Korda Chases Career Grand Slam at Evian Championship
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- Nelly Korda enters as pre-tournament favourite after winning four times on the LPGA Tour in 2026, including the Chevron Championship and last month's US Women's Open, and needs to win either the Evian or the AIG Women's Open later this month to complete a career Grand Slam
- The Amundi Evian Championship carries a $9.1m (£6.81m) prize purse with $1.365m going to the winner, a $1.1m increase from 2025, and runs July 9-12 at the par-71 Evian Resort Golf Club overlooking Lake Geneva
- Charley Hull is bidding to become the first Englishwoman to win a women's major since 2018, arriving off a tied-second finish at the US Women's Open but looking to recover from a missed cut at the KPMG Women's PGA
- Grace Kim returns as defending champion after defeating Jeeno Thitikul in a playoff at last year's Evian, while world No 2 Thitikul — still seeking a maiden major — comes in with two 2026 LPGA wins (Honda LPGA Thailand, Mizuho Americas Open)
- Lottie Woad, fresh from her second LPGA Tour title at the Kroger Queen City Championship and a playoff loss at the Meijer LPGA Classic, is among the English challengers looking to build on her tied-third finish as an amateur at Evian in 2025
- The Evian Championship became the first continental European women's major in 2013, having been held annually since 1994, with Helen Alfredsson holding the record of three victories and Sky Sports' Dame Laura Davies winning back-to-back in 1995-96
- This week's event is the penultimate major awarding Solheim Cup qualification points, with captain Anna Nordqvist, Minjee Lee and Brooke Henderson among past winners in the field
Why it matters: Korda's career Grand Slam pursuit — needing just one more distinct major after the Chevron, US Women's Open and KPMG Women's PGA — gives the women's major season its marquee storyline heading into the AIG Women's Open, while Hull's bid to end England's seven-year major drought adds a secondary narrative for Sky Sports viewers across all four rounds.
