2013 Evian Championship

2013 Evian Championship
Tournament information
Dates 12–15 September 2013
Location Évian-les-Bains, France
Course(s) Evian Resort Golf Club
Tour(s) Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par 71[1]
Length 6,428 yards (5,878 m)[1]
Field 120 players, 77 after cut
Cut 146 (+4)
Prize fund $3,250,000
€2,496,170
Winner's share $487,500
€366,393
Champion
Norway Suzann Pettersen
203 (−10)
2014»
Evian Resort Golf Club
Location in France

The 2013 Evian Championship was played 12–15 September at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 20th Evian Championship (the first 19 played as the Evian Masters), and the first as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.

Heavy rain before and during the first day of the tournament forced Thursday's played to be suspended and the scores abandoned. The initial plan was to play the first and second rounds on Friday and Saturday and play the final 36 holes on Sunday.[2] The prediction of more heavy rain on Sunday and several following days forced tournament officials to shorten the event to 54 holes.[3]

Suzann Pettersen won by two strokes over amateur Lydia Ko.

Field

The field for the tournament was set at 120, and most earned exemptions based on past performance on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA Tour, or with a high ranking in the Women's World Golf Rankings.

There were seven exemption categories for the 2013 Evian Championship.[4]

  1. The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings.
  2. Active Evian Masters Champions.
  3. 2013 LPGA Tour winners.
  4. 2013 Ladies European Tour (LET) winners.
  5. The top 5 on the LET Order of Merit.
  6. Evian invitations (six).
  7. Remainder of players from the LPGA Tour money list.

Course

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Par434434535354445353443671
Yards3951653434141793775291894753,0664063534284992215271553314423,3626,428
Metres3611513143791643454841734342,8053713233914562024821423034043,0745,879

Source:[1]

Nationalities in the field

North America (47)South America (3)Europe (27)Oceania (7)Asia (35)Africa (1)
 Canada (1)  Colombia (2)  England (5)  Australia (6)  China (2)  South Africa (1)
 United States (46)  Paraguay (1)  Scotland (1)  New Zealand (1)  Japan (4)
 Wales (1)  Philippines (1)
 Spain (4)  South Korea (23)
 France (3)  Taiwan (2)
 Germany (3)  Thailand (3)
 Italy (1)
 Netherlands (2)
 Norway (2)
 Sweden (5)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 12 September 2013
Friday, 13 September 2013

Thursday's play began after a two-hour rain delay. Play was suspended after less than an hour due to continuing rain. The scores were annulled and play resumed on Friday. The course had received almost 4 inches (10 cm) of rain since the previous Saturday.[2][5] The first round was played on Friday with Mika Miyazato of Japan shooting a 6-under-par 65 to take a one stroke lead over Sandra Gal, Se Ri Pak, and Suzann Pettersen.[6]

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Mika Miyazato  Japan 65 −6
T2 Sandra Gal  Germany 66 −5
Se Ri Pak  South Korea
Suzann Pettersen  Norway
5 Christina Kim  United States 67 −4
T6 Lydia Ko (a)  New Zealand 68 −3
Karrie Webb  Australia
Michelle Wie  United States
Lindsey Wright  Australia
T10 Danah Bordner  United States 69 −2
Na Yeon Choi  South Korea
Hee-Won Han  South Korea
I.K. Kim  South Korea
Stacy Lewis  United States
Ji-Young Oh  South Korea
Lee-Anne Pace  South Africa
Beatriz Recari  Spain
Angela Stanford  United States
Ayako Uehara  Japan

Second round

Saturday, 14 September 2013

Mika Miyazato shot a 2-under-par 69 to maintain a one-shot lead over Suzann Pettersen and amateur Lydia Ko.[7] The cut was at 146 (+4) and 77 players made the cut.

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Mika Miyazato  Japan 65-69=134 –8
T2 Lydia Ko (a)  New Zealand 68-67=135 –7
Suzann Pettersen  Norway 66-69=135
4 Stacy Lewis  United States 69-67=136 –6
T5 Chella Choi  South Korea 70-67=137 –5
Se Ri Pak  South Korea 66-71=137
So Yeon Ryu  South Korea 71-66=137
T8 I.K. Kim  South Korea 69-69=138 –4
Beatriz Recari  Spain 69-69=138
Lindsey Wright  Australia 68-70=138

Final round

Sunday, 15 September 2013

The event was reduced to 54 holes due to heavy rain.

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Suzann Pettersen  Norway 66-69-68=203 −10 487,500
2 Lydia Ko (a)  New Zealand 68-67-70=205 −8 0
3 Lexi Thompson  United States 72-67-68=207 −6 297,994
T4 Se Ri Pak  South Korea 66-71-71=208 −5 191,700
So Yeon Ryu  South Korea 71-66-71=208
T6 Chella Choi  South Korea 70-67-72=209 −4 112,302
Stacy Lewis  United States 69-67-73=209
Angela Stanford  United States 69-71-69=209
T9 Jennifer Johnson  United States 70-70-70=210 −3 76,681
Beatriz Recari  Spain 69-69-72=210

Source:[8]

(a) = amateur

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "The Evian Championship - Course". Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Rain postpones play on day 1". ESPN. Associated Press. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Evian Championship – Second Round Notes and Interviews". LPGA. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "2013 Evian Championship – Tournament Entry List". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Evian Championship First Round to Re-start Friday". Ladies European Tour. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Mika Miyazato shoots 65 at Evian". ESPN. Associated Press. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Mika Miyazato leads Evian by 1". ESPN. Associated Press. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "Leaderboard: Evian Championship". Yahoo! Sports. 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2014.

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Preceded by
2013 Women's British Open		 Major Championships Succeeded by
2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship

Coordinates: 46°23′38″N 6°34′12″E / 46.394°N 6.570°E