan=2 align=center|T8{{flagicon|KOR}} Ji Eun-hee67-73-67=207rowspan=2 align=center|−6
{{flagicon|KOR}} Ilhee Lee71-67-69=207
rowspan=2 align=center|T10{{flagicon|AUS}} Minjee Lee68-72-68=208rowspan=2 align=center|−5
{{flagicon|ZAF}} 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.{{cite news |title=Lydia Ko wins Evian Championship to become youngest major champion |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/13645688/lydia-ko-wins-evian-championship-become-youngest-major-champion |work=ESPN |date=13 September 2015}} Her closing round of 63 was a record lowest final round in the history of women's golf majors.{{cite web |title=Lowest rounds in women’s major championship history |url=http://thegolfnewsnet.com/golfnewsnetteam/2015/09/13/lowest-rounds-womens-major-championship-history-13051/ |publisher=Golf News Net |date=13 September 2015}}

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ($)

align=center|1{{flagicon|NZL}} Lydia Ko69-69-67-63=268align=center|−16align=center|487,500
align=center|2{{flagicon|USA}} Lexi Thompson66-72-66-70=274align=center|−10align=center|298,698
align=center|3{{flagicon|CHN}} Shanshan Feng68-68-70-70=276align=center|−8align=center|216,684
rowspan=2 align=center|T4{{flagicon|KOR}} Ilhee Lee71-67-69-70=277rowspan=2 align=center|−7rowspan=2 align=center|151,270
{{flagicon|KOR}} Mi Hyang Lee66-67-70-74=277
rowspan=2 align=center|T6{{flagicon|USA}} Alison Lee70-70-72-66=278rowspan=2 align=center|−6rowspan=2 align=center|101,392
{{flagicon|SAF}} Lee-Anne Pace71-72-65-70=278
rowspan=3 align=center|T8{{flagicon|KOR}} Eun-Hee Ji67-73-67-72=279rowspan=3 align=center|−5rowspan=3 align=center|73,319
{{flagicon|KOR}} Inbee Park72-69-70-68=279
{{flagicon|KOR}} Amy Yang72-66-68-73=279

==Scorecard==

Final round

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!Hole!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18

Par434434535444535344
align=left|{{flagicon|NZL}} Ko−8−8style="background: Pink;"|−9−9−9−9style="background: Pink;"|−10−10style="background: Pink;"|−11−11style="background: Pink;"|−12style="background: Pink;"|−13−13−13style="background: Pink;"|−14−14style="background: Pink;"|−15style="background: Pink;"|−16
align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Thompson−9style="background: Pink;"|−10−10−10style="background: Pink;"|−11style="background: Pink;"|−12style="background: Pink;"|−13style="background: PaleGreen;"|−12−12−12−12−12−12style="background: Green;"|−10−10−10−10−10
align=left|{{flagicon|CHN}} Feng−7−7style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5style="background: Pink;"|−6−6style="background: Pink;"|−7style="background: Pink;"|−8
align=left|{{flagicon|KOR}} I. Leestyle="background: Pink;"|−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−7style="background: Pink;"|−8style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7style="background: Pink;"|−8−8style="background: Pink;"|−9style="background: Green;"|−7
align=left|{{flagicon|KOR}} M.H. Lee−10−10style="background: Green;"|−8−8−8style="background: Pink;"|−9−9style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7−7−7−7style="background: Pink;"|−8style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7−7−7−7−7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Source:{{cite web|title=Evian Championship leaderboard|url=http://www.evianchampionship.com/en/leaderboard/all-the-players/}}

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|Birdie

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|Bogey

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|Double bogey

References

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External links

  • {{official website|http://www.evianchampionship.com/en/}}
  • [http://ladieseuropeantour.com/?tournament=evian-championship Coverage on the Ladies European Tour's official site]
  • [http://www.lpga.com/golf/tournaments/lpga/the-evian-championship.aspx Coverage on the LPGA Tour's official site]

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