Find The Evian Championship from July 22 to 25 on the fairways of the Evian Resort Golf Club

The field will bring together the best players in the world and the organizing committee has just announced the six invitations granted to young champions with promising talent. An incredible opportunity for these players to join a tournament whose selection criteria are increasingly demanding.

Jin Young Ko - © The Amundi Evian Championship

With less than two weeks of the launch of the Major, the final field of the 126 players of The Amundi Evian Championship 2021, representing 26 nations, is almost final. With an endowment raised to $ 4, the tournament opens a major streak in the world women's golf season, notably with the Tokyo Olympic Games, the AIG Women's British Open and the Solheim Cup. In Evian, we will therefore find the entire international hierarchy, led by the world podium, the American Nelly Korda, the Korean Jin Young Ko, title holder and her compatriot and Olympic champion Inbee Park.

“This year is symbolically the start of a new cycle in the life of the Tournament! Like Amundi, Rolex and evian®, the strengthening of the Sponsors' Club allows us to continue to carry out what we consider to be our mission of Major: to always give more means to the players to practice their sport in the best conditions, contribute to the development of young talents and participate in the global influence of women's golf ” explains Franck Riboud, President of The Amundi Evian Championship. "It is with this ambition that the prize money is increasing this year, that The Lake course enriches the Academy of the Evian Resort Golf Club and that we are changing our selection criteria to always strengthen the competitive requirement. and contribute to the emergence of young global talents, like our wildcards. "

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In line with the policy initiated by the tournament management to promote the emergence of the champions of tomorrow, exemptions were awarded to six players (three amateurs and three professionals) with remarkable performances, posting an average age of 20 years. . Players who, for the most part, return to Evian where they have already been able to evolve within the competitions of the ecosystem dedicated to the best young people in the world of The Amundi Evian Championship galaxy.

Pauline Roussin-Bouchard at the start of the Evian Championship - © Tristan Jones / LET

Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (Amateur, 21 years old, Fra)

The student at the University of South Carolina, nicknamed "the French Phenom", has a series of successes and records: no less than 5 victories in the 2020-2021 university season and a very remarkable performance at the Augusta National Women's Amateur start April 2021. The current N ° 7 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking is the perfect ambassador of the Galaxy of the tournament and of the success of its approach towards young people, she who has played all the events (Haribo Kids Cup, The Evian Juniors Cup, The Evian Under 18…).

Tsubasa Kajitani (Amateur, 17 years old, Jap)

Her great play-off victory at the Augusta National Women's Amateur 2021 opens the doors to The Amundi Evian Championship. Another performance for the 17-year-old Japanese amateur, ranked No. 10 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

Brooke Matthews (Amateur, 22, USA)

One of the best elements of the University of Arkansas team, Brooke Matthews shone in the last Arnold Palmer Cup, a distinction that allowed her to win her invitation to the Major.

Natalie Srinivasan (23, USA)

The former student at Furman University in South Carolina, qualified for the Major as winner of the Annika Award presented by Stifel 2020, turned pro in June 2020, is now playing on the Symetra Tour.

Maria Fassi (23, Mex)

The Mexican revelation with a brilliant amateur career, turned pro in 2019, is now playing on the LPGA Tour. She earned her qualification thanks to her double distinction at the Annika Award presented by Stifel in 2018 and 2019.

Lucie Malchirand (18 years old, Fra)

After having played at the highest amateur level, conquered two Evian Juniors Cups in 2016 and 2017 and finished 2nd in The Evian Under 18 in 2019, Lucie Malchirand created the event by winning, as an amateur, the Italian Open on the LET. Having turned pro just after this victory, the young Frenchwoman, member of Team Amundi, has since the end of May integrated the European circuit.

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Without a doubt, these 6 players will give their all to try to win against the best players in the world who make up the field for the 2021 edition of The Amundi Evian Championship.

“We are all looking forward to reuniting with everyone from global women's golf at the Evian Resort, after this long period of COVID. It is obviously a pleasure for the teams after a difficult year for all to bring the unique experience of The Amundi Evian Championship back to life, both for the fans and for the partners, the media and of course the players. " says Jacques Bungert, Vice-President of The Amundi Evian Championship. “Especially since for them, the sporting stake of the sequence that we start at the end of July, until the Solheim Cup, is important. More than ever, as far as we are concerned, we continue to carry the ambition to serve women's sport and women's golf worldwide in particular. It is very exciting to participate and contribute to this dynamic; Like the arrival on the podiums of young talented champions at the helm of the world ranking and with no less than 26 nationalities at the rendezvous! For the rest, we will of course remain very cautious and vigilant about respecting sanitary conditions but sincerely, we can not wait for it to begin! "

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As for the tricolor camp, it is widely represented, with the French number 1 Céline Boutier, at its best after its 7th place in the last Major, which takes in its wake Perrine Delacour, who will represent with her France at the Olympic Games the the following week, Céline Herbin, Lucie Malchirand and Pauline Roussin-Bouchard. On the other side of Leman, we will rather support Morgane Métraux, who won the USA Qualifications, and Albane Valenzuela, regular at the Evian Resort Golf Club where she played the Arnold Palmer Cup, the Evian Juniors Cup and many sure The Amundi Evian Championship.

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