# 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 (the first 20 played as the Evian Masters), 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 strokes 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 (four)
María Fassi, Julie McCarthy (a), Yealimi Noh, Albane Valenzuela (a)
2. Top two from the Jabra Ladies Open
Annabel Dimmock (10), Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (a)
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 (6,8,9), Carlota Ciganda, Austin Ernst (12), Shanshan Feng (9), Hannah Green (8,9), Georgia Hall (8), Nasa Hataoka (9), Brooke Henderson (8,9,12), Mamiko Higa, Charley Hull (10), Ji Eun-hee (9), Ariya Jutanugarn (8), Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang (8,9), Kim Hyo-joo (6), In-Kyung Kim (8), Kim Sei-young (9,12), Ko Jin-young (8,9), Lydia Ko (6,8,12), Jessica Korda (12), Nelly Korda (9), Bronte Law (9), Lee Jeong-eun (8,9,12), Lee Mi-hyang (12), Minjee Lee (9), Yu Liu, Azahara Muñoz, Inbee Park (7,8,12), Park Sung-hyun (8,9), Ryu So-yeon (8,12), Lizette Salas, Ai Suzuki, Lexi Thompson (9), Amy Yang (9), Angel Yin
* Ahn Sun-ju, Bae Seon-woo, and Jiyai Shin (7) did not play.
6. Past Evian Championship winners
Anna Nordqvist, Angela Stanford (12)
* Suzann Pettersen did not play.
7. Active Evian Masters Champions (must have played in 10 LPGA Tour or LET events from 25 July 2018 to 25 July 2019)
Paula Creamer, Laura Davies
* Karrie Webb did not play.
8. Winners of the other women's majors for the last five years
Brittany Lang, Pernilla Lindberg
* Brittany Lincicome did not play.
9. LPGA Tour winners since the 2018 Evian
Céline Boutier, Gaby López, Thidapa Suwannapura
* Cydney Clanton did not play.
10. LET winners since the 2018 Evian
Diksha Dagar, Céline Herbin, Nuria Iturrioz (11), Meghan MacLaren (11), Becky Morgan, Marianne Skarpnord (11), Anne Van Dam
* Atthaya Thitikul (a) did not play.
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
* Mo Martin did not play.
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 (a)
15. 2019 Women's Asia Pacific Championship champion
Yuka Yasuda (a)
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 (if needed to fill the field to 120)
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
* Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Haru Nomura 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 | 434 | 188 | 378 | 545 | 189 | 515 | 3,168 | 417 | 353 | 406 | 499 | 226 | 527 | 155 | 331 | 441 | 3,355 | 6,523 |
| Metres | 365 | 151 | 325 | 397 | 172 | 346 | 498 | 173 | 471 | 2,898 | 381 | 323 | 372 | 456 | 207 | 482 | 142 | 303 | 403 | 3,069 | 5,967 |
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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.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Paula Creamer | 64 | −7 |
| T2 | Brittany Altomare | 65 | −6 |
| T2 | Ko Jin-young | 65 | −6 |
| T2 | Lee Mi-hyang | 65 | −6 |
| T2 | Inbee Park | 65 | −6 |
| T6 | Jennifer Kupcho | 66 | −5 |
| T6 | Melissa Reid | 66 | −5 |
| T8 | Chella Choi | 67 | −4 |
| T8 | Austin Ernst | 67 | −4 |
| T8 | Park Sung-hyun | 67 | −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.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Lee Mi-hyang | 65-67=132 | −10 |
| T2 | Kim Hyo-joo | 69-64=133 | −9 |
| T2 | Inbee Park | 65-68=133 | −9 |
| T2 | Park Sung-hyun | 67-66=133 | −9 |
| 5 | Shanshan Feng | 69-66=135 | −7 |
| T6 | Pajaree Anannarukarn | 68-68=136 | −6 |
| T6 | Caroline Hedwall | 72-64=136 | −6 |
| T6 | Kim Sei-young | 68-68=136 | −6 |
| T6 | Ko Jin-young | 65-71=136 | −6 |
| T6 | Jennifer Kupcho | 66-70=136 | −6 |
| T6 | Amy Olson | 70-66=136 | −6 |

### Third round

Saturday, 27 July 2019
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Kim Hyo-joo | 69-64-65=198 | −15 |
| 2 | Park Sung-hyun | 67-66-66=199 | −14 |
| T3 | Ko Jin-young | 65-71-66=202 | −11 |
| T3 | Inbee Park | 65-68-69=202 | −11 |
| T5 | Shanshan Feng | 69-66-68=203 | −10 |
| T5 | Lee Mi-hyang | 65-67-71=203 | −10 |
| 7 | Caroline Hedwall | 72-64-68=204 | −9 |
| T8 | Chella Choi | 67-70-68=205 | −8 |
| T8 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 70-71-64=205 | −8 |
| T8 | Megan Khang | 68-70-67=205 | −8 |
| T8 | Jennifer Kupcho | 66-70-69=205 | −8 |

### Final round

Sunday, 28 July 2019
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Prize money (US$) |
| 1 | Ko Jin-young | 65-71-66-67=269 | −15 | 615,000 |
| T2 | Shanshan Feng | 69-66-68-68=271 | −13 | 290,778 |
| T2 | Kim Hyo-joo | 69-64-65-73=271 | −13 | 290,778 |
| T2 | Jennifer Kupcho | 66-70-69-66=271 | −13 | 290,778 |
| 5 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 70-71-64-68=273 | −11 | 172,316 |
| T6 | Moriya Jutanugarn | 68-72-66-68=274 | −10 | 129,498 |
| T6 | Park Sung-hyun | 67-66-66-75=274 | −10 | 129,498 |
| T8 | Megan Khang | 68-70-67-70=275 | −9 | 98,169 |
| T8 | Inbee Park | 65-68-69-73=275 | −9 | 98,169 |
| 10 | Carlota Ciganda | 70-69-67-70=276 | −8 | 84,591 |

#### Scorecard

| 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 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Ko | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −15 | −15 |
| Feng | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −13 |
| Kim | −15 | −15 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −16 | −15 | −15 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −13 |
| Kupcho | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −13 |
| A. Jutanugarn | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −11 |
| M. Jutanugarn | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 |
| Park S-h | −13 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −10 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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