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

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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

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Park Sung-hyun 63 −82 Moriya Jutanugarn 65 −6T3 Katherine Kirk 66 −5 Anna NordqvistT5 Marina Alex 67 −4 In-Kyung Kim Jessica KordaT8 Austin Ernst 68 −3 Georgia Hall M. J. Hur Lydia Ko Ai Miyazato Ryann O'Toole Sophia Schubert (a) Ayako Uehara

Second round Saturday, 16 September 2017 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Moriya Jutanugarn 65-68=133 −92 Ayako Uehara 68-66=134 −83 Katherine Kirk 66-69=135 −7T4 In-Kyung Kim 67-69=136 −6 Lydia Ko 68-68=136 Park Sung-hyun 63-73=136T7 Shanshan Feng 69-68=137 −5 Georgia Hall 68-69=137 Jennifer Song 72-65=137 Angela Stanford 69-68=137

Final round Sunday, 17 September 2017 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)T1 Brittany Altomare 70-68-66=204 −9 Playoff Anna Nordqvist 66-72-66=204T3 Moriya Jutanugarn 65-68-72=205 −8 196,789 Katherine Kirk 66-69-70=205 Lydia Ko 68-68-69=205T6 Shanshan Feng 69-68-69=206 −7 115,285 Kim Sei-young 70-68-68=2068 Jennifer Song 72-65-70=207 −6 92,0429 Lee Mi-hyang 69-72-67=208 −5 82,746T10 Georgia Hall 68-69-72=209 −4 70,037 In-Kyung Kim 67-69-73=209 Ayako Uehara 68-66-75=209

Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par434434535444535344 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 {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagles |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey

Playoff The sudden-death playoff was on the par-4 18th hole. Altomare took a double-bogey 6 to Nordqvist's bogey 5.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Anna Nordqvist 5 +1 547,5002 Brittany Altomare 6 +2 339,625

References

External links

Coverage on the Ladies European Tour's official site Coverage on the LPGA Tour's official site