Miyu Yamashita, 2025 AIG Women’s Open champion

The finish of the 2025 AIG Women’s Open was a tight one, but Miyu Yamashita emerged victorious.

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#CheersToTheChampion!

Miyu Yamashita has earned her spot for the 2026/27 @HiltonGrandVac Tournament of Champions 👏 pic.twitter.com/0dSrqMDw1S
— LPGA (@LPGA) August 4, 2025

The final major of the season came to a close on Sunday at Royal Porthcawl, and Japan’s Miyu Yamashita was the one to shut the door. Yamashita claimed her first ever LPGA Tour victory, overcoming an iffy third round to become a major champion. The 24-year-old rookie, who celebrated her birthday on Saturday, shot a final-round 70 to stay two strokes ahead of Charley Hull and Minami Katsu and nab the title.

No better feeling. pic.twitter.com/B2C3FpWiqn
— LPGA (@LPGA) August 3, 2025

Let’s rewind. Yamashita started the week with a colorful 68 (-4), recording a stretch of four birdies in a row from holes 4 to 7. She closed out the front nine with an eagle on the par-5 9th hole to go out in 31 strokes. A lone bogey on the par-4 17th hole saw her in with a 37. Then, in round two, Yamashita carded a clean 65 (-7) to go into the weekend three shots ahead of compatriot Rio Takeda. She boasted seven birdies and no bogeys in that Friday round.

Miyu Yamashita is not giving up her lead 😮‍💨

She has a three shot lead going into the back nine. pic.twitter.com/JPr5CJWEMS
— LPGA (@LPGA) August 3, 2025

The nerves of being at the top of the leaderboard halfway through the coveted Women’s Open most likely got the best of Yamashita, though. Her 2-over-par 74 on moving day saw her moving in the opposite direction. However, given her solid start, she still ended the day one shot ahead of a surging A Lim Kim.

“I think one of the main things is not missing in the wrong spots,” Yamashita said on Saturday in a post-round press conference. “Because I’m able to do that, that means I don’t put myself in awkward positions and helps me not make those bogeys which can cost you so much at these championships.”

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The final round was shaping up to be an important one, and Yamashita made the adjustments she and her team deemed necessary. She executed. Yamashita, playing in the final pairing of the day, returned to the golf she’d been playing at the start of the week. She went out on the front nine with a 33, carding birdies on holes 4, 8 and 9. Her lone bogey on the back nine (No. 17) was not a problem, as Hull and Katsu were coming up well short in their chase of her top spot on the leaderboard.

Yamashita finished with a 2-under-par 70 to sit at 11-under-par for the tournament. It was good enough to stay two strokes ahead of Hull and Katsu, who both finished T-2 at 9-under-par. Cue the champagne, cue the emotions.

The moment a major champion is born 🏆 pic.twitter.com/BjpS1wKCJx
— LPGA (@LPGA) August 3, 2025

“This has been a goal of mine, something I’ve worked towards my whole life, a dream you could say,” Yamashita reflected in a post-win press conference on Sunday. “It’s been the result of hard work every single day — making changes, making improvements — and to be able to do it now and call myself a champion is a very special thing.”

Yamashita’s win marks the first of her LPGA Tour career, and she’s the sixth player to become a Rolex First-Time winner at the AIG Women’s Open. She’s also the 21st different player to win on Tour this season. Yamashita is in her rookie year on the LPGA Tour.

It continues to be a thrilling LPGA Tour season, and we haven’t experienced anything like it. See you next week, golf fans.

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Take a look into which players will be representing their countries this upcoming October at Hanwha LIFEPLUS International Crown in Korea! 🧵#internationalcrown2025 pic.twitter.com/ZLpkAbAvl5
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United States (42 points)

Nelly Korda (2)
Angel Yin (7)
Lauren Coughlin (14)
Lilia Vu (19)

Japan (50 points)

Miyu Yamashita (6)
Rio Takeda (11)
Mao Saigo (12)
Ayaka Furue (21)

Republic of Korea (56 points)

Hyo Joo Kim (8)
Haeran Ryu (9)
Jin Young Ko (16)
Hye-Jin Choi (23)

Australia (81 points)

Minjee Lee (4)
Hannah Green (15)
Grace Kim (27)
Steph Kyriacou (35)

Thailand (96 points)

Jeeno Thitikul (1)
Ariya Jutanugarn (18)
Chanettee Wannasaen (36)
Patty Tavatanakit (41)

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