1997 Evian Masters: Hiromi Kobayashi wins at Evian Resort Golf Club
Hiromi Kobayashi won the 1997 Evian Masters at Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France with 274 (−14), beating Alison Nicholas in a playoff.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the Evian Championship winners list.
- Dates
- 18 June 1997 to 21 June 1997
- Course
- Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
- Edition
- 4th edition
- Counted as a major
- no (the event became a major later, or was one only in other years)
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 72
- Purse
- £425,000 · winner's share £63,750
- Champion
- Hiromi Kobayashi · age 34 · Japan · born Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event
- Winning score
- 69-67-69-69 = 274 (−14)
- Runner-up
- Alison Nicholas (274)
- Playoff
- sudden death; 1 holes; beat Alison Nicholas; 1st extra hole (won with an eagle 3; hole number not stated)
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiromi Kobayashi | 69 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 274 | −14 |
| 2 | Alison Nicholas | 274 |
What happened at the 1997 Evian Masters
Hiromi Kobayashi beat Alison Nicholas in a sudden-death playoff with an eagle 3 on the first extra hole.
It was Kobayashi's only Ladies European Tour title.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's Evian Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).