Japan's Yamashita wins Women's British Open to clinch first major
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Yamashita carded a two-under par final round to hold off a strong challenge from England's Charley Hull on the Welsh links course.
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She finished on 11-under par for the tournament, with Hull and Japan's Minami Katsu ending in a tie for second place after final rounds of 69 left them on nine under.
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Just a day after turning 24, Yamashita became the third Japanese woman to win the British Open after Hinako Shibuno in 2019 and Ayako Okamoto in 1984.
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She joyously swigged from a bottle of champagne on the 18th green before wiping away tears of joy after sealing her victory.
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Yamashita's previous best performance in a major was a tie for second place at last year's Women's PGA Championship.
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She survived a stern test of her temperament on the last day after resuming with a one-stroke lead over South Korea's Kim A-lim.
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Having posted a bogey-free 65 on Friday, she had carded a two-over par 74 marred by erratic driving off the tee and struggles on the greens in the third round.
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Yamashita recovered her composure on Sunday as she embarked on a relentless march to the trophy.
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Prior to this year, Yamashita's highest finish at the Women's British Open was 13th in 2022, but she mastered the Porthcawl course in emphatic fashion.
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Kim tested Yamashita when she drew level at the top of the leaderboard with a birdie on the second hole.
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But Yamashita immediately regained the lead when Kim missed two putts to bogey the next hole.
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England's Mimi Rhodes made a hole-in-one on the fifth when her tee shot hit another ball and deflected in.
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However, that remarkable moment couldn't seize the spotlight from Yamashita.
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She moved three shots clear of Kim on the fourth hole with an ice-cool birdie while the South Korean bogeyed.
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A three-putt bogey on the seventh left Kim's title challenge in tatters.
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Hull made her charge with three birdies in four holes to pull within a stroke of Yamashita.
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She had been 11 strokes back at the start of the third round.
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The largest 36-hole deficit overcome to win any LPGA major all-time is 10 shots, but Yamashita snuffed out any chance of that record being broken.
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She carded birdies on the eighth and ninth to move three shots ahead.
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Hull, who finished second at both the British Open and the US Open in 2023, kept fighting.
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The 29-year-old dropped in an eight-foot birdie putt at the 12th and guided in another birdie to huge roars on the 14th.
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Yamashita's lead was down to one stroke with five holes left, but as the pressure mounted it was Hull who cracked.
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