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Saturday 17 June 2000LPGA TourYear in Review
Sörenstam wins Evian Masters
Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains, France · Wednesday 14 to Saturday 17 June 2000 · Annika Sörenstam’s win no. 21 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,800,000 USD · Evian · Wednesday-Saturday event; won in a playoff on Saturday
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/16°C · wind 11 km/h NNE, gusts 31 · 4.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/16°C · wind 9 km/h N, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/16°C · wind 12 km/h NNE, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/14°C · wind 15 km/h NE, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Evian Masters
- Evian Championship
- Amundi Evian Championship
1994–2026 in our record, 32 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Karrie Webb AUS · 276Led by one after three rounds; birdied 17 and got up and down from a bunker for birdie at 18 to tie, then lost to Sorenstam's eagle on the first playoff hole after finding the greenside bunker again. LPGA weekly release, June 19, 2000
78 started, 78 made it
Same week
Women's tour event
Evian Masters
Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Karrie Webb
From the papers
LPGA weekly press release
19 June 2000
It is hard to say what win is the most special, an Open or your first, but this is definitely the best victory right now.
Golf Today
17 June 2000
Karrie beat me in a playoff and I've won this one. We've had our battles,
LPGA weekly press release
19 June 2000
To finish second and lose to an eagle in a playoff, I am disappointed, but I know I put in 110 percent and so did she. The best player of the week won it.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annika Sorenstam | 70 · 68 · 70 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Karrie Webb | 66 · 69 · 72 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Dottie Pepper | 70 · 73 · 70 · 66 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Sherri Steinhauer | 68 · 72 · 70 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Alison Nicholas | 73 · 69 · 71 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Mi Hyun Kim | 72 · 70 · 71 · 67 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Se Ri Pak | 71 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Michele Redman | 69 · 72 · 69 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Amy Fruhwirth | 71 · 73 · 69 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Susie Redman | 77 · 72 · 64 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1970-10-09, Bro, Stockholm County, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1992; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 21; majors to date: 2.
What’s in the bag
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