The LPGA Tour season continues to chug along with another major on the calendar, as the game’s best return to Geneva for the Amundi Evian Championship – where Golf Town Athlete Brooke Henderson has had plenty of success before!
This year marks the 11th year as a major at the Evian Resort Golf Club. The par‑72, 6,693‑yard Champions Course, nestled above Lake Geneva against Alpine backdrops, tests players with tight fairways, quick greens and punishing rough.
Brooke has never missed the cut at the Evian Championship and of course won the event in 2022. She also finished runner up a year later.
In all, Brooke has four top-10 finishes in her career at this major. She was tied for 26th last year.
The event has always been special to Brooke, as she received an unexpected invite to play in it when she was just 17. She turned 18 on Thursday of tournament week and after her opening round she received a cake on the 18th green.
These days, Brooke loves to return to the village for a variety of reasons – including the crepes, which she eats almost every night at an iconic spot in town!
“It’s so beautiful and the food is amazing and the whole village is just fun to be there. In a way it’s almost relaxing because of the surrounding beauty which has really helped my game over the years,” Brooke says. “I’ve played generally really well there over the years. A lot of good memories to look back on.”
Japan’s Ayaka Furue is the defending champion. She fired a final-round 65 that included an incredible eagle on the 72nd hole to defeat Stephanie Kyriacou of Australia by one shot.
Brooke says now that they’ve played the same golf course for so many years in a row, generally she and Brittany know where to hit it on “pretty much every hole.” She knows that the conditions could change things year-over-year, but the golf course has remained the same kind of challenge for each of the Evian Championships she’s played. Ball-striking will be key for more success for Brooke, she explains, and things have turned around well for her on that front over the last few weeks.
“There especially your ball-striking has to be really good because the golf course often will play tough. But if your ball striking is on and with the strategy we have come up with over the years, if both can match up you can have a solid week,” Brooke says.
This marks the fourth major championship of the year, with Mao Saigo (Chevron Championship), Maja Stark (U.S. Women’s Open), and Minjee Lee (KPMG Women’s PGA Championship) the three major winners so far this year.
Somewhat crazily, there has been no repeat winner so far on the LPGA Tour to this point with 17 tournaments and 17 champions through 2025.
Nelly Korda remains the world No. 1 player with Jeeno Thitikul, one of the 17 winners so far this year, hot on her heels.
The Amundi Evian Championship takes place from July 10-13, 2025.