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Miyū Yamashita
山下 美夢有
2022 World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup
Personal information
Born (2001-08-02) 2 August 2001 (age 24)
Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Height150 cm (4 ft 11 in)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional2020
Current tour(s)LPGA of Japan Tour
LPGA Tour
Professional wins14
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Ladies European Tour1
LPGA of Japan Tour13
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT17: 2024
Women's PGA C'shipT2: 2024
U.S. Women's OpenT12: 2024
Women's British OpenWon: 2025
Evian ChampionshipT14: 2025
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Japan Tour
Player of the Year		2022, 2023
LPGA of Japan Tour
leading money winner		2022, 2023

Miyū Yamashita (山下 美夢有, Yamashita Miyū) (born 2 August 2001) is a Japanese professional golfer. She plays onthe LPGA of Japan Tour where she has 14 wins[1] and the LPGA Tour. She won the 2025 AIG Women's Open by two strokes over Charley Hull and Minami Katsu.[2] This is her first major victory and first win outside Japan.

Career

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Yamashita was born in Neyagawa, Osaka in 2001 and started playing golf when she was five years old.[1] She turned professional and joined the LPGA of Japan Tour in 2020.[1]

She captured the 2021 KKT Cup Vantelin Ladies Open for her maiden win on the JLPGA.[3]

In 2022, Yamashita recorded five wins and was the LPGA of Japan Tour leading money winner with ¥235,020,967.[4] She also won the Mercedes Ranking (youngest ever)[5][6] and had the lowest scoring average, finished most often (21 times) inside the top-10.[7][4]

In December 2024, Yamashita earned her LPGA Tour card for 2025 by winning the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.[8][9]

Professional wins (14)

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LPGA Tour wins (1)

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Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 3 Aug 2025 AIG Women's Open[1] 68-65-74-70=277 −11 2 strokes England Charley Hull
Japan Minami Katsu

1 Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (13)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 18 Apr 2021 KKT Cup Vantelin Ladies Open 67-69-66=202 −14 5 strokes Japan Ayaka Furue
Japan Sakura Koiwai
2 8 May 2022 World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup 64-74-67-71=276 −12 3 strokes Japan Serena Aoki
3 12 Jun 2022 Ai Miyazato Suntory Ladies Open 68-71-69-68=276 −12 1 stroke Japan Saiki Fujita
4 25 Sep 2022 Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Women's Open 60-67-71=198 −18 5 strokes Japan Kana Mikashima
Japan Rio Takeda
5 13 Nov 2022 Ito En Ladies Golf Tournament 66-67-71=204 −12 1 stroke Japan Momoko Kishibe
6 27 Nov 2022 Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup 66-70-67-70=273 −15 Playoff Japan Minami Katsu
7 9 Apr 2023 Fuji Film Studio Alice Ladies Open 67-68=135 −9 1 stroke Japan Miyū Abe
Japan Chisato Iwai
8 21 May 2023 Bridgestone Ladies Open 66-70-65-65=266 −18 7 strokes Japan Akie Iwai
9 28 May 2023 Resort Trust Ladies 68-65-66-68=267 −27 4 strokes Japan Miyū Sato
10 18 Jun 2023 Nichirei Ladies 65-65-69=199 −17 3 strokes Japan Akie Iwai
11 26 Nov 2023 Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup 69-69-70-70=278 −10 3 strokes Japan Sayaka Takahashi
12 13 Oct 2024 Fujitsu Ladies 66-70-66=202 −14 Playoff Japan Ayaka Furue
13 17 Nov 2024 Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open 65-65-64-68=262 −23 2 strokes Japan Ai Suzuki

Tournaments in bold denotes major tournaments in LPGA of Japan Tour.

Majors championships

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Wins (1)

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Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runners-up
2025 AIG Women's Open 1 shot lead −11 (768-65-74-70=277) 2 strokes England Charley Hull, Japan Minami Katsu

Results timeline

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Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 2025
Chevron Championship T17 T30
U.S. Women's Open CUT T12 T36
Women's PGA Championship T2 T6
The Evian Championship T48 T39 T14
Women's British Open 13 T21 CUT 1
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2
Women's PGA Championship 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 2
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3
Women's British Open 1 0 0 1 1 3 4 3
Totals 1 1 0 2 3 8 14 12

World ranking

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Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year Ranking Source
2018 836 [10]
2019 766 [11]
2020 312 [12]
2021 64 [13]
2022 23 [14]
2023 19 [15]
2024 13 [16]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Miyu Yamashita". LPGA of Japan. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Miyu Yamashita wins Women's Open for first major title". ESPN. Associated Press. 3 August 2025.
  3. ^ "大会レコードで圧勝 山下美夢有ツアー初V" (in Japanese). JLPGA. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "山下美夢有、記録ずくめV 年間獲得賞金史上最高＆日本選手初平均ストローク70切り「いい一年だった」／国内女子". サンケイスポーツ (in Japanese). 産経デジタル. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Mercedes Ranking (2022)". JLPGA.
  6. ^ "山下美夢有が史上最年少の女王戴冠 逆転で今季4勝目/国内女子". サンケイスポーツ (in Japanese). 産経デジタル. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  7. ^ "2022 JLPGA – Stats". JLPGA.
  8. ^ "Japans Miyu Yamashita earns Medalist Honors at 2024 LPGA Final Qualifying". LPGA. 10 December 2024.
  9. ^ "Players Finishing in Positions 1-25 and Ties Earn LPGA Tour Status in Category 15". LPGA. 10 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  11. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  12. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2022.
  15. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2023.
  16. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2023.
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