2021 Evian Championship
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22–25 July 2021 |
| Location | Évian-les-Bains, France 46°23′38″N 6°34′12″E / 46.394°N 6.570°E |
| Course(s) | Evian Resort Golf Club |
| Tour(s) | Ladies European Tour LPGA Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,527 yards (5,968 m) |
| Field | 126, 77 after cut |
| Cut | 143 (+1) |
| Prize fund | $4,500,000 |
| Winner's share | $675,000[1] |
| Champion | |
 Minjee Lee | |
| 266 (−18), Playoff | |
| Location map | |
  Evian Resort Golf Club Location in France  Evian Resort Golf Club Location in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
The 2021 Amundi Evian Championship was played 22–25 July at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 27th Evian Championship (the first 20 played as the Evian Masters), and the eighth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.
Minjee Lee won her first major at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff over Lee Jeong-eun.[2]
The field for the tournament was set at 126, 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.
These were the exemption categories for the 2021 Evian Championship.[3]
1. Evian invitations (six)
María Fassi, Tsubasa Kajitani (a), Lucie Malchirand, Brooke Matthews (a), Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (a), Natalie Srinivasan
2. Top player from the Jabra Ladies Open
3. Top player from the Island Resort Championship on the Symetra Tour
4. The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings
Carlota Ciganda, Austin Ernst, Ally Ewing, Ayaka Furue, Brooke Henderson, M. J. Hur, Ariya Jutanugarn, Moriya Jutanugarn, Megan Khang, Kim A-lim, Kim Hyo-joo, Kim Sei-young, Ko Jin-young, Lydia Ko, Jessica Korda, Nelly Korda, Jennifer Kupcho, Lee Jeong-eun, Minjee Lee, Mirim Lee, Amy Olson, Inbee Park, Park Sung-hyun, Sophia Popov, Ryu So-yeon, Lizette Salas
5. Past Evian Championship winners
Chun In-gee, Paula Creamer, Natalie Gulbis, Anna Nordqvist, Angela Stanford
6. Winners of the other women's majors for the last five years
Georgia Hall, Brittany Lang, Pernilla Lindberg
7. LPGA Tour winners
Matilda Castren, Hsu Wei-ling, Cheyenne Knight, Park Hee-young, Madelene Sagström
8. LET winners
Carly Booth, Esther Henseleit, Alice Hewson, Stephanie Kyriacou, Emily Kristine Pedersen, Anne van Dam, Christine Wolf
9. The top five on the LET Order of Merit
Olivia Cowan, Leonie Harm, Sanna Nuutinen, Lee-Anne Pace, Atthaya Thitikul
10. 2021 U.S. Women's Amateur champion
Rose Zhang (a)
11. 2021 British Ladies Amateur champion
Aline Krauter (a)
12. Any player who qualified for the previous Evian but did not compete due to maternity
13. LPGA Tour CME Globe points list (if needed to fill the field to 126)
Marina Alex, Brittany Altomare, Pajaree Anannarukarn, Dottie Ardina, Aditi Ashok, Ana Belac, Céline Boutier, Nicole Broch Larsen, Ashleigh Buhai, Jennifer Chang, Ssu-Chia Cheng, Chella Choi, Cydney Clanton, Jenny Coleman, Perrine Delacour, Lindy Duncan, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Dana Finkelstein, Kristen Gillman, Jaye Marie Green, Mina Harigae, Muni He, Céline Herbin, Daniela Holmqvist, Charley Hull, Ji Eun-hee, Haeji Kang, Sarah Kemp, Christina Kim, Katherine Kirk, Bronte Law, Alison Lee, Lee Jeong-eun, Lee Mi-hyang, Min Lee, Yu Liu, Nanna Koerstz Madsen, Leona Maguire, Caroline Masson, Stephanie Meadow, Wichanee Meechai, Giulia Molinaro, Azahara Muñoz, Yealimi Noh, Su-Hyun Oh, Ryann O'Toole, Pornanong Phatlum, Gerina Piller, Paula Reto, Sarah Schmelzel, Alena Sharp, Jenny Shin, Luna Sobrón, Jennifer Song, Marissa Steen, Lauren Stephenson, Jasmine Suwannapura, Elizabeth Szokol, Emma Talley, Albane Valenzuela, Lindsey Weaver, Jing Yan, Angel Yin
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 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 71 |
| Yards | 399 | 165 | 355 | 434 | 188 | 378 | 545 | 189 | 515 | 3,168 | 417 | 353 | 406 | 437 | 226 | 550 | 155 | 331 | 484 | 3,355 | 6,527 |
| Metres | 365 | 151 | 325 | 397 | 172 | 346 | 498 | 173 | 471 | 2,898 | 381 | 323 | 371 | 399 | 207 | 503 | 142 | 303 | 443 | 3,069 | 5,970 |
Source:[4]
