South
Korea's In Gee Chun won the final major of the women's golf season in
record-breaking style Sunday after a nerveless closing 69 at the Evian
Championship in France.
The 22-year-old led from start to finish and her 21-under-par total of 263 broke the previous record low score by two shots.
It is also one better than the men's majors best of 20 under set by Jason Day at Whistling Straits and then matched by Henrik Stenson at Royal Troon. Chun's four-shot victory from fellow South Koreans Ryu So Yeon (66) and
Park Sung Hyun (69) gave the popular LPGA Tour rookie her second major
after winning last year's US Women's Open.I just can't believe I have just won the Evian Championship on 21 under. I'm not dreaming am I?" she said.
Chun only joined the LPGA Tour full time this year and is now certain to win this season's Rookie of the Year award.
Another award winner Sunday was world No. 1 Lydia Ko, despite finishing well adrift on two over par after a 73.
She
collected the Rolex Annika Major Award for the best overall performance
in the five majors, the trophy named after the legendary Annika
Sorenstam of Sweden.
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