PARIS — American Michael Kim holed a 15-foot par putt on the final gap to seal a one-shot victory on the French Open on Sunday for his first worldwide title in seven years, whereas former No. 1 Brooks Koepka pale to a fourth-place end.
Kim left his bunker shot brief on the par-3 18th however rolled in for par to finish a 6-under 65 and finish the week at 16 below.
“I sort of blacked out when that putt went in,” mentioned the Sixty fourth-ranked Kim, whose final win got here in 2018 — by eight pictures — on the John Deere Traditional on the PGA Tour.
This victory did not come really easy, with Elvis Smylie of Australia and Ko Jeong-weon of France each capturing 65s to be tied for second place.
Koepka, who began the ultimate spherical in a tie for the lead, made eight pars and a bogey on the again 9 to fall out of rivalry. The five-time main winner shot 68 and was alone in fourth place.
Koepka final received in August 2024 on the breakaway LIV Golf circuit on the Greenbrier in West Virginia and was enjoying a 3rd straight week on the European tour. He missed the reduce within the Irish Open and the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
Kim, who has established himself as an unlikely social media star lately, turned the primary American to win the French Open in 53 years, since Barry Jaeckel in 1972. Walter Hagen and Byron Nelson had been different U.S. gamers to win the title.
