Jin Young Ko, wins the 2019 edition of The Evian Championship, his second victory in major and the third this season. This performance should allow Ko to regain her chair as the world's number one player. On the French side, Céline Herbin and Céline Boutier finish at the bottom of the ranking.

Jin Young Ko embraces the precious trophy of the only major of continental Europe The Evian Championship

Ko-Jin-Young wins The Evian Championship 2019 - Photo Philippe Millereau / KMSP

The 23-year-old South Korean won in the wind and rain with two strokes ahead of a trio of Kim, Jennifer Kupcho and Shanshan Feng. posting an ultimate card of 67, -15 total.

“I wasn't playing perfectly but almost said Ko, (laughs) - 'I'm happy' I was patient despite the bad weather, rain and sometimes thunder, but I thought, 'It's the same for the other players, so I'm going to try to birdie. “Yes, my week was really great. "

Ko: I wanted to hold back my tears but ...

"I tried to keep smiling so as not to cry like with Ana Inspiration, but when I heard the national anthem, I couldn't hold back my tears…." “This morning I was lucky I met Lorena Ochoa (former world number one). My caddey worked for Lorena. And I was really happy to meet her. She said "make a lot of birdies" and I told her I was going to give it a try. I think I fell in love with Lorena (Laughs.) ”

Jin Young Ko is the first player since Inbee Park in 2015 to win multiple majors in a single season, The Evian Championship victory this week should restore her to her World No. 1 place in the Rolex ranking for the second time this season.

Dave Brooker the caddy pays tribute to his player

A few moments later Jin young ko clinched her fifth career LPGA title on the Evian Championship on Sunday - making France the fourth country she has triumphed in - her junior Dave Brooker ex-caddy Lorena Ochoa praised the performance and control " phenomenal ”of its champion.

“She can win anywhere,” Brooker said while watching Ko pose for the photos alongside his trophy. “The things that impress me the most about her are her consistency and her ball hitting, as she showed today. She literally didn't miss a single shot in 18 holes. Its management of distance control is formidable because it simply did not give effect to its balls. She is truly amazing. Most of the great players I've worked with tend to work the ball in one way or another. There she just hits straight that is all and it pays off because we have a lot of birdie putts. the only shot she missed today was on 12, she just pulled a little left of the green. "

Brooker is one of the most seasoned caddies on the LPGA Tour and has tasted five major championship wins during his career (two as a caddy for Jin Young, two with Lorena Ochoa and one with Grace Park), but he was reluctant to make comparisons on who has the better ball attack.

“It's very hard to say because they all have different styles,” Brooker said. “Grace had a very dynamic style, in the same sense as Lorena Ochoa. Lorena was just eagles and birdies at will and playing shots the others couldn't. While Jin Young is more in the Annika (Sorenstam) style with consistency and precision. it is very difficult to compare them, but she is definitely up there among the big ones. "

 

Crazy week for rookie Jennifer Kapucho

New LPGA recruit  Jennifer kupcho had an amazing week with two of the best laps of his brief professional career. After opening a first round 66 at The Evian Championship, Kupchoa did it again with another 66 on Sunday for the second time in just eight tournaments. A two-way attack for the final green and birdie on the 72nd hole to put pressure on the leader Jin Young Ko.

“I was walking until I had no more question on my mind and I was going,” Kupcho said of this decision to attack the green in half, a new tournament rule for this hole has changed going from a par 4 to a par 5 this year. “I play really well in the rain so that didn't worry me. It's crazy. I've played really well this week, and it's exciting to see that I can compete at this level. It's very exciting for the rest of the season. "

Kupcho lit up the golfing world earlier this year when she won the first national female amateur Augusta and this week she was just two small strokes to add a significant first professional victory to that of amateur. While controlling himself on his last putt at 18th, Kupcho admitted to being more nervous than his winning putt at Augusta. “I would definitely say on that 18 putt that I felt a bit of a freak out. I had to take a few deep breaths… ”she said laughing.

With the second place, the American walked away with a major paycheck of $ 380237 in earnings for the season, Kupcho will undoubtedly be on the list of players to follow on the next dates of the LPGA Tour, especially this week for the British Open, the last round of the Grand Slam ...

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