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2016 Evian Championship

Tournament information
Dates	15–18 September 2016
Location	Évian-les-Bains, France
Course(s)	Evian Resort Golf Club
Tour(s)	Ladies European Tour LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,482 yards (5,927 m)
Field	120 players, 72 after cut
Cut	145 (+3)
Prize fund	$3,250,000 €2,890,550
Winner's share	$487,500 €433,582
Champion
Chun In-gee
263 (−21)
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The 2016 Evian Championship was played 15–18 September at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 23rd Evian Championship (the first nineteen were played as the Evian Masters), and the fifth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.

Chun In-gee won her first Evian and second major championship, four strokes ahead of runners-up Ryu So-yeon and Park Sung-hyun. Her 21-under-par score was a record for all women's majors.

The event was televised by Golf Channel and NBC Sports in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.

Field

The field for the tournament was set at 120, and most earned exemptions based on past performance on the Ladies European Tour (LET), the LPGA Tour, or with a high ranking in the Women's World Golf Rankings.

There were 16 exemption categories for the 2016 Evian Championship.

1. The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, as of 16 August 2016

• Choi Na-yeon (4), Chun In-gee (4), Carlota Ciganda, Shanshan Feng (4,7,8,9), Brooke Henderson (4,6), Charley Hull, Jang Ha-na (6), Ji Eun-hee (9), Ariya Jutanugarn (4,6), Cristie Kerr (6), Kim Hyo-joo (2,6), Kim Sei-young (6), Ko Jin-young, Lydia Ko (2,4,6,9), Jessica Korda (6), Candie Kung, Brittany Lang (4), Alison Lee (9), Minjee Lee (6), Mirim Lee, Stacy Lewis (4), Brittany Lincicome (4), Mo Martin (4), Haru Nomura (6), Anna Nordqvist (6), Lee-Anne Pace (9), Park Sung-hyun, Suzann Pettersen (2), Pornanong Phatlum, Gerina Piller, Morgan Pressel, Ryu So-yeon, Jenny Shin (6), Lexi Thompson (4,6,9), Amy Yang (9)
• Ahn Sun-ju (6), Lee Bo-mee, Teresa Lu, Inbee Park (3,4,5,6,9) – thumb injury, and Jiyai Shin (4,7) 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 6 September 2015 to 6 September 2016)

• Paula Creamer, Laura Davies, Juli Inkster, Ai Miyazato, Karrie Webb

4. Winners of the other women's majors for the last five years

• Michelle Wie, Yoo Sun-young

5. Gold medal winner at the 2016 Summer Olympics

• Already qualified

6. LPGA Tour winners since the 2015 Evian

• Caroline Masson

7. LET winners since the 2015 Evian

• Isabelle Boineau (8), Céline Herbin, Nuria Iturrioz, In-Kyung Kim, Lee Jung-min, Lin Xiyu, Nanna Koerstz Madsen (8,14), Emily Kristine Pedersen
• Yeom Hye-in did not play

8. The top five on the LET Order of Merit, as of 6 September

• Beth Allen, Catriona Matthew

9. Top 10 and ties from the 2015 Evian Championship

• Lee Mi-hyang, Ilhee Lee

10. 2016 U.S. Women's Amateur champion

• Seong Eun-jeong (a)

11. 2016 British Ladies Amateur champion

• Julia Engström (a)

12. Top two players from the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship on the Symetra Tour

• Laura Gonzalez Escallon, Ally McDonald

13. Top player after the 5 Activia Dream Tour tournaments in South Korea

• Ji Joo-hyun

14. Top two from Evian qualifier

• Maria Verchenova

15. Evian invitations (three)

• Bronte Law (a), Hannah O'Sullivan (a), Albane Valenzuela (a)

16. LPGA Tour money list, as of 6 September (if needed to fill the field to 120)

• Marina Alex, Brittany Altomare, Baek Kyu-jung, Katie Burnett, Chella Choi, Cydney Clanton, Jacqui Concolino, Lindy Duncan, Austin Ernst, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Simin Feng, Sandra Gal, Caroline Hedwall, M. J. Hur, Vicky Hurst, Karine Icher, Tiffany Joh, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Kim Kaufman, Megan Khang, Christina Kim, Joanna Klatten, P.K. Kongkraphan, Min Seo Kwak, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, Min Lee, Pernilla Lindberg, Gaby López, Lee Lopez, Sydnee Michaels, Mika Miyazato, Azahara Muñoz, Su-Hyun Oh, Ryann O'Toole, Annie Park, Park Hee-young, Jane Park, Beatriz Recari, Paula Reto, Lizette Salas, Alena Sharp, Kelly Shon, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Nontaya Srisawang, Angela Stanford, Kris Tamulis, Kelly Tan, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe, Cheyenne Woods, Jing Yan, Julie Yang, Sakura Yokomine

Course

Source:

Overlooking Lake Geneva, the average elevation of the course is approximately 480 metres (1,575 ft) above sea level.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 15 September 2016

South Koreans Chun In-gee and Park Sung-hyun co-led after the first round at 63 (−8). Defending champion Lydia Ko was seven strokes behind at 70.

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Chun In-gee	63	−8
	Park Sung-hyun
T3	Shanshan Feng	64	−7
	Annie Park
5	Angela Stanford	65	−6
T6	Ji Eun-hee	66	−5
	Ryu So-yeon
	Danielle Kang
	Ko Jin-young
	Lin Xiyu
	Brittany Lincicome
	Haru Nomura
	Gerina Piller
	Jennifer Song

Second round

Friday, 16 September 2016

With a 66, Chun In-gee extended her lead to two strokes over Shanshan Feng and Park Sung-hyun. The cut was 145 (+3) and 72 players advanced to the weekend.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Chun In-gee	63-66=129	−13
T2	Shanshan Feng	64-67=131	−11
	Park Sung-hyun	63-68=131
4	Ryu So-yeon	66-66=132	−10
5	Angela Stanford	65-68=133	−9
T6	Ji Eun-hee	66-68=134	−8
	Brittany Lincicome	68-66=134
8	Jennifer Song	68-67=135	−7
T9	Danielle Kang	68-68=136	−6
	Candie Kung	69-67=136

Third round

Saturday, 17 September 2016

Chun In-gee shot 65 (−6) for 194 (−19) to stretch her lead to four strokes over Park Sung-hyun.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Chun In-gee	63-66-65=194	−19
2	Park Sung-hyun	63-68-67=198	−15
3	Shanshan Feng	64-67-69=200	−13
4	Ryu So-yeon	66-66-69=201	−12
5	In-Kyung Kim	70-69-64=203	−10
6	Angela Stanford	65-68-71=204	−9
7	Kim Sei-young	69-71-65=205	−8
T8	Haru Nomura	68-69-69=206	−7
	Jane Park	71-68-67=206
T10	Brooke Henderson	69-71-67=207	−6
	Gerina Piller	68-72-67=207
	Jennifer Song	68-67-72=207

Final round

Sunday, 18 September 2016

Chun In-gee completed her wire-to-wire victory with 69 for 263, four strokes over Park Sung-hyun and Ryu So-yeon. Her 21-under-par total was a record for both women and men. For men's majors, the record is 20 under par, held by Jason Day at the 2015 PGA Championship and Henrik Stenson at the 2016 Open Championship. The previous women's record of 19-under-par was shared by five: Dottie Pepper (1999 Nabisco Dinah Shore), Karen Stupples (2004 Women's British Open), Cristie Kerr (2010 LPGA Championship), Yani Tseng (2011 LPGA Championship, and Inbee Park (2015 KPMG Women's PGA Championship). Her 72-hole total of 263 broke the record of 267 held by Betsy King (1992 LPGA Championship) and was one stroke better than Stenson's 264 at the 2016 Open.

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Chun In-gee	63-66-65-69=263	−21	487,500
T2	Park Sung-hyun	63-68-67-69=267	−17	259,576
	Ryu So-yeon	66-66-69-66=267
4	Shanshan Feng	64-67-69-69=269	−15	168,848
5	Kim Sei-young	69-71-65-65=270	−14	135,904
6	In-Kyung Kim	70-69-64-69=272	−12	111,194
7	Angela Stanford	65-68-71-70=274	−10	93,074
8	Haru Nomura	68-69-69-69=275	−9	81,543
T9	Brooke Henderson	69-71-67-70=277	−7	67,265
	Ariya Jutanugarn	73-67-70-67=277
	Gerina Piller	68-72-67-70=277

Source:

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
Chun	−19	−19	−20	−20	−20	−20	−20	−21	−21	−21	−21	−21	−21	−20	−21	−21	−21	−21
Park	−14	−15	−15	−16	−16	−16	−16	−15	−15	−16	−16	−15	−15	−15	−17	−17	−17	−17
Ryu	−13	−14	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−16	−16	−17	−17
Feng	−13	−13	−13	−14	−13	−13	−14	−15	−16	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15	−15
Kim S.Y.	−8	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−10	−12	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14
Kim I.K.	−11	−10	−11	−10	−11	−11	−10	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−9	−10	−11	−12	−12

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Source:

References

1. ^ "The Evian Championship - Course". Archived from the original on 30 August 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
2. ^ "In Gee Chun finishes at 21 under for lowest 72-hole score in a major". ESPN. Associated Press. 19 September 2016.
3. "2016 Evian Championship – Press Kit" (PDF). Evian Championship. p. 3.
4. "The Championship – Players". Evian Championship.
5. "2016 Evian Championship – Tournament Entry List". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
6. "Thumb injury knocks Inbee Park from LPGA's final major". ESPN. Associated Press. 1 September 2016.
7. "Gee Chun, Sung Hyun Park share lead at Evian Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. 15 September 2016.
8. "In Gee Chun takes 2-shot lead at Evian Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. 16 September 2016.
9. "In Gee Chun seeks 72-hole scoring record for a major". ESPN. Associated Press. 18 September 2016.
10. "News and Notes – Final Round Evian Championship". LPGA. 18 September 2016.
11. ^ "Evian Championship". LPGA.com. 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
12. ^ "Evian Championship". Ladies European Tour. 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Coverage on the Ladies European Tour's official site
• Coverage on the LPGA Tour's official site

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