A stacked field of the best female golfers in the world will compete this week at the Evian Championship.
World No.1 Nelly Korda returns to action after being sidelined with a dog bite, which saw her miss her title defense at the Aramco Team Series last week, while nine of the world’s top 10 will also tee up at the Evian Resort Golf Club in France.
There will be 132 players in the field this week, but who are the big names who won’t be there? Here’s a look at some of the notable players to miss out on the fourth Major of the year…
Ruoning Yin
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Chinese star Ruoning Yin, a three-time winner on the LPGA Tour, will miss this week’s tournament due to a wrist injury.
The World No.5 claimed her first victory of the season last month at the 2024 Dow Championship alongside teammate Atthaya Thitikul.
Yin and Thitikul beat American duo Ally Ewing and Jennifer Kupcho by one-stroke to claim the team event at Midland Country Club.
However, Yin revealed after the victory that she was nursing a wrist injury and said she would miss the Evian in order to recover ahead of the Paris Olympics.
“Honestly, I would say 60 percent,” she said of her injury. “I mean, I can play, but the difference is just, play with the pain or play without the pain … My next tournament will be the Olympics. We’ll see you in Paris.”
Lexi Thompson
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Lexi Thompson has opted to skip the Evian once again, with her last appearance at the event coming in 2019.
The 29-year-old American, who recently announced that she will be retiring from professional golf at the end of the season, has three top 10s at the Evian – including third in 2013 and runner-up in 2015 – but hasn’t played at the event since speaking out about the course in 2019.
“I’m actually thankful that I don’t have to put myself through that for another two days,” she wrote in a post on Instagram in 2019 after missing the cut. “You’re a beautiful place Evian but that’s just too many bad breaks with good shots for me, so bye.”
She later deleted her post, clarifying that her critical comments were “directed at my frustration of not playing well in a Major”, but she hasn’t been back since.
Xiyu Lin
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World No.15 Xiyu Lin, who has three top…
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