Brooke Henderson captured her second major title by sinking an 8-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to record a one-stroke win at the Evian Championship yesterday in Evian-les-Bains, France.
Henderson, 24, wildly celebrated on the 18th green after carding an even-par 71 yesterday and 17-under-par 267 for the tournament.
She finished one stroke ahead of Sophia Schubert (68), who was attempting to become the first LPGA Tour rookie to win a major since Thailand’s Patty Tavatanakit captured the 2021 Chevron Championship.
Henderson pocketed $1mn with the victory, which was her 12th on the LPGA Tour and first major since the 2016 Women’s PGA Championship. She is also the first Canadian golfer - male or female - with more than one major title.
Yesterday, Henderson stumbled out of the blocks with a bogey on the first hole and a double-bogey on No 6. She rebounded with a birdie on the seventh hole and overcame a bogey on No 11 to notch a birdie on three of her final five holes.
“You know the saying is that majors are won on the back nine on Sunday, so I just tried to keep that frame of mind and knew I was still in it if I could have a solid back,” Henderson said. “I was able to make a few birdies which was nice, and obviously to make that birdie on 18 that makes it really nice.”
Shubert, 26, overcame a bogey on the second hole to make her charge. She recorded birdies on Nos 6, 11, 12 and 15 to move up on the leaderboard.
Japan’s Mao Saigo (64), Spain’s Carlota Ciganda (68), England’s Charley Hull (67), South Korea’s Hyo Joo Kim (67) and Australia’s Lydia Ko (66) finished in a five-way tie for third place at 15-under. Ko won the tournament in 2015.
Two-time major champion So Yeon Ryu of South Korea was unable to build off the momentum of her sterling third round. She shot a 73 yesterday to finish in a tie for eighth place with a group that included Rolex Rankings No 1 Jin Young Ko (69) and No 3 Nelly Korda (69).

Evian Championship scores
Evian, France: Leading final-round scores yesterday from the Evian Championship, the penultimate women’s major of the season, in France (par 71):
267 - Brooke Henderson (CAN) 64-64-68-71
268 - Sophia Schubert (USA) 69-65-66-68
269 - Mao Saigo (JPN) 70-70-65-64, Lydia Ko (NZL) 66-69-68-66, Kim Hyo-joo (KOR) 68-66-68-67, Charley Hull (ENG) 66-69-67-67, Carlota Ciganda (ESP) 67-67-67-68
271 - Linn Grant (SWE) 67-71-69-64, Georgia Hall (ENG) 69-71-66-65, Ko Jin-young (KOR) 66-69-67-69, Atthaya Thitikul (THA) 68-66-68-69, Nelly Korda (USA) 64-67-71-69, Kim Sei-young (KOR) 68-65-68-70, Ryu So-yeon (KOR) 67-66-65-73
273 - Yuna Nishimura (JPN) 66-73-68-66, Nasa Hataoka (JPN) 69-66-72-66, Ashleigh Buhai (RSA) 68-70-67-68, Andrea Lee (USA) 69-65-70-69
274 - Cheyenne Knight (USA) 65-73-70-66, Amy Yang (KOR) 70-68-69-67, Ayaka Furue (JPN) 63-72-71-68

PGA 3M Open scores

Washington: Leading scores after Saturday’s third round of the US PGA Tour’s 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota (par 71, USA unless noted):
195 - Scott Piercy 65-64-66
199 - Emiliano Grillo (ARG) 67-65-67
200 - Doug Ghim 67-68-65, Tony Finau 67-68-65
201 - Tom Hoge 67-68-66
202 - Greyson Sigg 70-68-64, Im Sung-jae (KOR) 65-70-67
203 - Andrew Putnam 71-68-64, Jared Wolfe 68-69-66, Chesson Hadley 68-69-66
204 - J.T. Poston 71-69-64, Lee Hodges 70-67-67
205 - Stewart Cink 71-69-65, Adam Long 69-69-67, Callum Tarren (ENG) 71-63-71