# 2017 Evian Championship

The 2017 Evian Championship was played 14–17 September at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 24th Evian Championship (the first 19 played as the Evian Masters), and the fifth 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.
Anna Nordqvist beat Brittany Altomare at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff, after the pair had tied on 204. The event was reduced to 54 holes after the first day's play was abandoned because of bad weather.

## 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 2017 Evian Championship.
1. The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, as of 15 August 2017
Choi Hye-jin (a), Chun In-gee (2,4,8), Carlota Ciganda (5,7), Jodi Ewart Shadoff (7), Shanshan Feng (5,6,8), Brooke Henderson (4,5,8), Charley Hull (5), M. J. Hur, Ariya Jutanugarn (4,5,8), Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang (4,5), Cristie Kerr (5), Kim Hyo-joo (2), In-Kyung Kim (4,5,6,7,8), Kim Sei-young (5,8), Lydia Ko (2,4), Jessica Korda, Lee Mi-hyang (5,6), Minjee Lee, Mirim Lee, Haru Nomura (5,8), Anna Nordqvist (5), Park Sung-hyun (4,5,8), Suzann Pettersen (2), Gerina Piller (8), Ryu So-yeon (4,5,8), Lexi Thompson (4,5), Amy Yang (5)
* Michelle Wie (4) did not play following an appendectomy.
* Jang Ha-na (5), Kim Ha-neul, Kim Hae-rym (6), Ko Jin-young, Lee Bo-mee, Lee Jeong-eun, Stacy Lewis (4,5), Teresa Lu, Inbee Park (3,4,5), Jiyai Shin, and Ai Suzuki did not play
2. Past Evian Championship winners
all already qualified
3. Active Evian Masters Champions (must have played in 10 LPGA Tour or LET events from 5 September 2016 to 5 September 2017)
Paula Creamer, Laura Davies, Juli Inkster, Ai Miyazato, Karrie Webb
4. Winners of the other women's majors for the last five years
Brittany Lang, Brittany Lincicome (5), Mo Martin
5. LPGA Tour winners since the 2016 Evian
Katherine Kirk
6. LET winners since the 2016 Evian
Beth Allen, Aditi Ashok, Azahara Muñoz, Florentyna Parker, Melissa Reid, Supamas Sangchan, Klára Spilková, Atthaya Thitikul (a), Anne van Dam
7. The top five on the LET Order of Merit, as of 5 September
Georgia Hall, Caroline Masson
8. Top 10 and ties from the 2016 Evian Championship
Angela Stanford
9. 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur champion
Sophia Schubert (a)
10. 2017 British Ladies Amateur champion
* Leona Maguire (a) did not play
11. Top two players from the PHC Classic on the Symetra Tour
Brittany Marchand, Marion Ricordeau
12. Top player after the Evian Challenge in South Korea
Kim Do-yeon
13. Top two from the Jabra Ladies Open on the LET Access Series
Isabelle Boineau, Johanna Gustavsson
14. Evian invitations (four)
Natalie Gulbis, Agathe Laisné (a), Paphangkorn Tavatanakit (a), Albane Valenzuela (a)
15. LPGA Tour money list, as of 5 September (if needed to fill the field to 120)
Marina Alex, Brittany Altomare, Nicole Broch Larsen, Katie Burnett, Pei-Yun Chien, Chella Choi, Cydney Clanton, Jacqui Concolino, Perrine Delacour, Lindy Duncan, Austin Ernst, Simin Feng, Sandra Gal, Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Jaye Marie Green, Mina Harigae, Caroline Hedwall, Wei-Ling Hsu, Karine Icher, Ji Eun-hee, Tiffany Joh, Kim Kaufman, Megan Khang, Christina Kim, Joanna Klatten, Nelly Korda, Olafia Kristinsdottir, Candie Kung, Bronte Law, Alison Lee, Amelia Lewis, Lee Jeong-eun, Pernilla Lindberg, Gaby López, Catriona Matthew, Ally McDonald, Wichanee Meechai, Su-Hyun Oh, Amy Olson, Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace, Jane Park, Emily Kristine Pedersen, Pornanong Phatlum, Morgan Pressel, Beatriz Recari, Madelene Sagström, Sherman Santiwiwatthanaphong, Jenny Shin, Kelly Shon, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Mariah Stackhouse, Marissa Steen, Thidapa Suwannapura, Yani Tseng, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Jing Yan, Angel Yin, Yoo Sun-young
* Ashleigh Buhai, Sandra Changkija, Lizette Salas, and Alena Sharp did not play

## Course

| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
| Yards | 399 | 165 | 355 | 414 | 188 | 384 | 545 | 189 | 505 | 3,144 | 417 | 353 | 406 | 499 | 209 | 527 | 155 | 331 | 441 | 3,338 | 6,482 |
| Metres | 365 | 151 | 325 | 379 | 172 | 351 | 498 | 173 | 461 | 2,874 | 381 | 323 | 372 | 456 | 191 | 482 | 142 | 303 | 403 | 3,052 | 5,926 |
Source:

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, 14 September 2017
Strong winds and heavy rain caused play to be abandoned. The scores of the players who had already started were not counted and the tournament will resume on Friday as a 54-hole event with a cut after 36 holes.
Friday, 15 September 2017
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Park Sung-hyun | 63 | −8 |
| 2 | Moriya Jutanugarn | 65 | −6 |
| T3 | Katherine Kirk | 66 | −5 |
| T3 | Anna Nordqvist | 66 | −5 |
| T5 | Marina Alex | 67 | −4 |
| T5 | In-Kyung Kim | 67 | −4 |
| T5 | Jessica Korda | 67 | −4 |
| T8 | Austin Ernst | 68 | −3 |
| T8 | Georgia Hall | 68 | −3 |
| T8 | M. J. Hur | 68 | −3 |
| T8 | Lydia Ko | 68 | −3 |
| T8 | Ai Miyazato | 68 | −3 |
| T8 | Ryann O'Toole | 68 | −3 |
| T8 | Sophia Schubert (a) | 68 | −3 |
| T8 | Ayako Uehara | 68 | −3 |

### Second round

Saturday, 16 September 2017
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Moriya Jutanugarn | 65-68=133 | −9 |
| 2 | Ayako Uehara | 68-66=134 | −8 |
| 3 | Katherine Kirk | 66-69=135 | −7 |
| T4 | In-Kyung Kim | 67-69=136 | −6 |
| T4 | Lydia Ko | 68-68=136 | −6 |
| T4 | Park Sung-hyun | 63-73=136 | −6 |
| T7 | Shanshan Feng | 69-68=137 | −5 |
| T7 | Georgia Hall | 68-69=137 | −5 |
| T7 | Jennifer Song | 72-65=137 | −5 |
| T7 | Angela Stanford | 69-68=137 | −5 |

### Final round

Sunday, 17 September 2017
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
| T1 | Brittany Altomare | 70-68-66=204 | −9 | Playoff |
| T1 | Anna Nordqvist | 66-72-66=204 | −9 | Playoff |
| T3 | Moriya Jutanugarn | 65-68-72=205 | −8 | 196,789 |
| T3 | Katherine Kirk | 66-69-70=205 | −8 | 196,789 |
| T3 | Lydia Ko | 68-68-69=205 | −8 | 196,789 |
| T6 | Shanshan Feng | 69-68-69=206 | −7 | 115,285 |
| T6 | Kim Sei-young | 70-68-68=206 | −7 | 115,285 |
| 8 | Jennifer Song | 72-65-70=207 | −6 | 92,042 |
| 9 | Lee Mi-hyang | 69-72-67=208 | −5 | 82,746 |
| T10 | Georgia Hall | 68-69-72=209 | −4 | 70,037 |
| T10 | In-Kyung Kim | 67-69-73=209 | −4 | 70,037 |
| T10 | Ayako Uehara | 68-66-75=209 | −4 | 70,037 |

#### Scorecard

Final round
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Nordqvist | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −2 | −3 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −9 |
| Altomare | −4 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 |
| Jutanugarn | −8 | −8 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 |
| Kirk | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −8 |
| Ko | −6 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −7 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −8 |
| Feng | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −7 |
| Kim | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −5 | −6 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −7 |
| Uehara | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −4 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
    Eagles Birdie Bogey Double bogey
Source:

#### Playoff

The sudden-death playoff was on the par-4 18th hole. Altomare took a double-bogey 6 to Nordqvist's bogey 5.
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Anna Nordqvist | 5 | +1 | 547,500 |
| 2 | Brittany Altomare | 6 | +2 | 339,625 |