The 2018 Evian Championship was played 13–16 September at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 25th Evian Championship (the first 20 played as the Evian Masters), and the sixth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. The event was televised by Golf Channel and NBC Sports in the United States and Sky Sports in the United Kingdom. At the age of 40, Angela Stanford won her first major championship on her 76th appearance in a major. Four players tied for second place, a stroke behind, including Amy Olson who came to the last hole needing a par to win but made a double-bogey. Field The field for the tournament is set at 120, and most earn exemptions based on past performance on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA Tour, or with a high ranking in the Women's World Golf Rankings. There are 15 exemption categories for the 2018 Evian Championship. 1. Evian invitations (four) Natalie Gulbis, Rachel Heck (a), Alana Uriell (a), Albane Valenzuela (a) María Fassi (a) and Dylan Kim (a) declined invitations. 2. Top two from the Jabra Ladies Open Karolin Lampert, Astrid Vayson de Pradenne (10) 3. Winner of the SGF 67 Evian Asia Challenge (South Korea) Ryu Hae-ran (a) 4. Top two players from the PHC Classic on the Symetra Tour Lauren Coughlin Dottie Ardina did not play. 5. The top 40 in the Women's World Golf Rankings, as of 14 August 2018 Marina Alex (9), Brittany Altomare (12), Chun In-gee (6,8), Carlota Ciganda, Austin Ernst, Shanshan Feng (9,12), Georgia Hall (8,9,10,11,12), Nasa Hataoka (9), Brooke Henderson (8,9), Charley Hull, Ji Eun-hee (9), Ariya Jutanugarn (8,9,10), Moriya Jutanugarn (9,12), Danielle Kang (8), Cristie Kerr (9,10), Kim Hyo-joo (6,8), Kim Sei-young (9,12), Ko Jin-young (9), Lydia Ko (6,8,9,12), Jessica Korda (9), Nelly Korda, Lee Jeong-eun, Minjee Lee (9,10), Brittany Lincicome (8,9), Pernilla Lindberg (8,9), Anna Nordqvist (6,8,12), Inbee Park (7,8,9), Park Sung-hyun (8,9), Ryu So-yeon (8,9), Lizette Salas, Lexi Thompson (8), Amy Yang Choi Hye-jin, In-Kyung Kim (8,12), Stacy Lewis, Teresa Lu, Oh Ji-hyun, Jiyai Shin (10), Ai Suzuki, and Michelle Wie (8,9) did not play. 6. Past Evian Championship winners Suzann Pettersen did not play. 7. Active Evian Masters Champions (must have played in 10 LPGA Tour or LET events from 4 September 2017 to 4 September 2018) Paula Creamer, Laura Davies Juli Inkster did not play. 8. Winners of