The Amundi Evian Championship will be celebrating 10 years as a major in 2023. Eight of the previous nine winners were ranked inside the top 20 of the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings. Sixty-four of the last 80 majors played on the LPGA Tour were won by players ranked inside the top 50 of the Rolex Rankings. Since 2006, five players ranked at No. 1 in the world have won nine major championships. Lydia Ko is the last player ranked No. 1 to win a major at the 2016 Chevron Championship.
| Rank Before Major Win | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rolex Rankings Since 2006 | ||
| Major Wins | Percentage | |
| Top 10 players | 36 | 45% |
| Top 20 players | 50 | 63% |
| Top 30 players | 55 | 69% |
| Top 40 players | 61 | 76% |
| Top 50 players | 64 | 80% |
| Greater than 50 | 16 | 20% |
Since 2013, Lydia Ko has the best cumulative score to par at 61-under on the Evian Resort Golf Club in Evian-les-Bains, France. She has recorded seven top-10 finishes in nine starts. Ko won this major in 2015 at 16-under with 23 birdies and seven bogeys. She hit 75% of fairways and 86% of greens that led to her making birdie or better 37% of the time. Ko was the first player to record all four rounds in the 60s in 2015.
| Best Cumulative Score to Par | |
|---|---|
| The Amundi Evian Championship Since 2013 | |
| Lydia Ko | -61 |
| Sei Young Kim | -56 |
| Hyo Joo Kim | -47 |
| Shanshan Feng | -45 |
| So Yeon Ryu | -40 |
The winners of The Amundi Evian Championship have consistently recorded sub-par rounds. No player has won this major with a score of 2-over or worse.
Sei Young Kim and So Yeon Ryu are participating in this week’s major championship. Both rank second for most top-10 finishes without a win at the Amundi Evian Championship since 2013. Kim finished fifth, tied for sixth and tied for second from 2016-18 and last year finished in a tie for eighth. Ryu finished tied for fourth in 2013, tied for second in 2016, T10 in 2018 and tied for eighth in 2022.
| Most Top-10 Finishes Without a Win | |
|---|---|
| The Amundi Evian Championship Since 2013 | |
| Shanshan Feng | 5 |
| Sei Young Kim | 4 |
| Inbee Park | 4 |
| So Yeon Ryu | 4 |
Last year’s champion Brooke Henderson was 17-under with more than seven strokes gained putting on the green. According to KPMG Performance Insights, Henderson ranked fourth in strokes gained tee-to-green (8.14). From 100-125 yards, her average proximity to the hole was 11 feet in seven attempts during tournament play. Her performance ranked seventh in the field.
| Most Strokes Gained Tee to Green | |
|---|---|
| 2022 The Amundi Evian Championship | |
| Sei Young Kim | 8.89 |
| Jin Young Ko | 8.80 |
| Carlota Ciganda | 8.76 |
| Brooke Henderson | 8.14 |
Allisen Corpuz and Xiyu Lin are the only two players who have finished in the top 15 in each of the first three majors of the year. Corpuz captured her first LPGA Tour title at the U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links and Lin will continue to search for a major title of her own as the fourth major of the year brings even more excitement to LPGA fans worldwide.
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