Chun wins Evian Championship with major record round

China’s Shanshan Feng is third at 13-under-par while South Korea’s Ryu So-yeon is fourth at 12-under-par.

And Chun already tied the LPGA major championship record in relation to par, shared by four different players.

Park and Ryu finished tied for second, rounding out the all-Korean top three.

With Chun struggling on nine and then missing a birdie chance on 10, Park birdied those two to move one shot behind her.

Ko, 19, carded a final round of 73 to finish on two-over for the final major of the year in a share of 43rd.

Sunday could be a record-breaking day for Chun, who remains on course for the lowest ever 72-hole score in a major.

In four days of intensely accurate driving and clinical putting, she was near-faultless.

“It’s something that I could have only really dreamt of and imagined of, and for it to be true in a few moments I think is going to be awesome, and especially for me to stand alongside a legend like Annika”.

“For (Sorenstam) to be here and for her to be able to present the trophy to me makes it even more special”, Ko told the Associated Press.

The win is projected to move her as high as No. 3.

The victor of last year’s US Women’s Open, Chun emulates her legendary compatriot, Pak Se Ri, in claiming Major titles for her first two wins on the LPGA Tour.

In Gee Chun wrote herself into the record books today when she finished 21 under par to win the Evian Championship, bettering the record lowest score at a major set by Jason Day and Henrik Stenson.

That tournament was Chun’s first start after a month out with a back injury caused in freaky circumstances.

“After the injury I was struggling with myself and my body and psychological problems”, she said.

Lydia Ko has fallen further down the leaderboard in the final round at the Evian Championship in France, finishing 23 shots behind victor Inn Gee Chun.

“But I got my passion back at the Olympics”. But she still had something to celebrate.

Chun’s third-round total of 194 broke the 54-hole scoring record (199 set by Annika Sorenstam at the 2004 LPGA Championship).