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S. Korean teen Kim Hyo-joo wins Evian Championship
September 15, 2014
(Yonhap) — South Korean teenage golfer Kim Hyo-joo won the Evian Championship in France on Sunday, edging out veteran player Karrie Webb of Australia by one shot.
Kim, 19, shot a final round 68 for an 11-under 273 total at Evian Masters Golf Club in southeastern France. She won the 350,000-euro (US$487,500) prize and a free pass onto next season’s LPGA Tour.
Sunday’s win made Kim the third youngest winner of a major LPGA championship.
She also became the third South Korean to win a major title on the LPGA tour as a non-member after Shin Ji-yai won the 2008 British Open and Ryu So-yeon won the U.S. Women’s Open in 2011.