Dates 15–18 September 2016 Par 71 | Course(s) Evian Resort Golf Club Length 6,482 yards (5,927 m) | |
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Location Évian-les-Bains, France Tour(s) Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour | ||
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 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.
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Chun In-gee won her first Evian and second major championship with a four-stroke victory over Ryu So-yeon and Park Sung-hyun. Her 21-under-par score was a record for all women's majors.
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
2. Past Evian Championship winners
3. Active Evian Masters Champions (must have played in 10 LPGA Tour or LET events from 6 September 2015 to 6 September 2016)
4. Winners of the other women's majors for the last five years
5. Gold medal winner at the 2016 Summer Olympics
6. LPGA Tour winners since the 2015 Evian
7. LET winners since the 2015 Evian
8. The top five on the LET Order of Merit, as of 6 September
9. Top 10 and ties from the 2015 Evian Championship
10. 2016 U.S. Women's Amateur champion
11. 2016 British Ladies Amateur champion
12. Top two players from the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship on the Symetra Tour
13. Top player after the 5 Activia Dream Tour tournaments in South Korea
14. Top two from Evian qualifier
15. Evian invitations (three)
16. LPGA Tour money list, as of 6 September (if needed to fill the field to 120)
Course
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First round
Thursday, 15 September 2016
South Koreans Chun In-gee and Park Sung-hyun led after the first round, shooting 8-under-par 63s. Defending champion Lydia Ko was seven strokes behind at 70.
Second round
Friday, 16 September 2016
Chun In-gee extended her lead with a 5-under-par 66 to two strokes over Shanshan Feng and Park Sung-hyun. The cut was 145 (+3) and 72 players made the cut.
Third round
Saturday, 17 September 2016
Chun In-gee stretched her lead to four strokes with a 6-under-par 65 for a 19-under-par total. Park Sung-hyun was in second place at −15.
Final round
Sunday, 18 September 2016
Chun In-gee completed her wire-to-wire victory with a 2-under-par 69 round. She won by 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 women: 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.