The 2017 Evian Championship was played 14–17 September at the

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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

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in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom. Anna Nordqvist beat

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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

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, 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),

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(4,5,8),

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(5),

M. J. Hur Mi Jung "M.J." Hur ( ko, 허미정, born 5 December 1989) is a South Korean female professional golfer. Hur played most of her amateur career in South Korea. In 2006, she received a sponsors exemption to play in the Hana Bank-KOLON Championship ...

Ariya Jutanugarn Ariya Jutanugarn ( th, เอรียา จุฑานุกาล, , ; born 23 November 1995) is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the American-based LPGA Tour. She was born in Bangkok. She is the first golfer, male or female, from Tha ...

(4,5,8), Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang (4,5),

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(5),

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 6 ...

(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),

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(2),

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(8),

Ryu So-yeon Ryu So-yeon (Korean 유소연, RR ''Ryu So-yeon'', MR ''Ryu Soyŏn'', ; born 29 June 1990), also known as So Yeon Ryu, is a South Korean professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and on the LPGA of Korea Tour. She is a two-time major win ...

(4,5,8),

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(4,5), Amy Yang (5) *'' Michelle Wie (4) did not play following an

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(5), Kim Ha-neul,

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(6), Ko Jin-young, Lee Bo-mee, Lee Jeong-eun,

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(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

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(5), Mo Martin 5. LPGA Tour winners since the 2016 Evian Katherine Kirk 6. LET winners since the 2016 Evian

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, Azahara Muñoz,

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, Melissa Reid, Supamas Sangchan,

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, Atthaya Thitikul (a),

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7. The top five on the LET Order of Merit, as of 5 September Georgia Hall,

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8. Top 10 and ties from the

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Angela Stanford 9. 2017

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champion

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(a) 10. 2017 British Ladies Amateur champion *'' Leona Maguire (a) did not play'' 11. Top two players from the PHC Classic on the

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, 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

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, Johanna Gustavsson 14. Evian invitations (four)

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, Agathe Laisné (a), Paphangkorn Tavatanakit (a),

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(a) 15. LPGA Tour money list, as of 5 September (if needed to fill the field to 120) Marina Alex,

, Nicole Broch Larsen, Katie Burnett,

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, Cydney Clanton,

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, Sandra Gal,

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, Mina Harigae, Caroline Hedwall, Wei-Ling Hsu, Karine Icher, Ji Eun-hee,

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, Christina Kim,

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, Olafia Kristinsdottir, Candie Kung, Bronte Law, Alison Lee,

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, Lee Jeong-eun,

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, Gaby López,

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, Su-Hyun Oh,

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, Ryann O'Toole, Lee-Anne Pace,

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, Morgan Pressel,

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, Jenny Shin, Kelly Shon, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song,

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, Yani Tseng, Ayako Uehara, Mariajo Uribe,

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, Lizette Salas, and

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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''

Second round

''Saturday, 16 September 2017''

Final round

''Sunday, 17 September 2017''

Scorecard

''Final round'' ''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''
:

Playoff

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

References

External links

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