2013 Evian Championship


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, and the first as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. The inaugural event was televised by Golf Channel and NBC Sports in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.
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. The prediction of more heavy rain on Sunday and several following days forced tournament officials to shorten the event to 54 holes.
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.
  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 winners.
  5. The top 5 on the LET Order of Merit.
  6. Evian invitations.
  7. Remainder of players from the LPGA Tour money list.

    Nationalities in the field

Course

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

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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 of rain since the previous Saturday. 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.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Mika Miyazato65−6
T2Sandra Gal66−5
T2Se Ri Pak66−5
T2Suzann Pettersen66−5
5Christina Kim67−4
T6Lydia Ko 68−3
T6Karrie Webb68−3
T6Michelle Wie68−3
T6Lindsey Wright68−3
T10Danah Bordner69−2
T10Na Yeon Choi69−2
T10Hee-Won Han69−2
T10I.K. Kim69−2
T10Stacy Lewis69−2
T10Ji-Young Oh69−2
T10Lee-Anne Pace69−2
T10Beatriz Recari69−2
T10Angela Stanford69−2
T10Ayako Uehara69−2

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. The cut was at 146 and 77 players made the cut.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Mika Miyazato65-69=134−8
T2Lydia Ko 68-67=135−7
T2Suzann Pettersen66-69=135−7
4Stacy Lewis69-67=136−6
T5Chella Choi70-67=137−5
T5Se Ri Pak66-71=137−5
T5So Yeon Ryu71-66=137−5
T8I.K. Kim69-69=138−4
T8Beatriz Recari69-69=138−4
T8Lindsey Wright68-70=138−4

Final round

Sunday, 15 September 2013
The event was reduced to 54 holes due to heavy rain.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Suzann Pettersen66-69-68=203−10487,500
2Lydia Ko 68-67-70=205−80
3Lexi Thompson72-67-68=207−6297,994
T4Se Ri Pak66-71-71=208−5191,700
T4So Yeon Ryu71-66-71=208−5191,700
T6Chella Choi70-67-72=209−4112,302
T6Stacy Lewis69-67-73=209−4112,302
T6Angela Stanford69-71-69=209−4112,302
T9Jennifer Johnson70-70-70=210−376,681
T9Beatriz Recari69-69-72=210−376,681

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Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par434434535444535344
Pettersen−7−8−9−9−9−9−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−10
Ko−8−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−7−7−8−8−8−8
Thompson−3−4−5−6−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−5−5−5−5−6−6−6
Pak−5−4−4−4−4−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−5−4−5−5
Ryu−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−7−7−6−6−7−7−7−7−6−5
Lewis−7−7−7−7−8−7−7−5−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−5−5−4
Miyazato−7−7−6−6−5−5−2−2−3−4−4−4−4−3−3−1−1−1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par