Yamashita completed an 11-under par total of 277 to land her first win on the LPGA and while some viewed the result as a shock she was ranked 15th in the world at the start of the week off the back of 13 wins in her homeland since turning professional in 2020. It would be no surprise if this major win was the first of many.

A 21-year-old Englishwoman has emerged as the bookmakers' choice to claim victory at the AIG Women's British Open, marking an extraordinary ascent in professional golf. Lottie Woad enters Royal Porthcawl as the tournament favourite merely seven days after capturing her maiden professional title at the Scottish Open.

Lottie Woad doesn’t remember exactly what she was doing on July 1. “Probably just practicing”, she guesses when asked thursday after the first round of the AIG Women’s British Open at Royal Porthcawl.