Michael Kim Wins Open de France, First U.S. Champion Since 1972
A bogey-free 65 capped by a clutch par at 18 ended a 53-year U.S. drought at France's national championship.
Overview
- Kim closed with a bogey-free 6-under 65 to reach 16 under and win by one at Golf de Saint-Nom-La-Breteche in Paris.
- He clinched the title by getting up-and-down from a greenside bunker on the par-3 18th and holing a long par putt.
- Elvis Smylie and Ko Jeong-weon tied for second at 15 under, while Brooks Koepka, a co-leader to start, shot 68 for solo fourth.
- The victory is Kim's first worldwide win since the 2018 John Deere Classic, with a reported $552,500 winner's check, per Golfweek.
- The 32-year-old, ranked No. 64, became just the fourth American champion of the French Open, following Walter Hagen, Byron Nelson and Barry Jaeckel.