LPGA Tour 2017: Live leaderboard, tee times for Evian Championship 2nd round

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The second round of Evian Championship 2017 unfolds Saturday, Sept. 16, in France. The Evian is the fifth and final major of the LPGA Tour's 2017 season.

The event, which wraps Sunday, was shortened to 54 holes because of weather.

Lexi Thompson, Sung Hyun Park and So Yeon Ryu comprised one of the notable groups for the opening round.

Among other notable first-round groups: Brooke Henderson, Lydia Ko and In-Kyung Kim; In Gee Chun, Ariya Jutanugarn and Shanshan Feng.

LPGA TOUREVIAN CHAMPIONSHIPSite: Evian-les-Bains, France.Course: Evian Resort GC. Yardage: 6,470. Par: 71.Purse: $3.65 million (First prize: $547,500).Television: Thursday-Friday, 5-8 a.m., 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 6:30-11:30 a.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 8 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel).Defending champion: In Gee Chun.Last week: Lexi Thompson won the Indy Women in Tech Championship.LPGA money leader: Sung Hyun Park.Notes: This is the fifth major of the year. ... Thompson became the fourth player to win multiple times on the LPGA Tour this year. The others are I.K. Kim, So Yeon Ryu and Sung Hyun Park, who all have won majors. ... Chun set an LPGA major championship record last year at 21-under 263. ... Karrie Webb needs a victory to become the only woman to capture six majors on the LPGA schedule. She previously won the Kraft Nabisco, LPGA Championship, U.S. Women's Open, du Maurier Classic and Women's British Open. .She won the Evian in 2006 before it was a majo r. ... The Evian Championship began in 1994 as a Ladies European Tour event. It became an official LPGA Tour event in 2000, and then it was designated a major championship in 2013. ... Thompson moved up to No. 2 in the world ranking behind Ryu. ... Lydia Ko now has gone a career-high 28 tournaments without winning. Her runner-up finish in Indianapolis pushed her past $8 million in career earnings in just 93 starts.Next tournament: New Zealand Women's Open on Sept. 28-Oct. 1Online: www.lpga.com

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