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Miyu Yamashita tied an LPGA Tour scoring report as she sailed to a nine-shot victory on the CPKC Women’s Open on Sunday in Edmonton.
Yamashita was forward by six photographs after the third spherical and carded a 4-under-par 66 Sunday to complete at 23-under 257 for the week at Royal Mayfair Golf Club. Yuri Yoshida of Japan was a distant second at 14 beneath par after a 69.
Not solely did the rising star from Japan accumulate her fourth LPGA victory in 13 months, her 257 tied the tour’s 72-hole report for the bottom gross rating of all time.
She capped that with a triumphant birdie putt on the par-4 18th gap, closing a spherical of six birdies and two bogeys.
‘I used to be nervous, nervous spherical, so my shot, my sport, I belief my swing,’ Yamashita, 25, stated on the TV broadcast.
Yamashita broke by means of in August 2025 when she claimed her first main, the AIG Women’s Open, which doubled as her first win in an official LPGA Tour occasion. Before that, she racked up 13 titles on the LPGA of Japan Tour.
She opened the week with rounds of 62 and 64 to create loads of house between her and the sphere.
Yoshida’s spotlight was an eagle on the par-5 twelfth gap amid one birdie and two bogeys. She stated she was wanting ahead to the schedule’s upcoming Asian Swing, which is able to see the LPGA play in China, South Korea, Malaysia and Japan throughout October and November.
‘Hopefully, I can play Asian Swing, proper, so I’m completely satisfied to play Asian Swing and I’m actually excited to play subsequent week, too,’ she stated.
Sei Young Kim of South Korea shot a 67 and positioned third at 13 beneath.
The low Canadian was 17-year-old Anna Huang, whose final-round 65 boosted her right into a tie for fourth at 12 beneath with Gina Ki (71) and China’s Ruoning Yin (68).
Huang, a local of Vancouver, has been a revelation on the Ladies European Tour, the place she’s gained 4 instances since final September, most lately the PIF London Championship earlier this month.
‘I feel all the time prefer to make a minimize at any LPGA occasion is absolutely particular,’ Huang stated. ‘And then to play so properly as I did this week on the Canadian Open is simply actually, actually superior I suppose. And, yeah, I’m actually completely satisfied that I performed properly in entrance of the very best on the planet and, hopefully, I can proceed doing that.’
Another rising star from Canada, 16-year-old newbie Aphrodite Deng, adopted her Saturday 63 with a 69 and tied for seventh at 11 beneath with Laney Frye (68) and Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn (68).
–Field Level Media