Haeran Ryu Wins Evian Championship in Playoff
South Korea's Haeran Ryu claimed her second major title of the season at the Evian Championship, defeating Brooke Henderson in a playoff after a record-setting final round.
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South Korea's Haeran Ryu captured her second major title of the season at the Evian Championship, overcoming Brooke Henderson in a playoff to secure victory.
Ryu's win followed a dramatic final round in which she shot a record-tying 60, the lowest single-round score in women's major championship history, to surge into contention. The round vaulted her up the leaderboard, erasing Lottie Woad's earlier lead after the English golfer opened with a seven-under 64 in the second round.
Woad, ranked outside the world's top 100, had briefly held the tournament lead heading into the weekend, capitalizing on the absence of world number one Nelly Korda, who missed the cut. But Ryu's final-round charge set up a tense finish that required extra holes to resolve.
'It feels like I was in an unreal dream,' Ryu said after the victory, according to BBC Sport. The win marks her second major in two weeks, underscoring a dominant stretch in her career.
The Evian Championship, played at Evian Resort Golf Club in France, concluded with Ryu joining an elite group of golfers to claim multiple majors in a single season.