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Sunday 25 July 2021LPGA Tour · letYear in Review
Lee wins Amundi Evian Championship
Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains, France · Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 July 2021 · Minjee Lee’s win no. 6 on the LPGA Tour · purse $4,500,000 USD · Amundi
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 56 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/19°C · wind 7 km/h NNE, gusts 14 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/19°C · wind 7 km/h E, gusts 14 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/20°C · wind 13 km/h W, gusts 36 · 15.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/18°C · wind 8 km/h NNW, gusts 27 · 2.3 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
- Jeongeun Lee6 KOR · 266Led by seven overnight, closed 71 with three straight late birdies to force a playoff, then found the water with her second at the first extra hole. Minjee Lee wins first major, tops Jeongeun Lee6 in Evian Championship playoff (AP via ESPN)
126 started · cut +1, 76 made it
Same week
Women's major
Amundi Evian Championship
Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jeongeun Lee6
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 July 2021
I'm speechless. I been waiting for this for so long. It just feels unreal to have won.
AP via ESPN
25 July 2021
I think the yardage was for 5-iron, but with adrenaline and everything Gilly was like, 'Let's go 6-iron,'
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
25 July 2021
Front nine, yeah, I feel just no good. But I tried my best, but results is no good.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Jeongeun Lee6 | 66 · 61 · 68 · 71 | 266 | −18 |
| 1 | Minjee Lee | 68 · 69 · 65 · 64 | 266 | −18 |
| 3 | Yealimi Noh | 65 · 68 · 67 · 67 | 267 | −17 |
| 4 | Ayaka Furue | 66 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 269 | −15 |
| 5 | Jeeno Thitikul | 66 · 69 · 70 · 65 | 270 | −14 |
| T6 | Georgia Hall | 69 · 72 · 66 · 64 | 271 | −13 |
| T6 | In Gee Chun | 68 · 68 · 68 · 67 | 271 | −13 |
| T6 | Leona Maguire | 69 · 70 · 71 · 61 | 271 | −13 |
| T6 | Lydia Ko | 68 · 65 · 68 · 70 | 271 | −13 |
| T10 | Amy Yang | 71 · 69 · 67 · 66 | 273 | −11 |
| T10 | Pajaree Anannarukarn | 65 · 65 · 72 · 71 | 273 | −11 |
The golfer
born 1996-05-27, Perth, Western Australia; AUS; turned pro 2014; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 6; majors to date: 1; world No. 14 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2021-07-19 (published by LPGA.com), row: 14 +1 ‐6 Lee, Minjee ‐ 4139 AUS 54 225.3227 4.1726).
What’s in the bag
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