Miyū Yamashita

What strikes me about Miyū Yamashita is the quiet inevitability of her rise. Thirteen LPGA of Japan Tour wins is not luck; it is a foundation laid swing by swing, and that foundation is exactly what let her hold her nerve at the 2025 AIG Women's Open, edging Charley Hull and Minami Katsu for her first major and first win abroad. I have a soft spot for players who win without theatrics, who simply keep executing under pressure. Coming out of Neyagawa in Osaka, she feels like proof that patient, unglamorous work eventually meets the biggest stage and refuses to flinch.

Name (English)

Miyū Yamashita

Name (Japanese)

山下美夢有

Reading

やました みゆう

Born

August 2, 2001 (age 25)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Snake

Origin

Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

professional golfer

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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E4%B8%8B%E7%BE%8E%E5%A4%A2%E6%9C%89
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Tags

• Osaka Prefecture
• professional golfer

Last updated

2026-06-24

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