Grace Kim’s Last Ball Drama at Evian Championship

Grace Kim’s revealed a jaw-dropping detail: she was down to her last golf ball during the playoff — and it nearly cost her the major.

Just when golf fans thought Grace Kim’s maiden major victory at the 2025 Amundi Evian Championship couldn’t get any more dramatic, the 24-year-old Australian has revealed a jaw-dropping detail: she was down to her last golf ball during the playoff.

Speaking on the Tee It Up Podcast, Kim shared that after hitting into the water on the first playoff hole, she had only one ball left in her bag.

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“I don’t think I’ve told anyone this but I actually had only one ball left,” she said with a smile. “So that was the only ball that I had left.”

The revelation adds a whole new layer of tension to what was already one of the most thrilling finishes in recent major history.

Kim had forced the playoff with a clutch eagle on the 18th hole, then chipped in for birdie after finding trouble on the first playoff hole. But behind the scenes, she and her caddie were quietly managing a crisis.

“Before we went out in the playoff, he’s like ‘Do you have enough balls?’” Kim recalled. “Surely having two balls is going to be enough. And it was only just enough.”

Her final shot—a hybrid from 190 yards to 12 feet on the second playoff hole—was struck with that last remaining ball. She drained the eagle putt to seal the win, becoming the fifth Australian woman to win a major.