EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Going up against a seven-time major winner more than twice her age, it was teenager Hyo-Joo Kim who showed the calm nerves of a veteran.
Kim came from a shot back on the last hole to beat Australian great Karrie Webb by one shot Sunday and win the Evian Championship, becoming the third youngest major winner at 19 years, 2 months.
The South Korean trailed Webb, 39, heading into the 18th hole but turned the tables with a birdie from 12 feet.
Webb’s par attempt from the same distance drifted left of the hole.
“I feel very happy, like a bird,” Kim said through a translator. “I want to fly in the sky.”
Kim led Webb by one shot overnight and they both posted 3-under rounds of 68 in perfect conditions, with no clouds or wind to disrupt them.
Kim finished 11-under 273 overall, having shot the lowest ever round in a major with a 61 on Thursday.
Brittany Lincicome, the overnight leader, wound up seven strokes behind after a 6-over 77 that featured two double bogeys and a triple bogey within the first seven holes.
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