Miyu Yamashita of Japan captured her first major title when she withstood a charge by Charley Hull by not making a bogey until the outcome of the Women’s British Open was no longer in doubt.

Miyū Yamashita earned a dream birthday present after a composed fourth round at Royal Porthcawl won her the AIG Women’s Open a day after turning 24.

Miyu Yamashita's AIG victory gives Japan bookend titles at the 2025 majors and four titles on the season from four Japanese different winners.

Miyu Yamashita produces an almost faultless final round to hold off England's Charley Hull and win the Women's Open at Royal Porthcawl.

PORTHCAWL, Wales – For Miyu Yamashita, Sunday evening signalled it was finally time to celebrate. The Japanese golfer and LPGA rookie had just won her first major, the AIG Women’s Open at Royal Porthcawl, one day after turning 24.

Miyu Yamashita won the Women's Open by two shots to claim the first major of her career after the 24-year-old kept Charley Hull and Minami Katsu at bay to become the fourth different major champion from Japan in the last two years.

It was a rough 24th birthday for the Japanese rookie, who saw her lead shrink to one after she hit only seven fairways and took 34 putts.

Miyu Yamashita was crooked off the tee and struggled on the greens, a rough combination that led to a hard-fought round of 2-over 74 on Saturday that

Nelly Korda and rising English star Lottie Woad were among the top 10 on the leaderboard and still nine shots behind at the halfway point at Royal Porthcawl.

Miyu Yamashita was the last golfer left standing at Royal Porthcawl over the weekend and officially won the 2025 AIG Women’s Open. Yamashita first turned professional back in 2021 and the victory at Royal Porthcawl was her first on Tour.