Evian-les-Bains, France — Heran Liu birdied the primary gap of a playoff towards Brooke Henderson on Sunday to win the Evian Championship and declare her second consecutive main title in three weeks.
The South Korean golfer powered to victory on the Ladies’s Skilled Golf Championship on June 29 at Hazeltine Nationwide Golf Membership, nevertheless it wasn’t simple as she made a birdie on the 18th gap to power a playoff after giving up a three-shot lead in a single day.
“I hadn’t received a significant till the final three weeks, however that is my second consecutive victory,” mentioned Ryu, 25, who shot a 60 within the lowest spherical of an LPGA main on Saturday. “I am actually completely satisfied, I am unable to imagine it.”
A day after setting a girls’s main scoring file with 9 birdies and one eagle, Ryu missed a putt at Evian Golf Resort and teed off on the par-5 18th gap in a tie for the lead with Japanese golfer Aki Iwai, leaving her with two main wins and 2022 Evian champion Henderson one stroke behind.
With Henderson’s second shot to eight toes, Ryu wanted to go even additional out for his first birdie of the day to safe a playoff berth, and finally dropped the putt for a level-par 71. Iwai missed his birdie putt and was out of competition for the championship, however Henderson curled for eagle and took the win on the additional gap.
It was Henderson’s third eagle of the spherical, and his 64 included a hole-in-one on No. 8 after discovering the center of the inexperienced and rolling the ball all the way in which to the again.
Ryu and Henderson returned to No. 18 in separate golf carts. Ryu discovered the center of the green, however Henderson needed to drive into the left tough for a layup.
Ryu hit the inexperienced along with his second shot, leaving an eagle putt three toes quick. This proved to be the space required for victory, as Henderson solely made par and Hyun-jin Ryu made no errors.
“Proper now it is only a dream,” Ryu mentioned, soaking in champagne and cradling the trophy in his left arm.
For the primary time in girls’s golf, two main winners had been born in the identical yr.
No. 1 ranked Nelly Korda received the primary two majors of 2026, the Chevron Championship and the U.S. Ladies’s Open.
Henderson was searching for to turn out to be the primary lady to win back-to-back titles for the reason that Evian Championship turned girls’s golf’s fifth main event in 2013.
“It is clearly very thrilling to be within the playoffs,” the 28-year-old Canadian mentioned. “I want I might have performed somewhat higher, however Herran is enjoying nice. Congratulations.”
Iwai shed tears as he fell one step in need of successful his first main title and turning into the fifth Japanese participant to win a significant championship for the reason that begin of 2024.
Nonetheless, third place was her finest end at a significant.
“I’ve gained somewhat extra confidence,” she mentioned whereas holding again tears. “I’ll by no means hand over.”
The final main event of the yr, the Ladies’s Open Championship, can be held at Royal Lytham & St Anne’s from thirtieth July.
