2018 Evian Championship

The 2018 Evian Championship was played 13–16 September at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 25th Evian Championship (the first 20 played as the Evian Masters), and the sixth 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.

2018 Evian Championship
Tournament information
Dates13–16 September 2018
LocationÉvian-les-Bains, France
46.394°N 6.570°E / 46.394; 6.570
Course(s)Evian Resort Golf Club
Tour(s)Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par71[1]
Length6,523 yards (5,965 m)[1]
Field120 players, 72 after cut
Cut145 (+3)
Prize fund$3,850,000
Winner's share$577,500
Champion
Angela Stanford
272 (−12)
Location Map
Evian Resort Golf Club
Location in France
Evian Resort Golf Club

At the age of 40, Angela Stanford won her first major championship on her 76th appearance in a major. Four players tied for second place, a stroke behind, including Amy Olson who came to the last hole needing a par to win but made a double-bogey.[2]

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 15 exemption categories for the 2018 Evian Championship.[3]

1. Evian invitations (four)

Natalie Gulbis, Rachel Heck (a), Alana Uriell (a), Albane Valenzuela (a)

  • Maria Fassi (a) and Dylan Kim (a) declined invitations.[4]

2. Top two from the Jabra Ladies Open

Karolin Lampert, Astrid Vayson de Pradenne (10)

3. Winner of the SGF 67 Evian Asia Challenge (South Korea)

Ryu Hae-ran (a)

4. Top two players from the PHC Classic on the Symetra Tour

Lauren Coughlin

5. The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, as of 14 August 2018

Marina Alex (9), Brittany Altomare (12), Chun In-gee (6,8), Carlota Ciganda, Austin Ernst, Shanshan Feng (9,12), Georgia Hall (8,9,10,11,12), Nasa Hataoka (9), Brooke Henderson (8,9), Charley Hull, Ji Eun-hee (9), Ariya Jutanugarn (8,9,10), Moriya Jutanugarn (9,12), Danielle Kang (8), Cristie Kerr (9,10), Kim Hyo-joo (6,8), Kim Sei-young (9,12), Ko Jin-young (9), Lydia Ko (6,8,9,12), Jessica Korda (9), Nelly Korda, Lee Jeong-eun, Minjee Lee (9,10), Brittany Lincicome (8,9), Pernilla Lindberg (8,9), Anna Nordqvist (6,8,12), Inbee Park (7,8,9), Park Sung-hyun (8,9), Ryu So-yeon (8,9), Lizette Salas, Lexi Thompson (8), Amy Yang

6. Past Evian Championship winners

7. Active Evian Masters Champions (must have played in 10 LPGA Tour or LET events from 4 September 2017 to 4 September 2018)

Paula Creamer, Laura Davies

8. Winners of the other women's majors for the last five years Brittany Lang, Mo Martin

9. LPGA Tour winners since the 2017 Evian

Annie Park, Thidapa Suwannapura

10. LET winners since the 2017 Evian

Aditi Ashok, Céline Boutier, Ashleigh Buhai, Camille Chevalier, Caroline Hedwall, Meghan MacLaren, Azahara Muñoz, Kanyalak Preedasuttijit, Angel Yin

11. The top five on the LET Order of Merit, as of 4 September

Sarah Kemp, Klára Spilková, Anne Van Dam

12. Top 10 and ties from the 2017 Evian Championship

Katherine Kirk, Lee Mi-hyang, Jennifer Song, Ayako Uehara

13. 2018 U.S. Women's Amateur champion

  • Kristen Gillman did not play.

14. 2018 British Ladies Amateur champion

15. LPGA Tour money list, as of 4 September (if needed to fill the field to 120)

Nicole Broch Larsen, Sandra Changkija, Pei-Yun Chien, Chella Choi, Cydney Clanton, Jacqui Concolino, Daniela Darquea, Brianna Do, Lindy Duncan, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Sandra Gal, Hannah Green, Jaye Marie Green, Mina Harigae, Céline Herbin, Daniela Holmqvist, Wei-Ling Hsu, M. J. Hur, Caroline Inglis, Tiffany Joh, Haeji Kang, Megan Khang, Christina Kim, Bronte Law, Lee Jeong-eun, Mirim Lee, Yu Liu, Gaby López, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Brittany Marchand, Caroline Masson, Catriona Matthew, Ally McDonald, Wichanee Meechai, Benyapa Niphatsophon, Su-Hyun Oh, Amy Olson, Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace, Park Hee-young, Jane Park, Pornanong Phatlum, Morgan Pressel, Beatriz Recari, Robynn Ree, Madelene Sagström, Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong, Alena Sharp, Jenny Shin, Sarah Jane Smith, Mariah Stackhouse, Angela Stanford, Emma Talley, Kris Tamulis, Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, Maria Torres, Mariajo Uribe, Sakura Yokomine

Nationalities in the field

North America (46)South America (2)Europe (27)Oceana (7)Asia (36)Africa (2)
 Canada (3) Colombia (1) England (6) Australia (6) China (2) South Africa (2)
 Mexico (1) Ecuador (1) Scotland (1) New Zealand (1) India (1)
 Puerto Rico (1) Czech Republic (1) Japan (3)
 United States (41) Denmark (2) South Korea (19)
 France (4) Taiwan (2)
 Germany (3) Thailand (9)
 Netherlands (1)
 Spain (3)
 Sweden (5)
  Switzerland (1)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Lydia Ko New Zealand201572706767276−8T10
Chun In-gee South Korea201668707070278−6T16
Anna Nordqvist Sweden201771707570286+2T44
Kim Hyo-joo South Korea201471736974287+3T49

Course

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

Source:[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 13 September 2018

Carlota Ciganda and Maria Torres shot 6-under-par rounds of 65 to lead by one stroke over Austin Ernst.[5] The defending champion, Anna Nordqvist, shot 71.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Carlota Ciganda Spain65−6
Maria Torres Puerto Rico
3Austin Ernst United States66−5
T4Nasa Hataoka Japan67−4
Brooke Henderson Canada
Ryu So-yeon South Korea
T7Chun In-gee South Korea68−3
Georgia Hall England
Ji Eun-hee South Korea
Katherine Kirk Australia
Lee Mi-hyang South Korea
Mo Martin United States
Caroline Masson Germany
Ally McDonald United States
Ryann O'Toole United States
Inbee Park South Korea

Second round

Friday, 14 September 2018

First round co-leader Maria Torres shot a 69 to remain in a first-place tie with Lee Mi-hyang, Mo Martin, and Amy Olson at 134 (−8). The other first round co-leader, Carlota Ciganda, dropped to 5th place at 135. Defending champion Anna Nordqvist was tied for 30th at 141. World number 1 Park Sung-hyun missed the cut by three strokes with a 148.[6]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Lee Mi-hyang South Korea68-66=134−8
Mo Martin United States68-66=134
Amy Olson United States69-65=134
Maria Torres Puerto Rico65-69=134
5Carlota Ciganda Spain65-70=135−7
T6Austin Ernst United States66-70=136−6
Georgia Hall England68-68=136
Brooke Henderson Canada67-69=136
Wei-Ling Hsu Taiwan69-67=136
Ryu So-yeon South Korea67-69=136
Jenny Shin South Korea70-66=136
Angela Stanford United States72-64=136

Third round

Saturday, 15 September 2018

Amy Olson shot a second straight 65 to take a two-stroke lead over Kim Sei-young.[7]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Amy Olson United States69-65-65=199−14
2Kim Sei-young South Korea69-68-64=201−12
3Mo Martin United States68-66-69=203−10
T4Georgia Hall England68-68-68=204−9
Inbee Park South Korea68-69-67=204
Angela Stanford United States72-64-68=204
T7Austin Ernst United States66-70-69=205−8
Wei-Ling Hsu Taiwan69-67-69=205
Lee Jeong-eun South Korea72-66-67=205
Ryann O'Toole United States68-74-63=205

Final round

Sunday, 16 September 2018

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Angela Stanford United States72-64-68-68=272−12577,500
T2Austin Ernst United States66-70-69-68=273−11244,615
Kim Sei-young South Korea69-68-64-72=273
Mo Martin United States68-66-69-70=273
Amy Olson United States69-65-65-74=273
T6Lee Jeong-eun South Korea72-66-67-69=274−10121,293
Ryann O'Toole United States68-74-63-69=274
T8Jessica Korda United States69-71-67-68=275−991,949
Inbee Park South Korea68-69-67-71=275
T10Brooke Henderson Canada67-69-72-68=276−869,096
Katherine Kirk Australia68-73-66-69=276
Lydia Ko New Zealand72-70-67-67=276
Lee Mi-hyang South Korea68-66-73-69=276
Ryu So-yeon South Korea67-69-72-68=276

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par434434535444535344
Stanford−9−10−10−11−11−11−11−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−13−11−12−12
Ernst−8−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−11−11−11−11
Kim−12−12−13−13−13−13−13−13−13−11−11−10−11−10−11−11−11−11
Martin−11−11−11−11−11−11−10−10−11−10−10−10−10−10−11−11−11−11
Olson−14−13−14−14−14−14−14−13−13−13−13−13−14−13−13−13−13−11
J-e Lee−8−8−8−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−9−9−10−9−9−10
O'Toole−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−9−9−9−10−10−10−10
Park−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−11−10−9−9−9−9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[8]

References

  1. "The Evian Championship - Course". Archived from the original on 30 August 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  2. "Angela Stanford wins Evian Championship for first career Major". ESPN. Associated Press. 16 September 2018.
  3. "2018 Evian Championship – Press Kit" (PDF). Evian Championship. p. 4.
  4. "The Evian Championship, the 4 wildcard recipients". Evian Championship. 10 July 2018.
  5. "Maria Torres, Carlota Ciganda lead Evian Championship as Sung Hyun Park struggles". ESPN. Associated Press. 13 September 2018.
  6. "Maria Torres shares four-way lead as Sung Hyun Park misses cut". ESPN. Associated Press. 14 September 2018.
  7. "Evian Championships: Amy Olson shoots third-round 65 to take lead". ESPN. Reuters. 15 September 2018.
  8. "Leaderboard". Evian Championship. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
Preceded by
2018 Women's British Open
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2019 ANA Inspiration
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