Jin Young Ko continued her fabulous 2019 with a victory Sunday at the Evian Championship – her second major title of the year.

Ko shot a 4-under-par 67 Sunday to win for the third time this season (she also won the ANA Inspiration and the Bank of Hope Founders Cup). Fifty-four hole leader Hyo Joo Kim shot a 2-over 73 to fall into a tie for second along with Shanshan Feng and inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur champion Jennifer Kupcho, who notched her best-ever result as a professional.

The turning point came when Kim made a triple-bogey six on the par-3 14th. However, Ko said she didn’t pay attention to other golfers’ scores and just tried to play her own game.

“I’m just try think about my score, my swing,” said Ko.

“I played really – not perfect, but a little bit – yeah, little perfect,” she added with a laugh. “So I was happy. And then I tried about patient on the course. Weather was bad, raining, and then sometimes thunder, so I thought… this is same condition as other players, so I will try to make a birdie… I had really great week.”

With the win, Ko is projected to rise to No. 1 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings, a spot she previously held from April 8 to June 30, 2019 (after she won the ANA Inspiration).

She is also the first player this year to reach three victories on the season.

The last time a player won multiple majors in one season was 2015, when Inbee Park won the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship and the AIG Women’s British Open.

Ko said at the beginning of the year her ultimate goal was to finish in the top-20 in each tournament she played. She’s done a fairly solid job at keeping up that streak – finishing outside the top 20 just three times all season. Her worst result was a T-29.

Ko’s caddie, Dave Brooker, has now won five major championships (including the two with Ko) and previously worked with Lorena Ochoa, who Ko met Sunday morning. The LPGA Tour legend told Ko to try to make as many birdies as possible, while Brooker suggested Ko keep a laser-like focus on all day.

“He’s great caddie. Also today he was cold on the course, and did not smile. He said all the time (to) smile on the course, but not today,” said Ko. “And then he said, don’t look at the scoreboard on the last (few holes) so I didn’t see the score. I couldn’t see the scoreboard.”

After Ko’s third shot on 18, Brooker finally said to Ko that if she made a par, she’d win. If she three putted, she’d win.

“But you’re a professional so you have to make a two-putt,” said Ko of her caddie’s advice, with a laugh.

From the advice of ‘Brooker’ to another Brooke, Golf Town’s athlete Brooke Henderson was the low Canadian for the week, as she finished tied for 17th.

It’s her third top-20 result at the Evian Championship in the last four years, and tied for her best result at a major in 2019.

Henderson managed to get back into red figures after starting the week with a 1-over-par 72 Thursday. She shot rounds of 70-68-70 to climb the leaderboard, and now sits second on the season-long Race to the CME Globe, behind Ko.

Henderson was 2-under through her first nine holes, but bogeyed the par-4 17th to drop back on the leaderboard.

The other Canadian in the field, Alena Sharp, bounced back nicely after an 8-over 79 Saturday with a 3-under-par 68 on Sunday, her best round of the week. She finished T-55.

Next week the LPGA Tour heads to Woburn Golf Club in England for the AIG Women’s British Open. It’s a unique addition to the LPGA Tour schedule, as it marks the first time the tour has played two majors in a row.