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der, respectively, with two holes to play. A
Coughlin bogey on 17 ultimately spelled the
end to her major championship chances,
and when Kyriacou did the same on the par
4, it was Furue and Kyriacou who came to
the last hole with a chance to win their first
major title, sitting in a three-way tie for first
with Patty Tavatanakit, who had posted the
clubhouse lead at 17-under after firing an
8-under 63 in the final round.
Furue seized the major moment, confident-
ly draining her eagle putt to post a 72-hole
total of 19-under and become just the fourth
Japanese major champion in LPGA Tour his-
tory.
The victory was Furue’s first since she be-
came a Rolex First-Time Winner at the 2022
Women’s Scottish Open, a victory that saw
her shoot a 10-under 62 on Sunday to tri-
umph for the first time on Tour. She is the
second Japanese player to win a major this
season, joining Yuka Saso, who captured
the U.S. Women’s Open presented by Ally
at Lancaster Country Club, and Furue is the
sixth player in The Amundi Evian Champi-
onship’s major history to make this event
their first major victory.
Kyriacou ultimately finished solo second af-
ter her final-round 67, her career-best finish
in a major championship. Thailand’s Tav-
atanakit matched the low round of the week
on Sunday with her 63 and finished in a tie
for third, two shots ahead of Coughlin, who
finished alone in fourth at 15-under. Repub-
lic of Korea native Hae Ran Ryu came fifth
with a four-day total of 13-under at Evian Re-
sort Golf Club.

랑스 — 프랑스의 바스티유 데이에서 펼쳐
프진 이번 대회는 역사에 남을 치열한 전투였
다. 많은 선수들이 메이저 챔피언이라는 엘리트 그
룹에 합류하기 위해 최선을 다해 경쟁했다. 2022년
에 LPGA 투어 멤버가 된 이후 여러 번의 아쉬운 순
간을 겪었던 아야카 후루에는 마침내 아문디 에비
앙 챔피언십 30주년 대회에서 일본 역사상 네 번째
LPGA 투어 메이저 타이틀을 차지하며 메이저 챔
피언의 영광을 거머쥐었다.

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