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Sunday 13 September 2015LPGA TourYear in Review
Ko wins Evian Championship
Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains, France · Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 September 2015 · Lydia Ko’s win no. 9 on the LPGA Tour · purse $3,250,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 25 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/13°C · wind 7 km/h E, gusts 24 · 3.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/13°C · wind 11 km/h SSW, gusts 36 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/15°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 36 · 3.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/16°C · wind 8 km/h SSE, gusts 35 · 18 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
- Lexi Thompson USA · 274Led Ko by three after four birdies in her first seven holes, bogeyed the par-3 8th and made double bogey on the par-3 14th as Ko pulled away with a closing 63. Lydia Ko wins Evian Championship to become youngest major champion (AP via ESPN)
120 started · cut +5, 77 made it
Same week
Women's major
Evian Championship
Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Lexi Thompson
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
13 September 2015
everybody won't ask me when I will win my first major because it's done.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
13 September 2015
The first feeling I get is I'm very wet, I'm very cold. But it's a great feeling.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
13 September 2015
Yeah, a couple teardrops. I didn't totally cry-cry. But I kind of got a little overwhelmed, and I could kind of feel tears coming when Jason said, enjoy the moment, coming down onto the green.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lydia Ko | 69 · 69 · 67 · 63 | 268 | −16 |
| 2 | Lexi Thompson | 66 · 72 · 66 · 70 | 274 | −10 |
| 3 | Shanshan Feng | 68 · 68 · 70 · 70 | 276 | −8 |
| T4 | Ilhee Lee | 71 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 277 | −7 |
| T4 | Mi Hyang Lee | 66 · 67 · 70 · 74 | 277 | −7 |
| T6 | Alison Lee | 70 · 70 · 72 · 66 | 278 | −6 |
| T6 | Lee-Anne Pace | 71 · 72 · 65 · 70 | 278 | −6 |
| T8 | Eun-Hee Ji | 67 · 73 · 67 · 72 | 279 | −5 |
| T8 | Inbee Park | 72 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 279 | −5 |
| T8 | Amy Yang | 72 · 66 · 68 · 73 | 279 | −5 |
The golfer
born 1997-04-24, Seoul, South Korea; NZL; turned pro 2013; age 18 that week; tour wins to date: 9; majors to date: 1; world No. 2 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking entering the week, as stated by Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings, list of 7 September 2015 (LPGA.com PDF): "2 -- Lydia Ko NZL 50 549.07 10.98").
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet