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Sunday 3 August 2025LPGA Tour · letYear in Review
Yamashita wins AIG Women's Open
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Porthcawl, Wales · Thursday 31 July to Sunday 3 August 2025 · Miyu Yamashita’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $9,750,000 USD · AIG
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 56° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/16°C · wind 21 km/h WNW, gusts 35 · 3.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/13°C · wind 25 km/h NNW, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/12°C · wind 21 km/h WNW, gusts 41 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/16°C · wind 29 km/h W, gusts 48 · 1.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Ladies' British Open
- AIG Women's Open
- Women's British Open
- Pretty Polly Women's British Open
- Hitachi Ladies British Open
- Burberry Women's British Open
- Weetabix Women's British Open
- Ricoh Women's British Open
- AIG Women's British Open
1976–2026 in our record, 50 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Charley Hull ENG · 279closed with 69 and got within a stroke of the lead, then bogeyed the 16th and 17th CNN (via ABC17 News): Miyū Yamashita wins Women's Open for first LPGA Tour victory
- Minami Katsu JPN · 279closed with 69 to tie for second, two strokes back ESPN leaderboard
144 started · cut +2, 71 made it
Same week
Women's major
AIG Women's Open
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Porthcawl
5 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Charley Hull, Minami Katsu
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript, via interpreter)
3 August 2025
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.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript, via interpreter)
3 August 2025
As you say, yesterday I didn't quite have my best stuff. After the round, I spoke to my father, who's my coach, and we went through a few things just in my swing and my game
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
3 August 2025
Listen, coming into this week I didn't think I was going to make the cut. That's the truthful of it. I wasn't hitting it very well.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miyu Yamashita | 68 · 65 · 74 · 70 | 277 | −11 |
| T2 | Minami Katsu | 71 · 74 · 65 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T2 | Charley Hull | 73 · 71 · 66 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T4 | A Lim Kim | 70 · 71 · 67 · 73 | 281 | −7 |
| T4 | Rio Takeda | 67 · 69 · 74 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T6 | Wei-Ling Hsu | 71 · 72 · 69 · 70 | 282 | −6 |
| T6 | Megan Khang | 72 · 70 · 68 · 72 | 282 | −6 |
| T8 | Stephanie Kyriacou | 74 · 70 · 69 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | Paula Martin Sampedro | 72 · 74 · 70 · 68 | 284 | −4 |
| T8 | Lottie Woad | 72 · 70 · 71 · 71 | 284 | −4 |
The golfer
born 2001-08-02, Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, Japan; JPN; turned pro 2020; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1; world No. 15 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2025-07-28 (published by LPGA.com), row: 15 +1 ‐2 Yamashita, Miyu ‐ 7214 JPN 61 228.0319 3.7382).
What’s in the bag
- Driver Srixon ZXi 9°, Fujikura Speeder NX 50 R
- Fairway Wood Srixon ZX MKII 3-wood
- Fairway Wood Srixon ZX MKII 5-wood
- Fairway Wood Srixon ZXi 7-wood
- Hybrid Srixon ZX MKII 25°
- Irons Srixon ZXi5 6
- Irons Srixon ZXi7 7-PW
- Wedge Cleveland RTZ 48° (10 bounce, M grind)
- Wedge Cleveland RTZ Tour Rack 52° (10 bounce, M grind), 58° (6 bounce, L grind)
- Putter TaylorMade Spider Tour X X1
- Ball Srixon Z-Star XV
standard bag, not confirmed for this week