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Nasa Hataoka wins in a playoff to take the rain-shortened LPGA Toto Japan Classic

Nasa Hataoka won a playoff to take the LPGA’s Toto Japan Classic after the final 18 holes were washed out by all-day rain and what officials termed “unplayable course conditions.”

NOVEMBER 9, 2025 • Associated Press

Japanese Hataoka and Araki atop the leaderboard after the third round of the Toto Japan Classic

Japanese golfers Nasa Hataoka and Yuna Araki sit atop the leaderboard after the third round of the LPGA’s Toto Japan Classic

NOVEMBER 8, 2025 • Associated Press

Nasa Hataoka and Shin Ji-yai atop the leaderboard after the second round of the Toto Japan Classic

Japanese golfer Nasa Hataoka and Shin Ji-yai of South Korea sit atop the leaderboard after the second round of the LPGA’s Toto Japan Classic

NOVEMBER 7, 2025 • Associated Press

Nasa Hataoka and Miyu Yamashita atop LPGA leaderboard after first round in Japan

Japanese golfers Nasa Hataoka and Miyu Yamashita each shot 7-under 65 to stand atop the leaderboard after the first round of the LPGA’s Toto Japan Classic

NOVEMBER 6, 2025 • Associated Press

Australia beats US to win LPGA's International Crown for the first time

Australia has won the LPGA’s International Crown tournament by defeating the United States on Sunday

OCTOBER 26, 2025 • Associated Press

Americans win fourth straight fourball match at the LPGA's International Crown team event

The United States stayed perfect at the LPGA’s International Crown tournament, winning its third and fourth fourball matches and ending No. 1-ranked Jeeno Thitikul's unbeaten recor...

OCTOBER 24, 2025 • Associated Press

Americans beat China twice. Thitikul stays perfect at LPGA's International Crown team event

The United States has defeated China twice in fourball matches on the first day of the LPGA’s International Crown tournament while world No. 1-ranked Jeeno Thitikul remained perfec...

OCTOBER 23, 2025 • Associated Press

Sei Young Kim maintains her lead after two rounds of the LPGA tournament in South Korea

Sei Young Kim followed up her opening 10-under 62 with a 66 Friday to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend at the LPGA's BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea

OCTOBER 17, 2025 • Associated Press

A pair of LPGA veterans are at the top of the South Korea leaderboard after the 1st round

Two decade-long veterans on the LPGA Tour — 32-year-old Sei Young Kim and 34-year-old American Lindy Duncan — are among the leaders after the first round of the BMW Ladies Champion...

OCTOBER 16, 2025 • Associated Press

Akie Iwai wins Portland Classic to join twin sister Chisato as rookie LPGA Tour champion

Akie Iwai joined twin sister Chisato as a rookie LPGA Tour winner Sunday at Columbia Edgewater, closing with a 6-under 66 for a four-stroke victory in The Standard Portland Classic

AUGUST 17, 2025 • Associated Press

Miyu Yamashita of Japan wins the Women's British Open for her first major title

Miyu Yamashita of Japan captured her first major title when she withstood a charge by Charley Hull by not making a bogey until the outcome of the Women’s British Open was no longer...

AUGUST 3, 2025 • Associated Press

Yamashita struggles and sees her Women's British Open lead shrink to 1 shot over Kim

Miyu Yamashita didn't have the best of birthdays on the golf course

AUGUST 2, 2025 • Associated Press

Miyu Yamashita leads Rio Takeda by three shots heading into weekend at Women's British Open - The Boston Globe Nelly Korda and rising English star Lottie Woad were among the top 10 on the leaderboard and still nine shots behind at the halfway point at...

AUGUST 2, 2025 • BOSTONGLOBE.COM

Japan's Miyu Yamashita and Rio Takeda pull away from the field at Women's British Open

Miyu Yamashita and Rio Takeda are pulling away in the Women's British Open

AUGUST 1, 2025 • Associated Press

Rio Takeda and Eri Okayama lead a Japanese surge in the Women's British Open

Rio Takeda and Eri Okayama are leading a strong Japanese showing in the Women's British Open

JULY 31, 2025 • Associated Press

Minjee Lee has 1st bogey-free round at windy Women's PGA to take 4-shot lead into final day

Two-time major champion Minjee Lee has taken over the lead with the first bogey-free round for anyone during the wind-swept KPMG Women’s PGA Championship

JUNE 21, 2025 • Associated Press

Jeeno Thitikul extends Women's PGA lead and semi-retired Lexi Thompson contending for another major

Jeeno Thitikul has extended her lead to three strokes at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship

JUNE 20, 2025 • Associated Press

Jeeno Thitikul stays patient and goes on a birdie streak to take first-round lead at Women's PGA

Jeeno Thitikul made five birdies in a six-hole stretch midway through the first round on way to a 4-under 68 to lead the KPMG Women's PGA Championship

JUNE 20, 2025 • Associated Press

Maja Stark avoids mistakes to take 1-shot lead into final round of the U.S. Women's Open

Maja Stark shot a 2-under 70 and avoided the mistakes that befell other contenders Saturday to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the U.S. Women’s Open at Erin Hills

MAY 31, 2025 • Associated Press

6-way tie for 1st-round lead at 4-under 68 in US Women's Open at Erin Hills

Angel Yin started experimenting with a new putter about a month ago and decided to use it in a tournament for the first time at the most prestigious event in women’s golf

MAY 29, 2025 • Associated Press

Chisato Iwai wins Mexico Riviera Maya Open by 6 shots for first LPGA title

Chisato Iwai is a winner on the LPGA Tour, and it wasn't even close

MAY 25, 2025 • Associated Press

Akie Iwai shoots 64 playing alongside twin sister for share of the LPGA Tour lead at El Caballero

Akie Iwai shot an 8-under 64 playing alongside her twin sister Saturday for a share of the third-round lead in the JM Eagle LA Championship with Lauren Coughlin and Ingrid Lindblad

APRIL 20, 2025 • Associated Press

Scheffler and McIlroy add star power to the Houston Open. LPGA resumes its US schedule in Arizona

Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy give the Houston Open more star power than usual

MARCH 25, 2025 • Associated Press

Rio Takeda Becomes Second Rolex First-Time Winner of 2025 Season at Blue Bay LPGA | News | LPGA | Ladies Professional Golf Association SKIP TO MAIN CONTENT

MARCH 12, 2025 • LPGA.COM

Rio Takeda fires 64 at Blue Bay, captures second LPGA Tour title LPGA Tour rookie Rio Takeda carded an 8-under-par 64 on Sunday to cruise to a six-stroke victory at the Blue Bay LPGA on Hainan Island, Chin...

MARCH 9, 2025 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM

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