Yamashita defends her Maybank title by two strokes over Yan Liu
Miyu Yamashita closed the Maybank Championship with a final-round 68 and 22 under par to win by two strokes over China's Yan Liu, a fifth career title for the 25-year-old Japanese player and the event's first back-to-back winner.
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Miyu Yamashita é a primeira jogadora a vencer o Maybank Championship em anos consecutivos, selando a defesa do título com uma rodada final de 68 no Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club neste domingo e duas tacadas de vantagem sobre a chinesa Yan Liu.
A japonesa, que venceu o Women's Open de 2025 e liderava depois da terceira rodada, nunca cedeu a liderança após a segunda rodada, na sexta-feira, e fechou os 72 buracos com 22 abaixo do par. Cinco birdies compensaram um único bogey, no par-4 do nono, na rodada final.
Yan, que havia entrado na briga com um 63 no sábado, assinou o mesmo 68 no domingo, mas ficou duas atrás, com 18 abaixo. Pauline Roussin-Bouchard, líder da primeira rodada, entregou 69 e terminou empatada em terceiro com a amadora tailandesa Marisa Tojai, que fez 67. A australiana Robyn Choi ficou em quinto, com 17 abaixo, após um 69.
“Hoje foi uma rodada especialmente difícil para mim”, disse Yamashita. “A Yan Liu bate na bola com muita potência e distância. Ela estava fazendo birdies cedo e acertando tacadas agressivas. Senti que não podia baixar a guarda em nenhum momento até o último putt cair no 18.”
Para a jogadora de 25 anos, é o quinto título da carreira, depois das conquistas no Meijer LPGA Classic e no CPKC Women's Open nesta temporada; o último veio de ponta a ponta, com nove tacadas de vantagem, no Royal Mayfair, em Edmonton, em agosto.
A série asiática termina nesta semana no Toto Japan Classic, em Omitama, perto de Tóquio.
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