Japan’s Yamashita retains LPGA crown in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Miyu Yamashita successfully defended her title at the LPGA Tour’s Maybank Championship on Sunday, beating China’s Yan Liu by two strokes. The 2025 Women’s British Open winner and third-round leader had a 72-hole total of 22-under 266 after a final round 68 on the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club course. She won last year’s Malaysian tournament after a three-way playoff. The Japanese golfer had five birdies Sunday, for just the one bogey at the par-4 9th, in a near perfect week wh

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