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Ryu Hae Ran birdied the first hole of a playoff with Brooke Henderson to win the Evian Championship for a second straight major title in the space of three weeks.

The South Korean golfer backed up her victory at the Women’s PGA Championship at Hazeltine National Golf Club on 29 June and said she was living “a dream right now.”

Ryu (level-par 71) and Henderson (7-under 64) finished on 19-under par for the week at Evian Golf Resort, with Henderson making three eagles in her final round as she sought a third major title of her career. They included a hole-in-one at No 8 and an eagle at No 18 that got the 2022 champion into the playoff.

The playoff pair went back up No. 18, Henderson had to lay up after pulling her drive, and she wound up making par.

Ryu, who shot 60 on Saturday for the lowest round at a major, rolled in a birdie putt from three feet to ensure there would be double major winners in the same year for the first time in women’s golf.

World No 1 Nelly Korda won the first two majors of 2026 — the Chevron Championship and the US Women’s Open.

“Before these three weeks, I didn’t have a major championship — now two in a row,” the 25-year-old Ryu said. “I am so happy, I can’t believe it.”

AP