Four months after becoming the title partner of the only female golf major in continental Europe - renamed on the occasion "The Amundi Evian Championship" - Amundi is developing two new programs in favor of women and young talents respectively, the Amundi Women Talent and Amundi Young Talent Programs.

Amundi strengthens its commitment to women's golf

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Faithful to its convictions in terms of diversity and equality, the European leader in asset management with more than 1 billion euros in assets under management thus once again confirms its commitment to women's sport.

Amundi first of all chose to offer its financial support to five European golfers for a period of two years through its Amundi Women Talent program and thus allow them to better emerge on the international golf scene. Several actions will also be implemented throughout the year to highlight them.

In addition, Amundi will support the younger generations by supporting 9 young French talents selected during the U18 tournament in Evian and whose objective is to integrate the university recruitment process in the United States, in partnership with the AJGA ( American Junior Golf Association).

The following 5 players were chosen:

• CAMILLE CHEVALIER - France
Ladies European Tour 2020 ranking: 86th
World Ranking: 563th / 9th French

• LUCREZIA COLOMBOTTO ROSSO - Italy
Ladies European Tour 2020 ranking: 24th
World Ranking: 379th / 2nd Italian

• KAROLIN LAMPERT - Germany
Ladies European Tour 2020 ranking: 5th
World Ranking: 279th / 6th German

• LUCIE MALCHIRAND - France
Professional career in June 2021

• LUNA SOBRON GALMES - Spain C
Ladies European Tour 2020 ranking: 12th
World Ranking: 236th / 4th Spanish

Alain Berry, Amundi's communications director, declares : “Equal opportunities are part of the core values ​​of Amundi where we consider diversity - in all its forms - as a real source of wealth for society and for the company. We are delighted to be able to contribute to the visibility of these four promising players and to allow the new generation to capitalize on their performances to study abroad. "

Present in golf since 2011, Amundi took a new step in February by becoming the title partner for the next five years of the Major in women's golf in Evian, renamed on the occasion "The Amundi Evian Championship".

The Amundi Evian Championship 2021 will be held from July 22 to 25 on the course of the Evian Resort Golf Club (Evian-les-Bains, France).

 

To know more : https://www.evianchampionship.com/