AIG Women's British Open leaderboard, highlights: Miyu Yamashita wins final major of 2025
Miyu Yamashita carded a 2-under 70 Sunday in the final round of the AIG Women's Open to hold on for the victory at Royal Porthcawl.
A champion has been crowned in the final major of 2025.
Miyu Yamashita carded a 2-under 70 Sunday in the final round of the AIG Women's Open to hold on for the victory at Royal Porthcawl. It's the first career major victory for the 24-year-old from Japan, who had to fend off a strong charge from crowd favorite Charley Hull throughout the day.
After a dazzling 65 on Friday, Yamashita held a three-stroke 36-hole lead, but a 74 Saturday caused that lead to dwindle to just one. She held strong Sunday, though, and despite a valiant effort, Hull closed out her final round with two bogeys in the last three holes to secure the victory for Yamashita.
Read below for more coverage, highlights, scores and updates from the final round of the 2025 AIG Women's Open.
Women's British Open leaderboard
Keep tabs on every score being carded at Royal Porthcawl with our 2025 AIG Women's Open leaderboard. Here's how it looked at the conclusion of Sunday's final round.
| POSITION | PLAYER | SCORE | THRU |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. Yamashita | -11 | F |
| T2 | C. Hull | -9 | F |
| T2 | M. Katsu | -9 | F |
| T4 | R. Takeda | -7 | F |
| T4 | A. Kim | -7 | F |
Miyu Yamashita wins the 2025 AIG Women's British Open
Miyu Yamashita was nearly unshakeable down the stretch on Sunday, save for a bogey on the 17th, and she closed out her first major victory to the tune of a 2-under 70, finishing two shots clear of a tie for second between Charley Hull and Minami Katsu at 9 under.
Hull cut Yamashita's lead to one on the back nine, but back-to-back bogeys on Nos. 16 and 17 dashed her hopes of capturing her first major championship.
Miyu Yamashita's lead is back to two
Charley Hull avoided total disaster when she rolled in a long bogey putt at the par-4 16th, but Miyu Yamashita made a gutsy par at the 14th to remain at 12 under. She holds a two-shot lead with three holes to play.
Charley Hull gets within one shot of the lead
The Englishwoman is charging.
A birdie at the par-4 14th, which is playing as the toughest hole at Royal Porthcawl this week, got Charley Hull to 11 under, just one shot behind 54-hole leader Miyu Yamashita. Both women are seeking their first major championship.
Hull is 5 under for the day and putting some serious pressure on Yamashita, who saw a comfortable lead dwindle to just one shot on Saturday. That's still the margin with six holes left to go in the final major of 2025.
Back nine of the year's final major is here
Miyu Yamashita birdied the last two holes on the front nine to make the turn at 12 under, three shots ahead of Charley Hull and four in front of A Lim Kim.
Bogey-free on the day, Yamashita shot 33 on the front side as she contends for her first LPGA title. Compatriot Mao Saigo broke through with her first LPGA victory at the year's first major, the Chevron Championship. Hinako Shibuno became the first Japanese player to win the Women's British in 2019.
Charley Hall is charging at Women's British Open
Charley Hull is now within one stroke of leader Miyu Yamashita after making three birdies in her last four holes. The Englishwoman said yesterday that she loved a good chase.
"I like hunting someone down," she said.
Amateur Paula Martin Sampedro wraps up Smyth Salver in style
Stanford's Paula Martin Sampedro put an exclamation point on her week in Wales with a back-nine 30 that included five consecutive birdies. The Spaniard closed with a 4-under 68 to zoom up the board and into a share of eighth at 4 under. Her inward 30 is the lowest score of the week by two.
Martin Sampedro wraps up the coveted Smyth Salver for low amateur as Carla Bernat struggled with a 78 on Sunday to finish at 9 over for the championship, while Jeneath Wong shot 82 to finish at 17 over.
Shakeup at the top at AIG Women's British Open
After A Lim Kim pulled into a tie with Miyu Yamashita, she gave it right back with a three-putt bogey on the third hole to drop one back. Charley Hull remains three back in solo third.
On a side note, Hull could play her way onto the new World Team for the International Crown. England did not qualify.
An ace assist? Steph Kyriacou helps playing partner make a hole-in-one
On Friday, Steph Kyriacou made her first ace on the LPGA at the AIG Women's British Open at Royal Porthcawl on the eighth hole. On Sunday, the Aussie was credited with a rare ace assist.
After Kyriacou came within an inch of her second ace of the week on the par-3 fifth, Mimi Rhodes' hit hit a similar shot from 184 yards that ricocheted off Kyriacou's ball and into the cup.
The ace moved England's Rhodes, a three-time winner on the LET this season, into the top 10 at 4 under. Kryiacou is even for the championship. She opened with a triple-bogey 7 after hitting her second shot out of bounds.
Charley Hull's bid to win her home Open begins
Charley Hull hit a stellar tee shot down the first. The 29-year-old begins her day three back at 6 under. The Englishwoman's best finish in this championship came close to home two years ago at Walton Heath when she finished runner-up to Lilia Vu.
AIG's instagram account posted a terrific then and now series of a star who has grown up in the public eye.
British Open Sunday will be a firm test: 'It's quite tough out there'
Shannon Tan rocketed up the board with a 2-under 70 on Sunday, a particularly low round on a testy day. Wind, rain cold. Sunday at the British Open has all the elements in play.
When asked what would be a good score for the leaders this afternoon, Tan said even par.
"I think a lot of people out there would take level par," said Tan. "It's quite tough out there. Right now especially if it starts raining again it's going to get tougher as well."
O.B. on the first hole for the Aussie Kyriacou at Porthcawl
Steph Kyriacou hit her second shot out of bounds on the opening hole. The Aussie, who began the day at 3 under, tripled the first hole.
On Friday, Kyriacou made up a lot of ground with an ace on the eighth hole and a hole-out from the bunker for eagle on the 18th.
Nothing easy early at the Women's British
It's the last day of major championship golf in 2025, and it's shaping up to be a tough one at chilly Royal Porthcawl. Not many red numbers early on an at the AIG, with Shannon Tan (70), Stacy Lewis (71) and Pajaree Anannarunkarn (1 under through eight) the only players under par on a blustery day.
Lottie Woad, the betting favorite entering the week, has just teed off the first hole and begins the day six back.
Where to watch, follow the 2025 Women's British Open
In addition to the options listed below, the R&A will live stream coverage and have R&A radio all day as well.
Final round, Sunday, Aug. 3
- 7 a.m. ET - 12 p.m. ET, USA
- 12 p.m. ET -2 p.m. ET, NBC, Peacock
- 7 a.m. ET - 2 p.m. ET, NBC Sports App
What is the playoff format for the 2025 Women's British Open?
The R&A uses sudden death for the playoff at the Women's Open. If two or more players are tied after 72 holes of regulation, they will play the 18th hole as many times as necessary until there is just one player with a better score than anyone else. This differs from the Open Championship playoff format, where the men play a three-hole aggregate before shifting to sudden death.
What is the prize money for the 2025 Women's British Open?
The total purse at the AIG is $9.5 million with the winner taking home $1.425 million. That first-place money compares to the $1.2 million Grace Kim won at the Amundi Evian Championship, the $1.8 million Minjee Lee won at the KPMG Women's PGA, the $2.4 million Maja Stark won at the U.S. Open and the $1.2 million that Mao Saigo won at the Chevron Championship.