Hyejin Choi Shoots Even Par in Amundi Evian Championship Final Round
Somi Lee Struggles with 3-Over, Slips to Tied 14th
Grace Kim Claims Second Career Win with Playoff Eagle
Hyejin Choi finished tied for 14th place at the season's fourth major tournament.
On July 13 (local time), at the Evian Resort Golf Club (par 71, 6,504 yards) in Evian-les-Bains, France, Hyejin Choi shot an even-par 71 in the fourth round of the Amundi Evian Championship on the LPGA Tour (total prize money $8 million), finishing tied for 14th at 8-under-par 276. She was unable to extend her streak of four consecutive top-10 finishes in recent tournaments.
Starting three strokes back in a tie for ninth place, Hyejin Choi traded two birdies and two bogeys. She had a shaky start with a bogey on the par-3 5th hole, but attempted to turn things around with birdies on the 7th and 9th holes. However, after making par on seven consecutive holes, she bogeyed the par-4 17th and missed out on a top-10 finish. She missed the green five times and recorded 31 putts.
Grace Kim (Australia) reduced her score by four strokes to tie World No. 2 Atthaya Thitikul (Thailand) at 14-under-par 270, then clinched victory with an eagle on the second playoff hole, which resumed at the par-5 18th. This marked her second career win, coming two years and three months after her victory at the Lotte Championship in April 2023, and she took home the winner's prize of $1.2 million (approximately 1.65 billion won). Grace Kim also celebrated her first-ever major championship title.
Minjee Lee (Australia), who won the season's third major, the KPMG Women's PGA Championship last month, shot three under par but had to settle for a tie for third at 13-under-par 271. World No. 1 amateur golfer Lottie Woad (England) fired a 7-under-par 64 to join the group tied for third. Andrea Lee finished tied for fifth at 12-under-par 272, while World No. 1 Nelly Korda (USA) tied for 43rd at 1-under-par 283.
Among Korean players, Somi Lee, who was tied for third just one shot back the previous day, dropped two strokes and slipped to a tie for 14th. Narinn An finished tied for 21st at 6-under-par 278, Mihyang Lee tied for 28th at 5-under-par 279, while Hyojoo Kim and Jieun Shin both tied for 31st at 4-under-par 280. Jin Young Ko tied for 35th at 3-under-par 281, Jinhee Lim tied for 38th at 2-under-par 282, KLPGA member Yumin Hwang tied for 49th at even-par 284, and Yoonina tied for 65th at 3-over-par 287.
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