Lydia Ko shot a final-round 8-under 63 at The Evian Championship to become the youngest Major champion. With one bogey in her final 36 holes, she also recorded the lowest final round by a winner at a Major.

 

Lydia Ko shot a final-round 8-under 63 at The Evian Championship to become the youngest major champion in LPGA history. Ko (18 years, 4 months, 20 days) broke Morgan Pressel’s previous record (18/10/9) with a four-day total of 16-under par 268.

She had one bogey in her final 36 holes and recorded the lowest final round by a winner at a major, previously held by Karen Stupples (64) at the 2004 Women’s British Open. Lexi Thompson finished runner-up and six shots back at 10-under par.

Ko’s 8-under 63 was the best round of the Tournament and a round that she claimed to be the best round she has ever played.

“To finish with two birdies, finish on the last 72nd hole, with a birdie, it doesn’t happen often” Ko Said when asked about her final round. “so it’s definitely one of the top rounds of my whole entire life, and I’m sure it will be in my career.”

Lexi Thompson looked like she might be the one to pull away during the front-nine as she held a 3-shot lead over Ko with a birdie on the par-5 7th but that would end up being her final birdie of the round.

“I played well enough in my first nine. I struggled on the back.” Thompson said about her final round. I kind of lost my tee ball and didn’t hit good iron shots, and it’s kind of hard to beat somebody that shoots 63.”

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