EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Ayaka Furue of Japan made a late cost to win the Amundi Evian Championship with an eagle on the final gap to clinch her first main title on Sunday.
The 24-year-old Furue held her nerve with one other medical putt, having made three birdies within the earlier 4 holes to complete on 19 underneath general after posting a 6-under 65.
Furue positioned one stroke forward of Australian Stephanie Kyriacou (67), the in a single day chief, and two forward of Thailand’s Patty Tavatanakit — who made an outstanding 63 to maneuver into rivalry for her second main.
American Lauren Coughlin (69) completed 4 pictures behind Furue in fourth place.
Heading to the 18th gap Furue and Kyriacou had been stage at 17 underneath with Tavatanakit, who was already within the clubhouse.
Furue teed off and located the green however Kyriacou’s shot swerved left into the tough.
Furue discovered the inexperienced along with her second shot, giving her a championship shot and, moments later, she was doused with champagne. Her earlier finest efficiency at a significant was fourth at Evian in 2021.
“I’m so honored to be the winner,” Furue mentioned. “I didn’t imagine that I may get a significant win, so I’m so blissful proper now.”
It was solely her second title on the LPGA Tour, the opposite coming on the Girls’s Scottish Open in 2022 when she rallied from a four-shot deficit.
The 23-year-old Kyriacou, who birdied the 18th, additionally secured her finest consequence. Her earlier finest was a tie for seventh on the AIG Girls’s Open two years in the past.
“It sucks to not maintain the trophy, however for those who’d informed me I might come second in the beginning of the week, I might’ve been blissful,” Kyriacou mentioned. “Clearly plenty of stuff labored properly for me this week, so simply attempting to maintain the identical mindset going ahead and hopefully I can win.”
Tavatanakit gained a significant on the ANA Inspiration in 2021.
In a single day, Kyriacou was one stroke forward of Furue and Coughlin, who tied for third on the Chevron Championship for her finest main consequence.
Coughlin birdied the ninth gap to maneuver to 17 underneath and take a one-stroke lead from Kyriacou, who missed a simple birdie probability after showing to be bothered by an insect.
However Kyriacou birdied the fifteenth to maneuver stage with Coughlin. Furue was gaining momentum now, sinking lengthy back-to-back birdies from the sting of the inexperienced on the 14th and fifteenth holes.
