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Miyu Yamashita secures memorable AIG Women's Open triumph
04 Aug 25
4 mins
Miyu Yamashita earned her first career major and became the 2025 AIG Women’s Open Champion after a sensational performance at Royal Porthcawl.
The 24-year-old from Osaka celebrated her birthday on Saturday and earned the best possible belated gift courtesy of a final-round 70, finishing two shots clear of Charley Hull and Minami Katsu at the summit. Hull could hardly have done more to end her own wait for a major title, five birdies applying serious pressure on the leader and raising the noise levels around Royal Porthcawl. But back-to-back bogeys at 16 and 17 dented her ambitions and Yamashita, who led since Friday morning, kept her nearest challenger at arm’s length with three birdies of her own and a succession of nerveless putts to save pars. Yamashita is the 14th consecutive different Champion and the third Japanese golfer to lift this trophy, following in the footsteps of Ayako Okamoto and Hinako Shibuno. Hull shared second spot, her fourth runner-up finish in a major, with the fast-finishing Katsu after both carded three-under-par 69s.
Miyu Yamashita celebrates winning the AIG Women's Open.
After getting her hands on the trophy, Yamashita told how the week had been a dream come true.
“This was a goal of mine from a very young age to win a major championship, and to be able to do that is a very satisfying feeling, very special,” she said.
“This [is] something I've worked towards my whole life, a dream you could say. 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.”
She added, “[It was] so great to see [Mao] Saigo win [the Chevron Championship] earlier this year and just kind of push me a little bit harder. To join that elite group is something that's very unique, and it's going to be an amazing feeling."