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Kyodo News
7 days ago
- Sport
- Kyodo News
Golf: Women's British Open winner Miyu Yamashita rises to 6th in world
TOKYO - Women's British Open winner Miyu Yamashita jumped from 15th to sixth in the latest world golf rankings announced Monday, placing highest among the Japanese. The 24-year-old secured her first U.S. LPGA Tour win at the fifth and final major of the year by two strokes at Royal Porthcawl in Wales, where the tour rookie became the second Japanese winner of the tournament after Hinako Shibuno in 2019. Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand moved up a place to top the rankings as Nelly Korda of the United States dropped to second. Lydia Ko of New Zealand remains third. Rio Takeda was 11th, Mao Saigo 12th and Ayaka Furue 21st among other Japanese golfers.
04-08-2025
- Sport
Japan's Yamashita Wins Women's British Open
News from Japan Sports Aug 4, 2025 10:03 (JST) Porthcawl, Wales, Aug. 3 (Jiji Press)--Miyu Yamashita won the Women's British Open in Porthcawl, Wales, on Sunday, becoming the six Japanese woman to clinch a major golf title. The 24-year-old finished 11-under par at Royal Porthcawl, claiming her first LPGA tour victory and becoming the first Japanese woman to win the tournament since Hinako Shibuno in 2019. Yamashita has won 13 Japanese titles. She made her full-scale entry into U.S. tours this year. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.] Jiji Press
Yahoo
15-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Stark leads by one going into US Women's Open final round
The US Open, worth a record-equalling $12m (£8.9m), is the biggest championship in women's golf [Getty Images] US Open third-round leaderboard -7 Stark (Swe); -6 J Lopez (Spa); -5 M Saigo (Jpn), H Shibuno (Jpn), R Takeda (Jpn); -4 N Korda (US); -3 S Schmelzel (US), L Grant (Swe), M Lee (Aus) Selected others: -2 Y Noh (US), R Yin (Chi), G Lopez (Mex); Evens C Hull (Eng), A Yin (US); +1 L Ko (NZ); +2 A Nordqvist (Swe), L Woad (Eng) Advertisement Full leaderboard Sweden's Maja Stark opened up a one-shot lead at the US Women's Open after carding an impressive two-under-par 70 in the third round at Erin Hills. Stark birdied three holes on her penultimate round before finishing on seven under after a single bogey. The 25-year-old is chasing her second victory on the LPGA Tour, having won the 2022 ISPS Handa World Invitational. "[I am] probably going to go work out in the morning to try to get some nerves out, but I think just keep having fun with it because when I play scared, that's when I mess up, and you can't really play scared at a course like this," Stark said. Advertisement The Swede leads Spain's Julia Lopez Ramirez, who climbed to second in the leaderboard after producing a round-of-the-day 68. The pair will be last out to start their final round, at 19:10 BST on Sunday. Japanese trio Mao Saigo, Hinako Shibuno and Rio Takeda are all tied on five under in third place. Successive bogeys hampered overnight leader Saigo's pursuit of a second consecutive major title to finish with a three-over 75, while world number one Nelly Korda remains in contention and trails Stark by three after making three birdies in her final five holes. "The first thing is that I would like to rest well and then tomorrow refreshed," Saigo, who won this season's Chevron Championship, said. Advertisement "I would like to start from zero. That result was not that good, but I don't think that I have to change anything. I just want to focus on my play."
BBC News
31-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Korda fights back into contention at US Women's Open
US Open second round leaderboard-8 Saigo (Jpn); -5 Stark (Swe), Shibuno (Jpn), Schmelzel (US), Noh (US), Korda (US), Kim (Kor)Selected others: -3 E Dryburgh (Sco), Takeda (Jpn); -2 Lopez (Spa), Woad (Eng), Lee (Aus); +1 Hull (Eng); +2 Saso (Jpn); +4 Maguire (Ire)Full leaderboardWorld number one Nelly Korda surged into contention for a first US Women's Open title with a second round of 67 at Erin major winner Korda, 26, had seven birdies and two bogeys as she moved from level par at the start of play to five American trails Mao Saigo by three shots after the 23-year-old Japanese player took the outright lead with a best-of-the-day features among a group of six players tied in second, including compatriots Sarah Schmelzel and Yealimi Noh, Japan's Hinako Shibuno, South Korea's Kim A-lim and Sweden's Maja players Charley Hull, Gemma Dryburgh and Lottie Woad sat four shots off the lead after round one, on level par, but they experienced mixed fortunes on had the best of it among the contingent, with a round of 69 putting the Scot in a tie for 12th on three under amateur Woad had a two-under 70, while Hull, who tied for second at this tournament two years ago, was set to make the cut with nothing to spare after a 73 - with a handful of players left to complete their rounds on Leona Maguire was certain to miss out on the weekend's action after adding a 72 to her opening 76. Three birdies in her opening seven holes on Friday were wiped out by a triple bogey seven at the 11th.
Japan Times
31-05-2025
- General
- Japan Times
Mao Saigo takes three-shot U.S. Women's Open lead
Mao Saigo took aim at a second straight major title on Friday, firing a 6-under-par 66 to grab a three-shot lead over a group including top-ranked Nelly Korda and compatriot Hinako Shibuno after two rounds of the U.S. Women's Open in Wisconsin. The Japanese golfer, who won a five-way playoff to lift her first major trophy at the Chevron Championship, shrugged off a spectacular piece of bad luck to build a 36-hole total of 136 at Erin Hills. Korda posted a 5-under-par 67 to headline a group of six players on 139. Saigo, 23, last year's LPGA Rookie of the Year, said her victory at the Chevron in April had given her new confidence but hadn't changed her fundamental approach. "I think that I was able to be more confident about my judgments that I make," she said. "However, I would like to play my play rather than thinking about changing myself." She teed off on 10 and gained ground quickly with birdies at 11 and 12, but needed all of her mental poise after disappointment at the par-5 14th, where her third shot hit the flagstick and bounced back into a bunker. Instead of a birdie she ended up with her only bogey of the day. "I thought that was not my mistake, I just thought to myself that it was unlucky and then I just changed my mind," added Saigo, who posted five more birdies, including three in a row at the 18th, first and second holes. Saigo can expect a strong weekend challenge from Korda after the American posted her best round score ever at a U.S. Open, a tournament in which her best finish was a tie for eighth in 2022. "I feel like I've had a very complicated relationship with U.S. Opens," Korda said. "But I'm happy to be in the position I am heading into the weekend." After just one birdie and one bogey in her even-par first round, Korda finally saw some putts drop in a 5-under effort that featured seven birdies. "Honestly, I was hitting really good putts yesterday," Korda said. "I was hitting it exactly where I wanted to and they just weren't falling. "Today I did the same thing, I didn't really try to do anything different ... so hopefully I can keep trending in the right direction heading into the weekend." Korda was tied with Shibuno, Americans Yealimi Noh and Sarah Schmelzel, South Korean Kim A-lim and Sweden's Maja Stark. Kim and Noh were among six players who shared the first-round lead, each carding a 1-under 71. Kim, the 2020 U.S. Open champion, shook off an early bogey to reach 6-under with birdies at the seventh, eighth and 14th. She was playing the 17th when thunderstorms halted play for almost an hour, returning to complete her par before a disappointing bogey at 18 where she was in the rough off the tee then found a greenside bunker. Schmelzel had reached 6-under with five birdies in her first seven holes, but gave a stroke back with a late bogey that left her with a 68. Former British Open champion Shibuno was 6-under through 17 holes but bogeyed the last for a 69. Noh capped her 1-under round with birdies at her last two holes, the eighth and ninth, while Stark had six birdies and three bogeys in her 69. The demanding Erin Hills layout claimed some notable victims. World No. 2 Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand and defending champion Yuka Saso of Japan were well outside the projected cut line of even par when darkness halted play with a dozen players on the course.
