Out of the Rough: The Amundi Evian Championship (2025)

The World’s best female golfers turn their attention to the fourth Major of the LPGA season in this week’s The Amundi Evian Championship.

This is the only Major event for both the men and women to be held within Continental Europe.

Evian Resort Golf Club in Evian-les-Bains, France plays host and has done so since the event’s inception in 1994.

Although the event has been on-going for 31 years, it has had major status beginning in 2013.

Previously known as the Evian Masters, this co-sanctioned event between the LPGA and LET tours has plenty of history.

This event was previously held as the final Major of the season for the LPGA between 2013-and-2019 but was moved to the penultimate slot in 2019.

The Field

As with any Major, all of the World’s best will be in attendance this week.

Each of the top-50 of the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings will be in attendance. The current top ten includes Nelly Korda, Jeeno Thitikul, Lydia Ko, Ruoning Yin, Haeran Ryu, Minjee Lee, Angel Yin, Maja Stark, Hyojoo Kim and Mao Saigo.

Ayaka Furue used this event to claim her maiden LPGA Major a season ago, holding off Australia’s Stephanie Kyriacou by a stroke.

This was also the site of Celine Boutier’s maiden LPGA Major victory, doing so on home soil, in 2023.

Ko’s maiden LPGA Major title came at this event as well, doing so at just 18-years-old in 2015, making her the youngest Major winner of all time.

In Gee Chun holds the record for the lowest 72-hole-score not only here but in any LPGA major at -21, doing so in 2016.

Past The Amundi Evian Championship winners in attendance this week include Furue (2024,) Boutier (2023,) Brooke Henderson (2022,) Lee (2021,), Jin Young Ko (2019,) Angela Stanford (2018,) Anna Nordqvist (2017,) Chun (2016,) Ko (2015) and Hyo Jo Kim (2014) 

The Course

The Evian Resort Golf Club is one of the most stunning pieces of golf that the world has to offer.

Located in Evian-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie in southeast France, this stunning venue offers dazzling views of the nearby Alps and Lake Geneva. It makes it one of the most picturesque venues in the world.

This venue ranks as one of the best golf resorts in Continental Europe.

It plays as a Par-72 at 6,693 yards.

It was opened in 1904 as a nine hole course. It was expanded and re-designed in the late 1980’s by Cabell B. Robinson.

Off-the-tee, golfers will need to find the fairways, as this venue is known for its thick rough. Golfers will often need to hack their way out-of-the-rough to find the fairway as reaching, let alone holding the green from such locations, will be darn near impossible.

The fairways are narrow and tight as well, adding to the need of being accurate off-the-tee.

The greens are a bentgrass/poa hybrid and run between 11.5-to-12 on the Stimpmeter.

There are many straight forward and bland holes on this golf course. In terms of Majors, this is the easiest venue the World’s best women will see.

The Evian Resort Golf Club underwent a $8 million renovation in 2012-2013, spearheaded by architect Steve Smyers and European Golf Design, enhancing the tees, fairways, greens and bunkers.

Despite the recent work, this course also continues to struggle with drainage, so pay attention to the weather reports as any form of precipitation will change how this venue is played.

The Weather

As of the time of writing this, Thursday currently calls for a 25-percent chance of precipitation, Friday a 20-percent chance, Saturday a 15-percent chance and Sunday a 45-percent chance. Temperatures will be at their highest on Thursday at 87-degrees before falling to 78-degrees on Friday, 79-degrees on Saturday and 78-degrees on Sunday. Winds will begin at eight miles-per-hour on Thursday before peaking at 12 miles-per-hour on Friday. From there, winds will decrease to nine miles-per-hour on Saturday and fall to just three miles-per-hour for Sunday. 

Key Stats

• Strokes Gained: Driving (SG: Driving)

• Total Driving (60-percent Driving Distance/ 40-percent Driving Accuracy)

• Strokes Gained: Approach (SG: APP)

• Ball Striking

• Greens in Regulation when miss the fairway (GIR% when miss the fairway)

• Scrambling

• Strokes Gained: Putting (SG: PUTT)

• Par Five Average Scoring

• Birdie or Better Percentage

• Strokes Gained: Around the Green (SG: ATG)

Betting Card

Somi Lee (+2800)

Somi Lee has been one of the best golfers on the LPGA Tour all season long. She most recently won the Dow Championship alongside Jin Hee Im. She also placed eighth at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, third at the Meijer LPGA Classic, fourth at the MEXICO Riviera Maya Open, 11th at the Mizuho Americas Open, 12th at the Black Desert Championship and 24th at The Chevron Championship. She placed T17th at this event a season ago. She is currently eighth on Tour in ball striking, tenth in scrambling, 16th in par-five average scoring, 17th in birdie-or-better percentage, 19th in SG: Driving, 21st in SG: APP, 32nd in total driving, 67th in SG: ATG and 94th in GIR% when miss the fairway. 

Jin Young Ko (+5500)

Jin Young Ko is currently sixth on Tour in par-five average scoring, ninth in GIR% when miss the fairway, tenth in SG: APP, 16th in ball striking, 18th in birdie-or-better percentage, 27th in scrambling, 41st in SG: ATG, 56th in SG: Driving, 70th in total driving and 81st in SG: PUTT. She most recently missed the cut at the Meijer LPGA Classic but placed 58th at the ShopRite LPGA Classic, 14th at the U.S. Women’s Open, sixth at The Chevron Championship and seventh at the JM Eagle LA Championship. She placed T35th here a season ago, T20th in 2023, T8th in 2022 and T60th in 2021.

Nasa Hataoka (+7000)

Nasa Hataoka missed the cut here a season ago but was T3rd in 2023 and T15th in 2022. She most recently placed 18th at the Dow Championship, 36th at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and 24th at the Meijer LPGA Classic. She is currently sixth on Tour in GIR% when miss the fairway, ninth in ball striking, 11th in SG: APP, 22nd in SG: ATG, 32nd in SG: Driving, 35th in both total driving and birdie-or-better percentage, 37th in scrambling, 44th in par-five average scoring and 117th in SG: PUTT. 

Lindy Duncan (+12500)

Lindy Duncan is currently seventh on Tour in ball striking, eighth in total driving, 13th in SG: PUTT, 31st in SG: Driving, 37th in par-five average scoring, 39th in birdie-or-better percentage, 43rd in GIR% when miss the fairway, 59th in scrambling, 70th in SG: ATG and 106th in SG: APP. She most recently placed third at the Dow Championship. Prior to that she placed 31st at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, 54th at the Meijer LPGA Classic, 21st at the Mexico Riviera Maya Open, 11th at the Mizuho Americas Open, 36th at the Black Desert Championship and second at The Chevron Championship. She placed T60th here a season ago.