BELMONT, Mich. — Miyu Yamashita competed in a playoff Sunday on the Meyer LPGA Basic, coming near regulation on a 3-foot part-try from Lottie Ward, and successful with a 3-foot part-try of her personal on the primary additional gap.
Getting into the day with a five-stroke lead over third-round chief Jin Yang and the again 4 of Ward, the 4-foot-11 Yamashita shot an 8-under 64 at Brisefield Nation Membership to achieve 17-under 271.
“I wasn’t occupied with successful right now,” Yamashita stated. “I centered on taking part in like some other spherical. My placing was strong right now and I used to be capable of put collectively a very good spherical.”
The 24-year-old Japanese participant made a playoff birdie on the par-5 18th gap.
“I actually did not count on it to be a playoff sport, however as soon as it was, I used to be capable of mentally reset and concentrate on the job at hand,” Yamashita stated. “I’m glad I used to be capable of benefit from the chance and switch it right into a win.”
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Ward holed out of the bunker on the seventeenth for a birdie and a 68, however bumped into hassle on the 467-yard 18th.
“I felt like I hit an OK putt,” the 22-year-old Briton stated. “Clearly that is an exaggeration.”
Within the playoff, each gamers hit two on in entrance of the inexperienced. Yamashita went first and hit a 3-foot flop shot. Ward then hit his pitch 10 ft out, however missed the possibility to show it round.
Yamashita had 13 wins on the JLPGA and his third on the LPGA Tour. Final 12 months, she gained the Maybank Championship and the British Ladies’s Open main, and was named LPGA Rookie of the Yr.
Su Weiling (67) and Yang Liu (67) tied for third place with 15 beneath. Kang Min-ji (66) and Kathy Porter (70) had been 14 beneath. Yang shot a 73 to tie for seventh place at 13 beneath.
The foremost KPMG Ladies’s PGA Championship begins Thursday in Hazeltine, Minnesota.
