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Hyo Joo Kim
South Korea
Hyo Joo Kim broke the record for men’s and women’s majors when she began the 2014 Evian Championship in France with a staggering 10-under-par 61.
Nineteen at the time, and appearing in her first major, she suddenly found herself with a four-stroke lead over three-time AIG Women's Open winner Karrie Webb.
A day later she trailed by one and that was still the situation with a hole to play, but she then sank a 12-foot birdie putt while Webb bogeyed, allowing Kim to become the third-youngest player to win a women’s major.
Kim has since won five more times on the LPGA Tour - most recently in the Volunteers of America Classic in October 2023 - and lost a play-off to Ariya Jutanugarn at the US Women’s Open in 2018.
Nineteen at the time, and appearing in her first major, she suddenly found herself with a four-stroke lead over three-time AIG Women's Open winner Karrie Webb.
A day later she trailed by one and that was still the situation with a hole to play, but she then sank a 12-foot birdie putt while Webb bogeyed, allowing Kim to become the third-youngest player to win a women’s major.
Kim has since won five more times on the LPGA Tour - most recently in the Volunteers of America Classic in October 2023 - and lost a play-off to Ariya Jutanugarn at the US Women’s Open in 2018.