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Sunday 14 July 2024LPGA Tour · letYear in Review
Furue wins Amundi Evian Championship
Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains, France · Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 July 2024 · Ayaka Furue’s win no. 2 on the LPGA Tour · purse $8,000,000 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
15 h 16 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 65° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/20°C · wind 10 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/16°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 37 · 24.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/14°C · wind 7 km/h WNW, gusts 23 · 3.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/14°C · wind 8 km/h NE, gusts 22 · 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
- Stephanie Kyriacou AUS · 266closed with 67 but finished one behind when Furue eagled the 72nd hole Ayaka Furue - Wikipedia
132 started · cut E, 67 made it
Same week
Women's major
Amundi Evian Championship
Evian Resort Golf Club, Évian-les-Bains
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Stephanie Kyriacou
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 July 2024
I became a Star Wars fan like a month ago, and then I love the sentence with, May the force be with you. Then I believe that sentence on 15th hole.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 July 2024
Obviously I had fear and I was really nervous toward getting 18. I was getting nervous and nervous when I walk through the 17th, 18th.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
14 July 2024
Sucks not to hold the trophy. If you told me I would come second at the start of the week I would've been happy.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayaka Furue | 65 · 65 · 70 · 65 | 265 | −19 |
| 2 | Stephanie Kyriacou | 66 · 66 · 67 · 67 | 266 | −18 |
| 3 | Patty Tavatanakit | 64 · 68 · 72 · 63 | 267 | −17 |
| 4 | Lauren Coughlin | 65 · 70 · 65 · 69 | 269 | −15 |
| 5 | Haeran Ryu | 66 · 71 · 69 · 65 | 271 | −13 |
| 6 | Pajaree Anannarukarn | 67 · 69 · 67 · 70 | 273 | −11 |
| T7 | Peiyun Chien | 68 · 73 · 67 · 66 | 274 | −10 |
| T7 | Esther Henseleit | 70 · 66 · 70 · 68 | 274 | −10 |
| T7 | Hye-Jin Choi | 65 · 68 · 71 · 70 | 274 | −10 |
| T10 | Aki Iwai | 72 · 65 · 70 · 68 | 275 | −9 |
| T10 | Ally Ewing | 70 · 70 · 64 · 71 | 275 | −9 |
The golfer
born 2000-05-27, Kobe, Japan; JPN; turned pro 2019; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 1; world No. 21 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2024-07-08 (published by LPGA.com), row: 21 ‐‐ +3 Furue, Ayaka ‐ 7247 JPN 62 212.2221 3.4229).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet