The organizing committee of the Evian Championship has just awarded the last 3 wild cards. The amateurs Minjee Lee, N ° 1 world, and Céline Boutier, N ° 1 French as well as the French Joanna Klatten who currently performs in the United States come to complete the field of 120 players at the meeting next Thursday of the 5th and final Major of the season.

20140514_Evian_01Wild cards: rewarded performances

The tournament organizing committee has just ended the wild card suspense. After Caroline Afonso, whose great performance in the new Qualifying event last June was crowned with the 1st wild card, three other players have just received the precious sesame: the Australian amateur Minjee Lee, N ° 1 in the amateur classification worldwide, the amateur Céline Boutier, N ° 1 in France, N ° 5 in the world amateur ranking and recently crowned best USA university player of the year, and the French professional Joanna Klatten, one of the best Europeans of the moment on the American circuit ( 99th on the Money List of the LPGA Tour), rookie 2014.

Minjee Lee - Australian amateur - 18 years old

(27 / 05 / 1996)
N ° 1 in the world amateur ranking after its victory at the Oates Victorian Open on the ALPG Tour
Winner of the US Girls' Junior in 2012 and the Australian Women's Amateur in 2013 and 2014
2 Top 25 at the 2014 Majors: 22nd at the US Women's Open, 24th at the Kraft Nabisco Championship

Céline Boutier - French amateur - 20 years old

(10 / 11 / 1993)
N ° 5 and best French in the world amateur ranking
Signs an impressive hat-trick of 3 university victories between March and April 2014 in the United States
Winner with his team from Duke University (North Carolina) of the American University Championship
Best USA university player of the 2013/2014 season
Winner in 2012 of the European Amateur Ladies in Slovenia

Joanna Klatten - French - 29 years old

(02 / 03 / 1985)
Professional Pass in 2011
In 2012, winner of the Women's Victorian Open on the ALPG, 3 Top 3 on the European circuit
In 2013, finished 13th in the European ranking and won his card for the American circuit
Currently, 99th on the LPGA Tour Money List for its first year on the American circuit

Eight French women, a record

After the allocation of wild cards, 8 French women will therefore be at the start of The Evian Championship:
Karine Icher qualified by her position in the Top 40 worldwide,
Gwladys Nocera, Valentine Derrey, Julie Gréciet qualified by their victories on the European Tour
Ariane Provot, qualified thanks to her victory in the new Qualifications event in June
Caroline Afonso, Joanna Klatten and Céline Boutier who received a wild card.

This is a record number: in twenty years, 8 French women have never appeared among the world elite at the start of the event.

To date, the field of 120 players is almost complete since there is only one place left which will be allocated to the winner of the Helsinborg Open on the European circuit.

The Evian Championship
September 11 - 14, 2014 - Evian, France
Major Partners / Major Partners: Rolex, Evian, Lacoste, Societe Generale, Renault / Infiniti
Official partners / Official Partners: Randstad, General Council of Haute-Savoie, IBM, SFR / Vodafone, Accenture, Lotte, Europe 1, CANAL +

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