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World’s Best Chase Final Major Of 2016

The season’s final major championship has attracted one of the strongest fields of the year, with 22 of the top-25 in the Rolex Rankings making the trip to the Evian Championship in hopes of capturing the final major of the year. The field is headlined by world No.1 and defending champion Lydia Ko, No.2 Ariya Jutanugarn, No.3 Brooke Henderson and No.4 Lexi Thompson. World No.5 and gold medalist Inbee Park is not in the field this week as she continues to rehab an ongoing left thumb injury she has been coping with throughout the year.

RAMA

The season long race to capture the Rolex Annika Major Award, which recognizes the player with the best performance in the majors, will wrap up following the final round of the Evian Championship. At this point in the season, the only players who have a mathematical chance of winning the award are the season’s first four major champions: Lydia Ko, Brooke Henderson, Brittany Lang and Ariya Jutanugarn.

Winning Spirit

All 13 winners this season on the LPGA Tour are in the field at this week’s Evian Championship, including first-time winner Jenny Shin who captured the Volunteers of America Texas Shootout. Haru Nomura is also in the field having broken through earlier this season with her first two wins on Tour at the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open and Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic. Also in the field are Lexi Thompson, who won the Honda LPGA Thailand, and Anna Nordqvist who successfully defended her title at the ShopRite LPGA Classic.

Major Impact

26 major champions are in the field this week looking to add another major to their resume. Suzann Pettersen and Hyo Joo Kim return to Evian, having won the first two playings of this event as a major championship. Four-time major champion Laura Davies is in the field as well as seven-time major winner Karrie Webb. Both won this event as the Evian Masters, before it became a major championship. Webb is the only player in the field with a shot at winning a sixth different major championship if she were to win the Evian Championship, having already won the du Maurier Classic, ANA Inspiration, U.S. Women’s Open, KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and RICOH Women’s British Open.

Rolling From Rio

34 players in the field this week enjoyed the opportunity to represent their country in the Olympic games in Rio in August. Many players have spoken about the confidence boost they received from their Olympic experience and have carried it over to their play on Tour, including Germany’s Caroline Masson who competed in Rio and then broke through for her first win on Tour at the Manulife LPGA Classic two-weeks ago. Other Olympians in the field including silver and bronze medalists Lydia Ko of New Zealand and Shanshan Feng of China, as well as the Republic of Korea’s In Gee Chun, Canada’s Alena Sharp and U.S.A’s Stacy Lewis.

Evian Championship - Field Breakdown

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