Grace Kim produces improbable late comeback at Evian Championship to clinch first major

Grace Kim produced one of the most remarkable comebacks you are ever likely see as she clinched the Evian Championship to became just the fifth Australian woman to win a golf major.

Grace Kim produced one of the most remarkable comebacks you are ever likely see as she clinched the Evian Championship to become just the fifth Australian woman to win a golf major. The 24-year-old was three shots off the lead with four holes left to play in Sunday’s final round, but closed with birdie, birdie, par and eagle to draw level with Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul at the top of the leaderboard and force a playoff. However, the comeback looked like it would end early as she hit her second shot on the first playoff hole into the pond by the 18th green. But remarkably, Kim chipped in from where she had taken a drop to force the playoff to a second hole, where she sunk a 20-foot eagle putt to seal the most improbable of major triumphs. “Obviously, it’s a huge achievement for me,” Kim said, per Reuters. “I’ve had a lot of doubts early this year. I was kind of losing motivation. “I kind of had to get some hard conversations done with the team. Yeah, kind of had to wake up a little bit. So to be sitting here next to this trophy is definitely surreal.”