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Sunday 23 August 2026LPGA TourYear in Review
Yamashita wins CPKC Women's Open
Royal Mayfair Golf & Country Club, Edmonton, Alberta · Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 August 2026 · Miyu Yamashita’s win no. 4 on the LPGA Tour · purse $2,750,000 USD · CPKC
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 03 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 48° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R124°/11°C · wind 10 km/h NE, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/12°C · wind 20 km/h SE, gusts 34 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/14°C · wind 16 km/h SSE, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/16°C · wind 15 km/h WNW, gusts 31 · 8.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Yuri Yoshida JPN · 266Never threatened a wire-to-wire leader who started Sunday six clear; closed with 69 in the wind (with an eagle) to finish nine back, her best LPGA finish to that point. Yamashita matches LPGA Tour's 72-hole scoring record in 9-stroke victory in Edmonton (AP, on LPGA.com)
156 started · cut E, 69 made it
Same week
LPGA event
CPKC Women's Open
Royal Mayfair Golf & Country Club, Royal Mayfair Golf & Country Club, Edmonton, Alberta
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Miyu Yamashita
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 August 2026
(Through translation.) So I didn't expect to win but I did it. And it feels similar to Japan, so I'm really happy to win.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 August 2026
So par-5 birdie chance. Fairway keep. Short game is, yeah. (Smiling.)
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
23 August 2026
I'm really happy to finish at two, but it was really very windy today so I couldn't make the birdie chance.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miyu Yamashita | 62 · 64 · 65 · 66 | 257 | −23 |
| 2 | Yuri Yoshida | 65 · 66 · 66 · 69 | 266 | −14 |
| 3 | Sei Young Kim | 68 · 68 · 64 · 67 | 267 | −13 |
| T4 | Anna Huang | 65 · 68 · 70 · 65 | 268 | −12 |
| T4 | Ruoning Yin | 65 · 67 · 68 · 68 | 268 | −12 |
| T4 | Gina Kim | 66 · 67 · 64 · 71 | 268 | −12 |
| T7 | Ariya Jutanugarn | 66 · 68 · 67 · 68 | 269 | −11 |
| T7 | Laney Frye | 66 · 67 · 68 · 68 | 269 | −11 |
| T7 | Aphrodite Deng | 70 · 67 · 63 · 69 | 269 | −11 |
| 10 | Yan Liu | 67 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 271 | −9 |
The golfer
born 2001-08-02, Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, Japan; JPN; turned pro 2020; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 1; world No. 7 that week (Rolex Women's World Golf Ranking list dated 2026-08-17 (published by LPGA.com), row: 7 ‐‐ ‐3 Yamashita, Miyu ‐ 7214 JPN 54 322.3835 5.9701).
What’s in the bag
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