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Sunday 17 September 2017LPGA TourYear in Review
Nordqvist wins Evian Championship
Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains, France · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 September 2017 · Anna Nordqvist’s win no. 8 on the LPGA Tour · purse $3,650,000 USD · weather: first round (Thursday 14 September) abandoned for strong winds and heavy rain, scores scrapped; reduced to 54 holes played Friday-Sunday
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 12 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 45° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/8°C · wind 20 km/h SW, gusts 77 · 9.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R216°/8°C · wind 5 km/h SE, gusts 16 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R315°/10°C · wind 10 km/h W, gusts 30 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R414°/10°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 51 · 11.2 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
- Brittany Altomare USA · 204Closed with 66 to tie on 204, then made double-bogey 6 to Nordqvist's bogey on the first playoff hole (18th) in driving rain and hail. Anna Nordqvist clinches Evian Championship after playoff (AP via ESPN)
120 started · cut +3, 72 made it
Same week
Women's major
Evian Championship
Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Brittany Altomare
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 September 2017
My grandpa was always my biggest role model. He always used to tell me to never give up, and that's what I never did today.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 September 2017
And just the weather in the playoff, it seemed very cold. I'm from Sweden but I'm freezing.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
17 September 2017
But I saw Anna at 10-under and then on 18, I didn't even look. So I really didn't know that that putt was to keep tied for first. I thought it was just for second.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anna Nordqvist | 66 · 72 · 66 | 204 | −9 |
| 2 | Brittany Altomare | 70 · 68 · 66 | 204 | −9 |
| T3 | Moriya Jutanugarn | 65 · 68 · 72 | 205 | −8 |
| T3 | Katherine Kirk | 66 · 69 · 70 | 205 | −8 |
| T3 | Lydia Ko | 68 · 68 · 69 | 205 | −8 |
| T6 | Shanshan Feng | 69 · 68 · 69 | 206 | −7 |
| T6 | Sei Young Kim | 70 · 68 · 68 | 206 | −7 |
| 8 | Jennifer Song | 72 · 65 · 70 | 207 | −6 |
| 9 | Mi Hyang Lee | 69 · 72 · 67 | 208 | −5 |
| T10 | Georgia Hall | 68 · 69 · 72 | 209 | −4 |
| T10 | In-Kyung Kim | 67 · 69 · 73 | 209 | −4 |
| T10 | Ayako Uehara | 68 · 66 · 75 | 209 | −4 |
The golfer
born 1987-06-10, Eskilstuna, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 2008; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 8; majors to date: 2; world No. 13 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking entering the week, as stated by Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings, list of 11 September 2017 (LPGA.com PDF): "13 ‐‐ Nordqvist, Anna ‐ 2377 SWE 46 235.1280 5.1115").
What’s in the bag
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