Evian Championship – spherical 4
-19 H Ryu (Kor)*, B Henderson (Can)
* Ryu wins after after first gap of sudden-death play-off
Chosen 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 like she was in an “unreal dream” as she claimed her second main title within the house of two weeks by defeating Brooke Henderson in a play-off on the Evian Championship.
Having made historical past with an 11-under 60 on Saturday to guide by three pictures in a single day at 18 below, Ryu signed for a 71 on Sunday, together with her solitary birdie arriving on the 18th within the east of France.
Ryu was compelled to look at as Canada’s Henderson, who started the day seven strokes adrift, charged again into competition and compelled a play-off together with her third eagle of the day on the ultimate gap to signal for a seven-under 64.
Nevertheless, when the 2022 winner Henderson drifted left off the tee on the additional gap and was compelled to put up, Ryu took full benefit and finally made a birdie, together with her opponent solely managing a par.
“That is only a dream proper now, as a result of earlier than three weeks [ago] I haven’t got a serious championship, however now two in a row,” stated Ryu, who additionally triumphed on the Girls’s PGA Championship at Hazeltine in June.
“It is an unreal dream proper now. Plenty of nice names [are] on the trophy, and I so blissful that my identify is on right here.”
Ryu’s victory means she collects the highest prize of $1.4m (£1m) and turns into one among simply two gamers to have hoovered up all 4 of the ladies’s majors to date this time period.
World primary Nelly Korda, who missed the reduce at Evian-les-Bains, received each the Chevron Championship and the US Girls’s Open earlier within the season.
Ryu’s latest success is all of the extra outstanding given she missed the reduce on this occasion 12 months in the past, and was a lowly 61st at PGA Frisco in 2025.
At one stage on Sunday it appeared as if Aki Iwai was able to turning into a first-time main winner.
The Japanese participant had a share of the lead alongside Ryu heading down the 18th, however a missed birdie putt meant she ended the match in third at 18 below general.
Compatriots Miyu Yamashita and Mao Saigo completed three pictures additional adrift at 15 below alongside South Korea’s Jin-Hee Im.
Anna Nordqvist was the main European participant at 13 below, whereas English duo Charley Hull and second-round leader Lottie Woad had been again at eight below.
