PARIS – American Michael Kim had a 15-foot par putt within the closing gap, sealing off a one-shot victory on the French Open for his first world title in seven years, with former No. 1 Brooks Koepka fading to a fourth-place end.
Kim shortened the bunker shot in par 3 18th place, however rolled in for par to finish a 6-under 65, ending the week at 16 underneath.
“When that putt got here in, I used to be a bit black,” mentioned Kim, sixty fourth, who arrived in 2018 with eight photographs within the PGA Tour John Deere Basic.
This victory wasn’t that straightforward. Australia’s Elvis Smiley and France’s Coon Waon got here in second and shot 65.
Koepka, who began the ultimate spherical with a lead tie, made an eight-par and bogey on the again 9, and bought out of the battle. The 5 main winner shot 68 and was alone in fourth place.
Koepka final received his final in August 2024 on the Break Away Reve Golf Circuit in Greenbrier, West Virginia, and performed for the third consecutive week on the European Tour. He missed a reduce on the Irish Open and BMW PGA Championship in Wentworth.
Having established himself as an unlikely social media star in recent times, Kim turned the primary American to win the French Open in 53 years since Barry Jackel in 1972. Walter Hagen and Byron Nelson had been different US gamers.
