Evian Championship - circular four
-19 H Ryu (Kor)*, B Henderson (Can)
* Ryu wins aft after archetypal spread of sudden-death play-off
Selected others; -18 A Iwai (Jpn); -15 J-H Im (Kor), M Yamashita (Jpn), M Saigo (Jpn); -13 L Ko (NZ), A Nordqvist (Swe); -11 M Stark (Swe), J Thitikul (Tha); -8 C Hull (Eng), L Woad (Eng)
South Korea's Haeran Ryu says it felt similar she was successful an "unreal dream" arsenic she claimed her 2nd large rubric successful the abstraction of 2 weeks by defeating Brooke Henderson successful a play-off astatine the Evian Championship.
Having made past with an 11-under 60 connected Saturday to pb by 3 shots overnight astatine 18 under, Ryu signed for a 71 connected Sunday, with her solitary birdie arriving connected the 18th successful the eastbound of France.
Ryu was forced to ticker arsenic Canada's Henderson, who began the time 7 strokes adrift, charged backmost into contention and forced a play-off with her 3rd eagle of the time connected the last spread to motion for a seven-under 64.
However, erstwhile the 2022 victor Henderson drifted near disconnected the tee connected the other spread and was forced to laic up, Ryu took afloat vantage and yet made a birdie, with her hostile lone managing a par.
"This is conscionable a imagination close now, due to the fact that earlier 3 weeks [ago] I don't person a large championship, but present 2 successful a row," said Ryu, who besides triumphed astatine the Women's PGA Championship astatine Hazeltine successful June.
"It's an unreal imagination close now. A batch of large names [are] connected the trophy, and I truthful blessed that my sanction is connected here."
Ryu's triumph means she collects the apical prize of $1.4m (£1m) and becomes 1 of conscionable 2 players to person hoovered up each 4 of the women's majors truthful acold this term.
World fig 1 Nelly Korda, who missed the chopped astatine Evian-les-Bains, won some the Chevron Championship and the US Women's Open earlier successful the season.
Ryu's caller occurrence is each the much singular fixed she missed the chopped successful this lawsuit 12 months ago, and was a lowly 61st astatine PGA Frisco successful 2025.
At 1 signifier connected Sunday it appeared arsenic though Aki Iwai was susceptible of becoming a first-time large winner.
The Japanese subordinate had a stock of the pb alongside Ryu heading down the 18th, but a missed birdie putt meant she ended the tourney successful 3rd astatine 18 nether overall.
Compatriots Miyu Yamashita and Mao Saigo finished 3 shots further adrift astatine 15 nether alongside South Korea's Jin-Hee Im.
Anna Nordqvist was the starring European subordinate astatine 13 under, portion English duo Charley Hull and second-round person Lottie Woad were backmost astatine 8 under.
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