{"id":758751,"date":"2026-07-12T15:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T15:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/758751\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T15:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T15:36:09","slug":"haeran-ryu-beats-brooke-henderson-in-playoff-to-win-evian-championship-for-2nd-straight-major-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/758751\/","title":{"rendered":"Haeran Ryu beats Brooke Henderson in playoff to win Evian Championship for 2nd straight major title"},"content":{"rendered":"

EVIAN-LES-BAINS \u2013 Haeran Ryu birdied the first hole of a playoff with Brooke Henderson to win the Evian Championship on Sunday for a second straight major title in the space of three weeks.<\/p>\n

The South Korean golfer backed up her victory at the Women\u2019s PGA Championship<\/a> at Hazeltine National Golf Club on June 29 and said she was living \u201ca dream right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

They went back up No. 18, Henderson had to lay up after pulling her drive, and she wound up making par.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s golf.<\/p>\n

No. 1-ranked Nelly Korda won the first two majors of 2026 \u2014 the Chevron Championship and the U.S. Women\u2019s Open.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore these three weeks, I didn\u2019t have a major championship \u2014 now two in a row,\u201d the 25-year-old Ryu said. \u201cI am so happy, I can’t believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP golf: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/golf<\/a><\/p>\n

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