The name of Miyu Yamashita means “beautiful dream” in Japanese.
On Sunday, she made it a reality with a last round of 2 under 70 to catch AIG Open Women THEir PORTHCAWL ROYAL in Wales.
Its four-day 11-day-nine-nine placed its two clean shots from Mina Katsu and Japan and the favorite of Charley Hull’s crowd from England, who made a middle charge before disrupting the stretch.
The victory gave Yamashita, 24, her first big title and her first victory in Lpga Tourwhich she joined this year.
“This had been a goal of mine, something I’ve worked on all my life, a dream you can say,” Yamashita said. “It has been the result of hard work every day, making changes, making improvements and being able to do it now and call it a champion is a very special thing.”
Starting the day with a lead with a stroke on Korean’s Lim Kim, Yamashita played almost perfect golf, with three bird fuel in a bang in Blustery conditions along the Bristol Canal. Her lonely hiccup came to the strong PAR-4 17 hole, to that point her victory was everything, but closed.
The sustainable Sunday that appeared remained in contrast to Yamashita’s third round in Porthcawl, when she fought with her driver on the way to a 2nd-74.
“After the round, we went to the practice of practice, and it was not as good as I thought it should have been,” Yamashita said. “When we returned home, we were together. We look at some of the most detailed details on the swing. We found some points to improve and today it was much better from the beginning.”
Sunday’s Yamashita would look known to fans in her country, where she was a force in JLPGA. Between 2020 and 2024, Yamashita won 13 times in that county, and was the main winner of the money and player of the year in 2022 and 2023. In 2024, Yamashita represented Japan at the Olympic Games, ending fourth in Le Golf National in France. She won her LPGA Tour card in 2025 by winning the series last fall.
For all its past success, Yamashita was being violated in the unproven waters on Sunday, playing the lead for the first time in a major. And she had a great name following her in Hull, who drew inside a Yamashita blow with a bird at 14 14th. Along with the crowd, the momentum seemed to be on the side of Hull. But Back-Back Bogey on 16 and 17 ruined the fiery English, which has now gained the unpleasant honor of finishing the race four times in the diplomas. As the hull returned, Yamashita kept her stable with a series of herds that went down the stretch. When her clinking pepper fell to 18, Yamashita was in tears and was surrounded by other Japanese players Minai Katsu, Rio Taxeda, Ayaka Furue and Mao Saigo, who also won her first this year at the Chevron Championship.
Yamashita who earn as motivation.
“It was amazing,” Yamashita said. “So great to see Saigo win earlier this year and just a kind pushed me a little more.”
In a chart filled with international names, the highest US conclusion was Megan Khang in T6. Nelly Korda, who has spent the last 17 months in the Rolex ranking, closed the tournament with a 2-bid 75 for a T36 and envisaged to lose its first place in the Jeeno Thitikul ranking of Thailand.
