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The Evian Championship
The Evian Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as The Amundi Evian Championship, is a women's professional golf tournament in France, played at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains. It was originally held in June, moved to July in 2003, and moved again to September in 2013. It returned to a July date in 2019. Founded in 1994 on the Ladies European Tour (LET) as the Evian Masters, it is one of two major championships on the LET. Not originally a major on the LPGA Tour, it became an LPGA co-sanctioned event in 2000, which included a significant increase in purse size. The purse was increased from $4.1 million to $4.5 million effective with the 2021 event. The 2022 event saw an increase in the purse to $6.5 million, with the winner earning $1 million. Originally a mid-June event, it was played in late July from 2003 to 2012, then moved to mid-September in 2013 when it became the final major for both tours. The average elevation of the course is approxim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Evian Championship
The 2023 Evian Championship was played 27–30 July at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 30th Evian Championship (the first 20 played as the Evian Masters), and the tenth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. The event was televised by Golf Channel in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom. Course Source: Field The field for the tournament was set at 132, 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 2023 Evian Championship. 1. Evian invitations (six) * Huang Ting-hsuan (a) *Rachel Kuehn (a) * Ines Laklalech *Morgane Métraux *Pauline Roussin * Kaitlyn Schroeder (a) 2. Top 50 from Women's World Golf Rankings *Aditi Ashok *Céline Boutier *Ashleigh Buhai *Choi Hye-jin *Chun In-gee *Carlota Ciganda *Allisen Corpuz *Jodi Ewart Shadoff *Ally Ewing *Ayaka Furue * Hannah Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Evian Championship
The 2022 Evian Championship was played 21–24 July at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 29th Evian Championship (the first 20 played as the Evian Masters), and the tenth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. The event was televised by Golf Channel in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom. Brooke Henderson won with a score of 267, 17-under-par, a stroke ahead of Sophia Schubert. Field The field for the tournament was set at 132, 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 2022 Evian Championship. 1. Evian invitations (six) Anna Davis (a), Rachel Heck (a), Aline Krauter (a), Agathe Laisné, Benedetta Moresco (a), Rose Zhang (a) 2. Winner of the Jabra Ladies Open Tiia Koivisto 3. Past Winners Evian Masters Angela Stanford 4. Top 50 from Rolex World Ranking Marina Alex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Evian Championship
The 2024 Evian Championship was played 11–14 July in France. It was the 30th Evian Championship (the first 20 played as the Evian Masters), and the 11th as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. Field The field for the tournament was set at 132, 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. 1. Evian invitations (six) * Adela Cernousek (a) *Perrine Delacour *Rachel Kuehn (a) *Ingrid Lindblad *Pauline Roussin * Yana Wilson (a) 2. Top 50 from Women's World Golf Rankings *Céline Boutier *Ashleigh Buhai *Allisen Corpuz *Ally Ewing *Ayaka Furue *Linn Grant * Hannah Green *Georgia Hall *Nasa Hataoka *Brooke Henderson *Charley Hull * Hwang You-min * Im Jin-hee * Akie Iwai *Megan Khang *Kim Hyo-joo *Kim Sei-young *Ko Jin-young *Lydia Ko *Nelly Korda *Jennifer Kupcho *Alison Lee * Minjee Lee * Lee Ye-won * Park Ji-young *Gabriela Ruffels *Ryu Hae-ran *Madelene Sagström *Yu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Évian-les-Bains
Évian-les-Bains (), or simply Évian ( frp, Èvian, , or ), is a Communes of France, commune in the northern part of the Haute-Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region, Southeastern France. In 2018, it had a population of 9,100. A high-market holiday resort and spa town on the shores of Lake Geneva (french: Lac Léman), it has been visited, over two centuries, by royalty such as Kings Edward VII and George V of the United Kingdom and King Farouk of Egypt, and celebrities such as countess Anna de Noailles and Marcel Proust. History Birth of an elite spa town The springs of Evian were still rather unknown at the time of the French Revolution. But the First Empire's interest for spa towns inspired a scientist to analyse the Evian springs in 1807 and 1808. A lakeside port and a new road (RN5) connecting the town to Milan and Paris were constructed in 1809. In 1823, Genevan entrepreneur M. Fauconnet launched the Évian minera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. newspapers and broadcasters. The AP has earned 56 Pulitzer Prizes, including 34 for photography, since the award was established in 1917. It is also known for publishing the widely used '' AP Stylebook''. By 2016, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters, English, Spanish, and Arabic. The AP operates 248 news bureaus in 99 countries. It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides newscasts twice hourly for broadcast and satellite radio and television stations. Many newspapers and broadcasters outside the United States are AP subscribers, paying a fee to use AP material without being contributing members of the cooperative. As part of their cooperative agreement with the AP, most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophia Schubert
Sophia Marie Schubert (born January 31, 1996) is an American professional golfer. Education Schubert majored in Sport management at the University of Texas. Amateur career Schubert won the 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur, defeating the number-3 ranked amateur player in the world and former Olympian, Albane Valenzuela, in the final. Schubert competed for the Texas Longhorns and became the first Longhorn to win the U.S. Women's Amateur since Kelli Kuehne in 1996. Schubert was caddied by her coach at Texas, Ryan Murphy. She previously competed for the Christian Academy of Knoxville and at Auburn during her freshman year in college before transferring to Texas. Schubert turned professional in 2018 and made her pro debut at the 2018 Indy Women in Tech Championship on the LPGA Tour. She began playing on the Symetra Tour in 2019. Schubert won her first professional event at the 2021 Carolina Golf Classic on the Symetra Tour. Personal life In her early childhood, Schubert began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooke Henderson
Brooke Mackenzie Henderson (born 10 September 1997) is a Canadian professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. Henderson was named the Canadian Press female athlete of the year for 2015, 2017 and 2018. She won her first major at age 18 in 2016 at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, becoming the event's youngest winner. With 12 LPGA wins as of July 2022, Henderson has the most victories of any Canadian golfer on major professional tours. She won her second career major title at the 2022 Evian Championship. In November 2019, she was named the winner of the 2019 Founders Award by a vote of fellow golfers on the LPGA Tour as someone "whose behaviour and deeds best exemplify the spirit, ideals, and values of the LPGA." Early years, family and education Henderson was born on born 10 September 1997 and raised in Smiths Falls, Ontario, she learned golf from an early age at the Smiths Falls Golf and Country Club. Her parents are both experienced players, while her uncle Tom Henderson competed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Céline Boutier
Céline Boutier (born 10 November 1993) is a French professional golfer. Amateur career Boutier won several international amateur events including the 2012 European Ladies Amateur Championship and the 2015 British Ladies Amateur. She played college golf at Duke University from 2012 to 2016, winning four events. She helped the team to an NCAA Golf Championship in 2014. In 2014, she was the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WCGA) Player of the Year and won the Honda Sports Award for golf. In her junior year, Boutier began working with Cameron McCormick, a swing coach known for his work with the PGA Tour's Jordan Spieth. In late 2014 and early 2015, Boutier was the No. 1 woman in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. In September 2014, Boutier finished T-29th at the Evian Championship, an LPGA major in her home country. Professional career In 2017, Boutier captured two wins on the Symetra Tour (Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Classic and Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge) as wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Kyriacou
Stephanie Kyriacou (born 22 November 2000) is an Australian professional golfer. She won the 2020 Australian Ladies Classic Bonville by eight strokes as an amateur and joined the Ladies European Tour on a two-year winner's exemption. Career Kyriacou started to play golf aged four and came through the Jack Newton Junior Golf Programme and played in her first Jack Newton golf tournament, the 2011 State Junior Medals, when she was 10. In January 2020, Kyriacou won the first tournament of the 2020 Ladies European Tour season, the Australian Ladies Classic Bonville at Bonville Golf Resort in New South Wales. She won by eight strokes over the world number 35 Ayean Cho of Korea, with a total of 22-under-par. Her second round of 63 was the lowest score ever recorded at Bonville but not a course record as preferred lies were used. Her tournament victory was the 10th by an amateur in the 42-year history of the LET. Kyriacou earned a two-year exemption on the Ladies European Tour but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Hyo-joo
Kim Hyo-joo (; ; born 14 July 1995), also known as Hyo Joo Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA of Korea Tour. She won the 2014 Evian Championship while setting the record for lowest 18-hole score at a major with a 61 in the first round. The 2014 Evian Championship was her first major appearance. She later accepted membership on the LPGA Tour for 2015. Professional wins (21) LPGA of Korea Tour wins (14) LPGA of Japan Tour wins (1) LPGA Tour wins (5) LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1) Other wins (1) Major championships Wins (1) Results timeline ''Results not in chronological order before 2019.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut T = tied Summary * Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2019 PGA – 2022 Chevron) * Longest streak of top 10s – 2 (twice) LPGA Tour career summary ^ Official as of 21 July 2022 *Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut. World ranking Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Jeong-eun (golfer, Born 1996)
Lee Jeong-eun or Lee Jung-eun () is the name of the following people: *A series of South Korean golfers, all of them have been numbered in order of age: :*Lee Jeoung Eun (golfer, born 1976) (), also known as 'Jeongeun Lee1' :*Lee Jeong Eun (golfer, born 1977) (), also known as 'Jeongeun Lee2' :*Lee Jeong Eun (golfer, born 1985) (), also known as 'Jeongeun Lee3' :*Lee Jeong Eun (golfer, born 1987) (), also known as 'Jeongeun Lee4' :* Lee Jeong-eun (golfer, born 1988), also known as 'Jeongeun Lee5' :*Lee Jeong-eun (golfer, born 1996), also known as 'Jeongeun Lee6' *Lee Jeong-eun (racewalker) (born 1994), South Korean racewalker *Lee Jung-eun (actress) (born 1970), South Korean actress *Lee Jung-eun (judoka) (born 1988), South Korean judoka *Lee Jung-eun (sport shooter) Lee Jung-eun (born 2 May 1987) is a South Korean sport shooter. She participated at the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships, winning a medal. References External links * Living people 1987 births South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leona Maguire
Leona Maguire (born 30 November 1994) is an Irish professional golfer. She was ranked 1st in the world on the women's World Amateur Golf Ranking from May 2015 until May 2016 and then from August 2016 until February 2018. Maguire's 135 weeks at the top is the longest in history. She holds many other records including the lowest ever score in the final round of a major by any golfer, male or female, and the joint lowest round in the history of golf's major grand slam tournament rounds, both male and female, with a score of 61. She broke the all-time rookie points record in either the Solheim Cup or the Ryder Cup with a total of 4.5 points (2 points better than anybody else in the 2021 Solheim Cup), which helped Europe to narrowly win the cup 15–13. A native of County Cavan, at the age of 9, she gave up a promising swimming career to concentrate on golf. She is 15 minutes younger than her twin sister, Lisa Maguire, who was also a professional golfer she retired in 2019. On 5 F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
