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2025 Evian Championship

Coordinates: 46°23′38″N 6°34′12″E / 46.394°N 6.570°E / 46.394; 6.570
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2025 Evian Championship
Tournament information
Dates10–13 July 2025
LocationÉvian-les-Bains, France
46°23′38″N 6°34′12″E / 46.394°N 6.570°E / 46.394; 6.570
Course(s)Evian Resort Golf Club
Tour(s)Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,504 yards (5,947 m)
Field132 players
74 after cut
Cut144 (+2)
Prize fund$8,000,000
Winner's share$1,200,000
Champion
Australia Grace Kim
270 (−14)
Location map
Evian Resort Golf Club is located in France
Evian Resort Golf Club
Evian Resort Golf Club
Location in France
Evian Resort Golf Club is located in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Evian Resort Golf Club
Evian Resort Golf Club
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The 2025 Evian Championship was played 10–13 July in France. It was the 31st Evian Championship (the first 20 played as the Evian Masters), and the 12th as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.[1]

Grace Kim won in a playoff with Atthaya Thitikul. It was Kim's first victory in a major.[2] World number one amateur, Lottie Woad, finished tied for third, one stroke out of the playoff.[3] She turned professional the following week.[4]

Field

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The field for the tournament was set at 132, 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.[5]

1. Evian invitations (six)

2. Top 50 from Women's World Golf Rankings

3. Top player not already qualified from the Jabra Ladies Open[6]

4. Past Evian Championship winners

5. Majors winners (last five years)

6. LPGA tournament winners (since last Evian)

7. LET Order of Merit (top seven from 2014, top seven from current year)[6]

8. Top 10 and ties previous year's Evian Championship

9. Amateur winners

10. LPGA Tour CME Globe points list (if needed to fill the field to 132)

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, 10 July 2025

Five players shot 5-under par rounds of 65 to tied for the lead. This included Leona Maguire who scored a hole-in-one on the second hole. World number 1 Nelly Korda and defending champion Ayaka Furue were two strokes behind the leaders. Amateur Lottie Woad, who won the previous week's KPMG Women's Irish Open, was a further stroke back with a 68.[7]

Place Player Score To par
T1 Australia Grace Kim 65 −6
United States Jennifer Kupcho
United States Andrea Lee
Republic of Ireland Leona Maguire
Australia Gabriela Ruffels
6 Australia Minjee Lee 66 −5
T7 South Africa Casandra Alexander 67 −4
India Aditi Ashok
Germany Helen Briem
South Korea Choi Hye-jin
Japan Ayaka Furue
United States Nelly Korda
South Korea Lee So-mi
China Mary Liu
Japan Mao Saigo

Source:[8]

Second round

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Friday, 11 July 2025

Lee So-mi shot a 65 for a total of 132 (−10) and had a one-stroke lead over Grace Kim. After being tied for 7th place, World number 1 Nelly Korda dropped to a tie for 12th place and defending champion Ayaka Furue dropped to T26. The cut came at 144 (+2), with 74 players advancing to the final two rounds. Two amateurs made the cut, Lottie Woad (−5) and María José Marín (+2). Three of the top-5 world ranking players missed the cut: Lydia Ko, Yin Ruoning, and Ryu Hae-ran.[9]

Place Player Score To par
1 South Korea Lee So-mi 67-65=132 −10
2 Australia Grace Kim 65-68=133 −9
3 United States Jennifer Kupcho 65-69=134 −8
T4 South Africa Casandra Alexander 67-68=135 −7
South Korea Choi Hye-jin 67-68=135
United States Andrea Lee 65-70=135
T7 India Aditi Ashok 67-69=136 −6
Republic of Ireland Leona Maguire 65-71=136
Australia Gabriela Ruffels 65-71=136
Japan Rio Takeda 69-67=136
Thailand Atthaya Thitikul 68-68=136

Source:[8]

Third round

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Saturday, 12 July 2025

Cara Gainer and Gabriela Ruffels shared the lead at −11.[10]

Place Player Score To par
T1 England Cara Gainer 68-70-64=202 −11
Australia Gabriela Ruffels 65-71-66=202
T3 Australia Grace Kim 65-68-70=203 −10
Australia Minjee Lee 66-71-66=203
South Korea Lee So-mi 67-65-71=203
Thailand Atthaya Thitikul 68-68-67=203
T7 South Africa Casandra Alexander 67-68-69=204 −9
Japan Yuri Yoshida 72-69-63=204
T9 South Korea Choi Hye-jin 67-68-70=205 −8
France Nastasia Nadaud 71-67-67=205
South Korea Jenny Shin 69-68-68=205

Source:[8]

Final round

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Sunday, 13 July 2025

Place Player Score To par Prize money (US$)
1 Australia Grace Kim 65-68-70-67=270 −14 1,200,000
2 Thailand Atthaya Thitikul 68-68-67-67=270 722,002
T3 Australia Minjee Lee 66-71-66-68=271 −13 523,761
England Lottie Woad (a) 68-69-70-64=271 0
T5 United States Angel Yin 66-71-66-68=272 −12 365,644
United States Andrea Lee 65-70-71-66=272
T7 Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn 69-70-68-66=273 −11 245,081
Republic of Ireland Leona Maguire 65-71-70-67=273
T9 Mexico Gaby López 68-74-67-65=274 −10 185,790
Australia Gabriela Ruffels 65-71-66-72=274

Source:[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Five Things to Know About the 2025 Amundi Evian Championship". LPGA. 7 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Aussie Grace Kim wins golf major in epic finish". ESPN. AAP. 13 July 2025.
  3. ^ Scrivener, Peter (13 July 2025). "Woad goes close at Evian as Kim wins first major". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
  4. ^ Nichols, Beth Ann (15 July 2025). "Top amateur Lottie Woad will make pro debut at next week's Scottish Open". Golfweek.
  5. ^ "The Amundi Evian Championship – Tournament Entries". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Race To Evian Reaches Climax In Czech". Ladies European Tour. 17 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Leona Maguire aces 2nd hole, shares Evian lead with four others". ESPN. Associated Press. 10 July 2025.
  8. ^ a b c d "The Amundi Evian Championship – Leaderboard". LPGA.
  9. ^ Nichols, Beth Ann (11 July 2025). "2025 Amundi Evian Championship: Lydia Ko, Ruoning Yin among big names to miss the cut". Golfweek.
  10. ^ "Cara Gainer, Gabriela Ruffels share lead going into Evian final round". ESPN. Associated Press. 12 July 2025.
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