The 2021 Amundi Evian Championship was played 22–25 July at the Evian Resort Golf Club in

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. It was the 27th Evian Championship (the first 20 played as the Evian Masters), and the eighth as a major championship on the

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. Minjee Lee won her first major at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff over Lee Jeong-eun.

Field

The field for the tournament was set at 126, and most earned exemptions based on past performance on the Ladies European Tour, the

, or with a high ranking in the

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. These were the exemption categories for the 2021 Evian Championship. 1. Evian invitations (six)

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, Tsubasa Kajitani (a),

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, Brooke Matthews (a),

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(a), Natalie Srinivasan 2. Top player from the Jabra Ladies Open

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3. Top player from the Island Resort Championship on the Symetra Tour

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4. The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings

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, Austin Ernst, Ally Ewing,

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, Brooke Henderson, M. J. Hur, Ariya Jutanugarn,

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, Megan Khang,

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, Nelly Korda,

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, Lee Jeong-eun, Minjee Lee,

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, Amy Olson,

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, Park Sung-hyun, Sophia Popov, Ryu So-yeon,

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5. Past Evian Championship winners

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, Natalie Gulbis,

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6. Winners of the other

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for the last five years

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, Brittany Lang, Pernilla Lindberg 7. LPGA Tour winners Matilda Castren, Hsu Wei-ling, Cheyenne Knight,

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, Madelene Sagström 8. LET winners Carly Booth, Esther Henseleit, Alice Hewson,

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, Anne van Dam, Christine Wolf 9. The top five on the LET Order of Merit

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10. 2021 U.S. Women's Amateur champion

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(a) 11. 2021

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champion

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, Ana Belac, Céline Boutier, Nicole Broch Larsen,

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, Jennifer Chang,

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, Chella Choi,

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, Perrine Delacour, Lindy Duncan,

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, Kristen Gillman, Jaye Marie Green,

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, Daniela Holmqvist, Charley Hull,

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, Haeji Kang, Sarah Kemp,

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, Lee Jeong-eun, Lee Mi-hyang,

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, Yu Liu, Nanna Koerstz Madsen,

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, Caroline Masson, Stephanie Meadow, Wichanee Meechai, Giulia Molinaro,

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, Yealimi Noh,

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, Pornanong Phatlum, Gerina Piller,

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, Sarah Schmelzel, Alena Sharp,

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, Marissa Steen, Lauren Stephenson, Jasmine Suwannapura, Elizabeth Szokol, Emma Talley, Albane Valenzuela,

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, Jing Yan, Angel Yin

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Round summaries

First round

''Thursday, 22 July 2021''

and Yealimi Noh shot rounds of 65 (−6) to take a one stroke lead over five golfers. Defending champion

shot a 72 and was seven strokes back in a tied for 76th place. World number one Nelly Korda was two strokes further back with a 74 in 99th place.

Second round

''Friday, 23 July 2021'' Lee Jeong-eun shot a second round 61 to take the lead by three strokes over

and Ariya Jutanugarn. Her 61 was the lowest round ever in a major and her two-round total of 127 was also a major record. The cut came at 143 (+1) with 77 players advancing to the weekend. Both defending champion

and world number one Nelly Korda improved their positions and made the cut with totals of 141, tied for 40th.

Third round

''Saturday, 24 July 2021'' Second round leader Lee Jeong-eun extended her lead by shooting a 3-under-par 68. She had a 5-stroke lead over Yealimi Noh. World number one Nelly Korda shot 69 to improve to T-32 while defending champion

had a 76 to drop 74th place.

Final round

''Sunday, 25 July 2021'' Minjee Lee came from seven strokes back to tied third round leader Lee Jeong-eun at 266 (−18). At the first hole of the sudden-death playoff, Lee Jeong-eun hit her second shot into the water and ended up making bogey. Minjee Lee made birdie and won her first LPGA major. World number one Nelly Korda finished T-19 and defending champion

finished T-60.

References

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