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Saturday 16 June 2001LPGA TourYear in Review
Teske wins Evian Masters
Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains, France · Wednesday 13 to Saturday 16 June 2001 · purse $2,100,000 · winner's share $315,000 · Evian · Wednesday-to-Saturday event, as the Golf Today preview states; 45-minute rain delay in the final round
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 waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/13°C · wind 8 km/h SW, gusts 30 · 12.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/12°C · wind 7 km/h SSW, gusts 17 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/15°C · wind 10 km/h SSW, gusts 46 · 9.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/14°C · wind 10 km/h SSW, gusts 40 · 10.9 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
- Maria Hjorth SWE · 274Began the day sharing the lead; missed a two-foot par putt at the par-three 17th, then left a 25-foot eagle putt short at the 18th as Teske got up and down from a bunker for birdie Teske claims title on tense final day (Golf Today)
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
Rachel Teske
Runner-up: Maria Hjorth
From the papers
Golf Today (unbylined report; Wayback Machine)
16 June 2001
I really didn't expect anything this week. I was just happy to play without pain.
CNNSI.com (Associated Press story; Wayback Machine)
16 June 2001
To make that last putt was pretty important," Teske said. "Because I knew Maria [Hjorth] would also make birdie.
CNNSI.com (Associated Press story; Wayback Machine)
16 June 2001
That three-putt was kind of disappointing," she said. "But I've had three second-place finishes in five weeks with lots of pressure and tense tournaments. Hopefully it will be my week soon.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rachel Teske | 71 · 68 · 66 · 68 | 273 | −15 |
| 2 | Maria Hjorth | 69 · 65 · 71 · 69 | 274 | −14 |
| 3 | Beth Daniel | 67 · 68 · 70 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| 4 | Marine Monnet | 73 · 69 · 70 · 66 | 278 | −10 |
| 5 | Meg Mallon | 70 · 75 · 67 · 67 | 279 | −9 |
| T6 | Michele Redman | 73 · 70 · 67 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Yu Ping Lin | 68 · 72 · 72 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Dorothy Delasin | 69 · 70 · 70 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Akiko Fukushima | 72 · 66 · 72 · 70 | 280 | −8 |
| T6 | Jackie Gallagher-Smith | 69 · 69 · 70 · 72 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1972-04-23, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia; AUS; age 29 that week.
What’s in the bag
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