Haeran Ryu closed with an even-par 71 and birdied the first hole of a playoff with Brooke Henderson to win the Evian Championship on Sunday for a second straight major title in the space of three weeks.
The South Korean golfer backed up her victory at the Women’s PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club on June 29.
Ryu and Henderson (64) finished on 19-under par for the week at Evian Golf Resort, with Henderson making three eagles in her final round as she sought a third major title of her career. They included a hole-in-one at No. 8 and an eagle at No. 18 that got the 2022 champion into the playoff.
They went back up No. 18, Henderson had to lay up after pulling her drive, and she wound up making par.
Ryu, who shot 60 on Saturday for the lowest round at a major, rolled in a birdie putt from three feet to ensure there would be double major winners in the same year for the first time in women´s golf. Nelly Korda won the Chevron Championship and the U.S. Women´s Open.
Tom Kim played bogey-free during a tight race to the finish Sunday and closed with a 6-under 64 for a two-shot victory in the Scottish Open, his first PGA Tour title since the fall of 2023. Haeran Ryu, of South Korea, celebrates with her trophy after winning the Evian Championship women’s golf tournament, in Evian, eastern France, Sunday, July 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
Kim delivered the clinching blow with a shot from 203 yards to 6 feet on the par-4 16th, giving him a two-shot lead. He finished with a 4-foot par putt on the 18th. Min Woo lee shot 67 to finish alone in second.
Matt Fitzpatrick, who shared the 54-hole lead with Robert MacIntyre when the fog-delayed third round was was completed Sunday morning, had a 69 and tied for third with MacIntyre (69), Keita Nakajima (67) and Johnny Keefer (67).
It was a big finish for Keefer, the Korn Ferry Tour player of the year in 2025 who earned one of three spots to the British Open next week, along with Michael Thorbjornsen and Victor Perez.ap