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The LPGA Tour moves to its fourth Major of the year, the Amundi Evian Championship 2024, which will commence on Thursday, July 11, and conclude on Sunday, July 14. The event will be held at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France.
The Amundi Evian Championship has a purse of $8 million and the winner will receive $1.5 million. The field for the Major is star-studded as nine of the 10 LPGA Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings will compete. In 2023, France’s Celine Boutier became the first Frenchwoman to win the Championship. She'll look to repeat the feat in her home country this year.
Here is a list of the top 5 golfers to watch out for at the Amundi Evian Championship 2024:
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5 LPGA golfers to watch at the Amundi Evian Championship 2024
#1 Nelly Korda
Nelly Korda, the World No. 1, is back on the golf course after missing the LET's event in London. She had updated her friend that she was bitten by a dog and had to withdraw from the event.
After a sensational start to the year, Korda has missed cuts in three consecutive events. She missed the cut in two of the Majors, the US Women's Open and the KPMG Women's PGA Championship.
However, Korda would be eying to regain her form and add a third career Major win to her bag. Korda won the first Major of the year, the Chevron Championship with a two-stroke victory over Maja Stark.
#2 Celine Boutier
Last year, Celine Boutier became the first Frenchwoman to win the title with a margin of six strokes over Brooke Henderson. She then said (via LPGA):
"Honestly, it has been my biggest dream since I started watching golf."
The victory at the Major was one of Boutier's four wins last year. However, the World No. 6 has seen a dip in form as she has been able to register just one top-10 finish and six top-25 finishes this year. She will come to the event after a T19 finish at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship.
#3 Ally Ewing
Ally Ewing is in a red hot form with four top-5 finishes in the last four starts. Ewing has jumped more than 15 spots in the Rolex's rankings from 34th to 16th. She has had eight top-25 finishes this year and will be looking to register her fourth LPGA Tour win at the event.
Ewing doesn't have a good record at the Amundi Evian Championship as she missed the cuts in two of her last three appearances.
#4 Lilia Vu
Lilia Vu is another player who is on a good streak of form since returning to the golf course after a back injury in April. Vu will be making her third appearance at the Evian Resort, and her best finish came in 2023 when she tied for 42nd position.
Vu emerged as a winner in the 2024 Meijer LPGA Classic in playoffs with a birdie on the third extra hole against Grace Kim and Lexi Thompson. She comes to the Amundi Evian Championship after finishing as runner-up at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship.
#5 Charley Hull
The World No. 9 is another player to look out for. Hull has had six top-25 finishes in nine starts this year.
She comes to the Amundi Evian Championship from a T19 and T16 finish at the US Women's Open and KPMG Women's PGA Championship.
