Dates | 14–17 September 2017 |
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Location | Évian-les-Bains, France |
Course(s) | Evian Resort Golf Club |
Tour(s) |
Ladies European Tour LPGA Tour |
Par | 71 |
Length | 6,482 yards (5,927 m) |
Field | 120 players |
Prize fund | $3,350,000 |
Winner's share | $502,500 |
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The 2017 Evian Championship will be played 14–17 September at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It will be the 24th Evian Championship (the first 19 played as the Evian Masters), and the fifth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. The event will be televised by Golf Channel and NBC Sports in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.
The field for the tournament is set at 120, and most earn 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 are 16 exemption categories for the 2017 Evian Championship.
1. The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, as of 22 August 2017
2. Past Evian Championship winners
3. Active Evian Masters Champions (must have played in 10 LPGA Tour or LET events from 12 September 2016 to 12 September 2017)
4. Winners of the other women's majors for the last five years
5. Gold medal winner at the 2016 Summer Olympics
6. LPGA Tour winners since the 2016 Evian
7. LET winners since the 2016 Evian
8. The top five on the LET Order of Merit, as of 12 September
9. Top 10 and ties from the 2016 Evian Championship
10. 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur champion
11. 2017 British Ladies Amateur champion
12. Top two players from the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship on the Symetra Tour