Miyū Yamashita

Not to be confused with Miyu Yamashita.
Miyū Yamashita
山下 美夢有
2022 World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup
Personal information
Born (2001-08-02) 2 August 2001 (age 23)
Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Height150 cm (4 ft 11 in)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
Turned professional2020
Current tour(s)LPGA of Japan Tour
Professional wins13
Number of wins by tour
LPGA of Japan Tour13
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT17: 2024
Women's PGA C'shipT2: 2024
U.S. Women's OpenT12: 2024
Women's British Open13th: 2022
Evian ChampionshipT39: 2024
Achievements and awards
LPGA of Japan Tour
Player of the Year		2022, 2023
LPGA of Japan Tour
leading money winner		2022, 2023

Miyū Yamashita (山下 美夢有, Yamashita Miyū) (born 2 August 2001) is a Japanese professional golfer. She plays on the LPGA of Japan Tour where she has 13 wins.[1]

Career

Yamashita was born in Neyagawa, Osaka in 2001 and started playing golf when she was five years old.[1] She turned professional and joined the LPGA of Japan Tour in 2020.[1]

She captured the 2021 KKT Cup Vantelin Ladies Open for her maiden win on the JLPGA.[2]

In 2022, Yamashita recorded five wins and was the LPGA of Japan Tour leading money winner with ¥235,020,967.[3] She also won the Mercedes Ranking (youngest ever)[4][5] and had the lowest scoring average, finished most often (21 times) inside the top-10.[6][3]

Professional wins (13)

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (13)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 18 Apr 2021 KKT Cup Vantelin Ladies Open 67-69-66=202 −14 5 strokes Japan Ayaka Furue
Japan Sakura Koiwai
2 8 May 2022 World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup 64-74-67-71=276 −12 3 strokes Japan Serena Aoki
3 12 Jun 2022 Ai Miyazato Suntory Ladies Open 68-71-69-68=276 −12 1 stroke Japan Saiki Fujita
4 25 Sep 2022 Miyagi TV Cup Dunlop Women's Open 60-67-71=198 −18 5 strokes Japan Kana Mikashima
Japan Rio Takeda
5 13 Nov 2022 Ito En Ladies Golf Tournament 66-67-71=204 −12 1 stroke Japan Momoko Kishibe
6 27 Nov 2022 Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup 66-70-67-70=273 −15 Playoff Japan Minami Katsu
7 9 Apr 2023 Fuji Film Studio Alice Ladies Open 67-68=135 −9 1 stroke Japan Miyū Abe
Japan Chisato Iwai
8 21 May 2023 Bridgestone Ladies Open 66-70-65-65=266 −18 7 strokes Japan Akie Iwai
9 28 May 2023 Resort Trust Ladies 68-65-66-68=267 −27 4 strokes Japan Miyū Sato
10 18 Jun 2023 Nichirei Ladies 65-65-69=199 −17 3 strokes Japan Akie Iwai
11 26 Nov 2023 Japan LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup 69-69-70-70=278 −10 3 strokes Japan Sayaka Takahashi
12 13 Oct 2024 Fujitsu Ladies 66-70-66=202 −14 Playoff Japan Ayaka Furue
13 17 Nov 2024 Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open 65-65-64-68=262 −23 2 strokes Japan Ai Suzuki

Tournaments in bold denotes major tournaments in LPGA of Japan Tour.

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship T17
U.S. Women's Open CUT T12
Women's PGA Championship T2
The Evian Championship T48 T39
Women's British Open 13 T21 CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
Women's PGA Championship 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2
Totals 0 1 0 1 1 5 9 7

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year Ranking Source
2018 836 [7]
2019 766 [8]
2020 312 [9]
2021 64 [10]
2022 23 [11]
2023 19^ [12]

^ as of 3 July 2023

References

  1. ^ a b c "Miyu Yamashita". LPGA of Japan. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  2. ^ "大会レコードで圧勝 山下美夢有ツアー初V" (in Japanese). JLPGA. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b "山下美夢有、記録ずくめV 年間獲得賞金史上最高＆日本選手初平均ストローク70切り「いい一年だった」／国内女子". サンケイスポーツ (in Japanese). 産経デジタル. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Mercedes Ranking (2022)". JLPGA.
  5. ^ "山下美夢有が史上最年少の女王戴冠 逆転で今季4勝目/国内女子". サンケイスポーツ (in Japanese). 産経デジタル. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  6. ^ "2022 JLPGA – Stats". JLPGA.
  7. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 3 July 2023.