The Dream Team of the Évian Championship, i.e. Franck Riboud (President of Danone and President of the tournament), Jacques Bungert (vice-President of The Évian), Steve Brangeon (director of the tournament), Laurent Sacchi (President of Évian Resort) and Yannick Le Hec (general manager of the Évian Resort and superintendent of the tournament) could not have asked for better: the historic victory of In Gee Chun on the final score of - 21 is a new gift made to the Évian Championship. This represents a thunderclap of global significance in the world of golf. Because this -21 was until then unmatched in Major, whether in women -Dottie Pepper, Karen Stupples, Cristie Kerr, Yani Tseng and Jiyai Shin held the record tied at -19- than in men, where Jason Day , -20 at the US PGA in 2015, and Henrik Stenson, also -20 at the British Open in 2016, shared the record mark in a Grand Slam tournament. Success across the board once again for the Haut-Savoyard tournament. The dream for the entire Evian Championship team. But don't we have the dreams we have created for ourselves?

After having launched with his father, Antoine Riboud, a women's tournament off the beaten track in 1994 (the Evian Masters: glamorous, chic, sporty and "family" at the same time), the President of Danone has been harvesting the fruits of 'a work and a passion never denied. Each time, in the four years since the tournament took on Major status by becoming the Evian Championship, something extraordinary has happened. And we are not just talking about the evenings with champagne bubbles, fireworks and refined dishes that punctuate the tournament at the Royal Hotel or at the Hermitage, where the partners (Rolex, Lacoste, Liérac, etc.) mingle their guests. to the players and personalities who make world golf. All this against a background of trendy music: Thomas Dutronc in 2013, Mika in 2014, Matthieu Chedid in 2015, Lillywood and The Prick this year). Everything is done, of course, so that spectators, tournament players, partners and the media live the experience to the full, in the best conditions of pleasure or work ...

But for four years, it is on the pure golf course that the Evian Championship has been a success that has not faltered. In 2013, the first historic edition: despite the downpours, despite a tournament reduced to 54 holes, the Evian team performed the job remarkably well. And it is the greatest European player of the moment, the beautiful Norwegian sportswoman Suzann Pettersen, who gives her strong credibility to the front row of the prize list. In 2014, Hyo Joo Kim in turn offered a prestigious success to South Korea, while signing from the first day a history 61 (-10, still the current record on a tour in Evian). Enough to write something strong in the annals. In 2015, the New Zealand prodigy Lydia Ko made another fabulous gift to the Evian Championship: she became the youngest player to win a Major at 20 years 4 months and 20 days. Always historic! If Ko, who became the face of the Evian brand, was further behind this year (43rd to +2), it's In Gee Chun who ignited the 2016 edition thanks to this final score of -21. History with a capital H!

Only 22 years old (born August 10, 1994 in Seoul), the very pleasant In Gee Chun has accumulated four perfect cards between September 15 and 18: 63, 66, 65, 69. Rare because in Grand Slam tournaments , we almost always witness a “weak” day at the future winner. Without extremely difficult rain conditions on Sunday morning, we can imagine that Chun (nicknamed Dumbo, like the flying elephant) would have done even better than his final score of 263 (-21 therefore). Leader or co-leader during the first three rounds, the one who had already won the US Open in 2015 left no chance for her two compatriots, Hyun Park and So Yeon Ryu. The duo finished 2nd tied at -17, four strokes behind Chun. Shanshan Feng of China, bronze medalist at the Olympic Games in Rio, finished 4th at -15 while two other Koreans, Sei Young Kim and In-Kyung Kim, were 5th at -14 and 6th at -12. It was the year of the Land of the Morning Calm!

On the eve of the tournament, Franck Riboud had formed a shock team, with his brothers Patrice and Gilles, to play the famous Pro-Am Rolex on Wednesday. And this, alongside Cheyenne Woods, Tiger's niece. The atmosphere was very happy, even when the water feature of par 3 number 5 (signature hole) decided to swallow a number of fatrie balls! But the boss of the tournament, at that time, would have signed for this 2016 edition so remarkable. Because in addition to Chun and his -21, it is a nice surprise that the French created. Karine Icher, 30th at -1, Isabelle Boineau and Joanna Klatten 48th at +3, and Céline Herbin 69th at +10, indeed had the good idea to all pass the cut. Received four out of four! A collective performance of the Tricolores unprecedented in Evian. If their final rank is not spectacular, we must underline their intrinsic value. Karine is 46th in the world in the Rolex Rankings, therefore a normal place for her in the cut of a Major. But Isabelle, Céline and Joanna arrived in Évian being very close to the 200th place in the world. We want to bet that this historic edition of the Evian Championship will be a trigger in their ascendant careers.

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