2016 Evian Championship: In Gee Chun wins at Evian Resort Golf Club
In Gee Chun won the 2016 Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France with 263 (−21), by 4 strokes over Sung Hyun Park and So Yeon Ryu.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the Evian Championship winners list.
- Dates
- 15 September 2016 to 18 September 2016
- Course
- Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
- Edition
- 23rd edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 71 · 6,482 yards
- Field
- 120
- Made the cut
- 72 (cut at 145)
- Purse
- $3,250,000 · winner's share $487,500
- Champion
- In Gee Chun · age 22 · South Korea · born Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, South Korea
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 2nd major
- World ranking
- No. 7 (Rolex Rankings)
- Winning score
- 63-66-65-69 = 263 (−21) · won by 4 strokes
- Runners-up
- Sung Hyun Park, So Yeon Ryu (267 each)
- 54-hole leader
- In Gee Chun
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In Gee Chun | 63 | 66 | 65 | 69 | 263 | −21 |
| T2 | Sung Hyun Park | 267 | |||||
| T2 | So Yeon Ryu | 267 |
What happened at the 2016 Evian Championship
Chun In-gee's 263 (-21) set the 72-hole scoring record for any major, men's or women's, breaking Betsy King's women's mark of 267 from 1992.
Chun opened with a 63 to share the lead with Park Sung-hyun and was four clear after 54 holes.
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).