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Miyu Yamashita holds off Yan Liu to defend her LPGA Maybank Championship title

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Miyu Yamashita won the LPGA Tour’s Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday by two strokes over Yan Liu, finishing with a 72-hole total of 22-under par 266. This victory marks Yamashita's fifth career title and her second win this season after taking the CPKC Women’s Open earlier in August. Throughout the tournament, Yamashita led from the second round until the end, securing her title with a final-round score of 68 that included five birdies against one bogey.

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Miyu Yamashita defended her title at the LPGA Tour's Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur on November 1, 2026, beating Yan Liu by two strokes. Yamashita, who won last year's tournament after a three-way playoff, finished with a total score of 22-under par (266) following a final round of 68 at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club course. Yan Liu, despite shooting a final-round 68, finished two strokes behind Yamashita at 18-under par (268). This victory marks Yamashita's fifth career title and her second win in the LPGA Tour this season after winning the CPKC Women’s Open in August.

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Miyu Yamashita successfully defended her title at the LPGA Tour’s Maybank Championship on Sunday, beating China’s Yan Liu by two strokes. asserted

Yamashita → defend → strokes

The 2025 Women’s British Open winner and third-round leader had a 72-hole total of 22-under 266 after a final round 68 on the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club course. asserted

winner → have → course

She won last year’s Malaysian tournament after a three-way playoff. asserted

She → win → playoff

The Japanese golfer had five birdies Sunday, for just the one bogey at the par-4 9th, in a near perfect week where she led from Friday’s second round until the final hole. asserted

she → have → hole

It was the 25-year-old’s fifth career title and second in the LPGA Tour this season after she took a wire-to-wire, nine-stroke victory in the CPKC Women’s Open at Royal Mayfair in Edmonton, Alberta in August. asserted

she → take → August

On the back of Saturday’s 63 to surge into contention, Yan kept in touch throughout the final round as she also shot a 68, but couldn’t quite close the gap to the nerveless Yamashita and finished at 18-under 268. asserted

she → surge → under

Pauline Roussin-Bouchard, who led after the first round, shot 69 Sunday and was tied for third with amateur player Marisa Tojai (67) of Thailand a further shot back. asserted

who → lead → Thailand

Next week, the LPGA’s four-week, late-season Asian swing ends with the Toto Japan Classic at Omitama outside Tokyo. asserted

swing → end → Tokyo

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