Miyu Yamashita Fends Off Challengers for Women’s Open Win
September 24, 2025
Miyu Yamashita Fends Off Challengers for Women’s Open Win
This weekend turned out to be a fairly significant one in the life of Miyu Yamashita. She turned 24 years old on Saturday, and followed that up by winning her first LPGA Tour event and first major championship at the AIG Women’s Open.
The rookie from Japan bolted out to a large lead after rounds of 68 and 65 on Thursday and Friday. However, a third-round 74 narrowed the gap heading into the final round.
Yamashita maintained her lead throughout the final round, though a number of players took their swings at the lead. A Lim Kim trailed by just one entering the final round, but made too many bogeys to muster a real challenge. Charley Hull, playing in front of a hometown crowd, posed the biggest threat. She was -5 through 15 holes for the round and had vaulted to 11-under and within one of the lead, but bogeys at 16 and 17 brought Hull back to -9.
In the end, Yamashita fired a final-round 70 that included three birdies on the front nine to keep control of the tournament and ultimately win her first major championship.
WInner’s Bag | Miyu Yamashita
Yamashita earned her first LPGA Tour victory and first major victory with almost exclusively Srixon and Cleveland clubs in the bag.
Driver: Srixon ZXi
Yamashita is not the longest hitter on tour, but she is among the most accurate. This week, she hit 39 of 56 fairways with her Srixon ZXi driver, equipped with a Fujikura Speeder NX Green 40 SR shaft.
Fairway Woods: Srixon ZX MK II
Yamashita opts for the previous generation of Srixon fairway metals. She, like many LPGA Tour pros, plays multiple fairway woods to take advantage of the higher launch and spin available with higher lofted woods. She has a Srixon MK II 3-wood at 15 degrees and a MK II 5-wood at 18 degrees in the bag, both equipped with Fujikura Speeder NX Green 50 SR shafts.
Hybrids: Srixon ZX MK II
Similar to the fairway woods, Yamashita has two hybrids in the bag, both in the prior generation model. She plays a 22-degree and 25-degree Srixon ZX MK II hybrid, each with a Fujikura Ventus Blue HB 7S shaft.
Irons: Srixon ZXi5 (5-6), Srixon ZXi7 (7-PW)
It’s been a banner year for the Srixon ZXi irons. Yamashita opts for the popular combo of ZXi5 at the top of her set and ZXi7 in her scoring clubs. Of note, Yamashita plays the True Temper Dynamic Gold 85 R300 shafts.
Wedges: Cleveland RTZ
Yamashita made clutch save after clutch save all weekend long to keep her lead. She plays three Cleveland RTZ wedges – a 48-degree of the standard design, and then a 52-degree and 58-degree in the RTZ Tour Rack design, all equipped with True Temper Dynamic Gold R300 shafts.
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour L-Neck
The one club in Yamashita’s bag that is not Cleveland or Srixon is the putter – a TaylorMade Spider Tour L-Neck, similar to the setup used by the No. 1 men’s player in the world, Scottie Scheffler.