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PARIS, FRANCE – SEPTEMBER 21: Michael Kim of the United States celebrates holing a par putt on the 18th green to set the clubhouse lead on day four of the FedEx Open de France 2025 at Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Breteche on September 21, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Luke Walker\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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PGA Tour member Michael Kim became the first American in 53 years to win the Open de France on the DP World Tour, capturing his second professional victory and his first since the 2018 John Deere Classic. He held off strong contenders including five-time major champion Brooks Koepka, rising star Min Woo Lee, and crowd favorite Jeong Weon Ko of France to secure the win.<\/p>\n
After birdies on 16 and 17, Kim faced a nervy finish at Le Golf National. Forced to get up and down from a greenside bunker, he rolled in a 16-foot par putt on the closing hole to post 16-under. \u201cTo be honest I felt like I hit a decent bunker shot,\u201d Kim said. \u201cThat green slides away so much that I knew it was going to be quick, and it just didn\u2019t run out as much as I thought.\u201d The par save gave him the clubhouse lead and ultimately the trophy. <\/p>\n
Reflecting afterward, Kim added: \u201cIt feels amazing. I really wanted to put on a good showing here this week. I\u2019m so happy and grateful to come out with a victory. I\u2019ve had a really good year on the PGA Tour, and this feels like the perfect cherry on top. I hope to continue this throughout my career.\u201d<\/p>\n
With 2025 shaping up as his best professional season, Kim is currently No. 64 in the Official World Golf Ranking, and is expected to rise substantially following his victory in France. Until this year\u2019s resurgence, he was known more for his witty and transparent social media presence than for consistent results inside the ropes. His candid posts range from the realities of a tour player\u2019s weekly routine to the expenses of competing and inside the rope observations about courses and players. It has earned him a loyal following online and an unexpected fanbase worldwide. Now, with his play catching up to his personality, Kim is commanding attention for more than just his Twitter feed. He\u2019s proving himself to be a true contender on golf\u2019s global stage\u2014and if you follow him, you already know he\u2019s giving fans a front-row seat to the celebration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PARIS, FRANCE – SEPTEMBER 21: Michael Kim of the United States celebrates holing a par putt on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[33197,41160,2000,299,36,89481,88986,149481],"class_list":{"0":"post-442269","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-brooks-koepka","9":"tag-dp-world-tour","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-france","13":"tag-michael-kim","14":"tag-min-woo-lee","15":"tag-the-open-de-france"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115245581902269512","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}