Franck Riboud, President of the Evian Championship, and Yves Perrier, Managing Director of Amundi - a European player in asset management - announce that Amundi will become, for a period of five years, the title partner of the Major in Women's Golf , The Evian Championship. On this occasion, the tournament is renamed The Amundi Evian Championship. The Evian Championship becomes THE AMUNDI EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

Yves Perrier and Franck Riboud - © The Amundi Evian ChampionshipAmundi thus enters the Sponsors Club of the tournament. This partnership will allow the tournament to continue to develop its international power in the service of world women's golf. In fact, from the 2021 edition, the endowment will be increased to $ 4.5 million.

An increase of $ 400 which confirms the Major's positioning at the forefront of the world hierarchy of women's golf tournaments alongside the US Women's Open and the AIG Women's Open.

"Our partnership with Amundi strengthens our global ambitions", welcomes Franck Riboud. “We launched the Evian Masters in 1994; in 2013, the tournament was renamed The Evian Championship to mark our entry into the majors of women's golf. Today, the arrival at our side of Amundi, in this very particular context, once again confirms the attractiveness of this Major; it allows us to continue to develop the global power of the Tournament and to progress in all fields in order to offer, to the players and to the world of international golf, a unique tournament, which has - I believe - constantly reinvented itself to become a benchmark. I am really happy that Amundi is joining us, alongside Rolex, evian®… and I take this opportunity to thank all of our partners, themselves world leaders in their category, for their unwavering commitment to our side! "


This partnership fits perfectly into the DNA of Amundi, which, present in the world of golf since 2011, shares with its clients the values ​​conveyed by this sport: precision, consistency, expertise and performance. “We are delighted to become the title partner in this great tournament that is the Evian Championship in women's sport.
The international influence of this tournament will benefit Amundi particularly in Asia, an important region for our group which has made it an essential axis of its development ”
, says Yves Perrier. «
Over the next five years, we are committed to supporting European female golfers to enable them to better emerge on the international golf scene. Equal opportunities are indeed part of the core values ​​of Amundi. "

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)