2015 Evian Championship: Lydia Ko wins at Evian Resort Golf Club
Lydia Ko won the 2015 Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France with 268 (−16), by 6 strokes over Lexi Thompson.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the Evian Championship winners list.
- Dates
- 10 September 2015 to 13 September 2015
- Course
- Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
- Edition
- 22nd edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 71 · 6,470 yards
- Field
- 120
- Made the cut
- 77 (cut at 147)
- Purse
- $3,250,000 · winner's share $487,500
- Champion
- Lydia Ko · age 18 · New Zealand · born Seoul, South Korea
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 1st major
- World ranking
- No. 2 (Rolex Rankings)
- Winning score
- 69-69-67-63 = 268 (−16) · won by 6 strokes
- Runner-up
- Lexi Thompson (274)
- 54-hole leader
- Mi Hyang Lee · Lydia Ko was 2 strokes back
- Caddie
- Jason Hamilton
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lydia Ko | 69 | 69 | 67 | 63 | 268 | −16 |
| 2 | Lexi Thompson | 274 |
What happened at the 2015 Evian Championship
Lydia Ko closed with an 8-under 63, the lowest final round in women's major history, birdieing 11, 12, 15, 17 and 18 on the back nine.
At 18 years, 4 months and 20 days, Ko became the youngest woman to win a major championship.
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).