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.

The AIG Women’s British Open announced Wednesday that it has increased its total prize purse this year by $250,000, moving it up to a record $9.75 million. The winner on Sunday at Royal Porthcawl, 24-year-old Miyu Yamashita from Japan,

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 in doubt