Tournament information | |
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Dates | 15–18 September 2016 |
Location | Évian-les-Bains, France |
Course(s) | Evian Resort Golf Club |
Tour(s) | Ladies European Tour LPGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 71[1] |
Length | 6,482 yards (5,927 m)[1] |
Field | 120 players, 72 after cut |
Cut | 145 (+3) |
Prize fund | $3,250,000 €2,890,550 |
Winner's share | $487,500 €433,582 |
Champion | |
Chun In-gee | |
263 (−21) | |
The 2016 Evian Championship was played 15–18 September at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 23rd Evian Championship (the first nineteen were played as the Evian Masters), and the fifth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.
Chun In-gee won her first Evian and second major championship, four strokes ahead of runners-up Ryu So-yeon and Park Sung-hyun. Her 21-under-par score was a record for all women's majors.[2]
The event was televised by Golf Channel and NBC Sports in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.