Woad suffers play-off heartbreak as Yamashita snatches LPGA Tour win

England’s Lottie Woad narrowly missed out on her second LPGA Tour victory of the season after Miyu Yamashita snatched a dramatic play-of victory at the Meijer LPGA Classic.

Woad was a shot off the halfway lead and remained one back heading into the final day at Blythefield Country Club, where she outlasted Jing Yan and appeared to be holding off a final-round charge from AIG Women's Open champion Miyu Yamashita when she moved top of the leaderboard.

The 22-year-old reached the turn in 33 and took advantage of the par-five 14th, before a spectacular bunker hole-out at the par-four 17th gave her a two-shot cushion heading into the par-five 18th.

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Yamashita - playing in the group ahead - birdied the last to close a round-of-the-day 64 and set the clubhouse target at 17 under, which was enough to force a play-of when Woad three-putted from 50 feet for a closing bogey.

The players returned to the par-five 18th for the play-off and both found the green with their third shots, with Woad missing her birdie effort before Yamashita - who started the day five back - holed from four feet to close a remarkable third LPGA Tour victory.

Wei-Ling Hsu shared third spot with China's Yan Liu on 15 under, with Minji Kang a further stroke back in fifth ahead of 54-hole leader Yan - who bogeyed the par-five last, Grace Kim, Minami Katsu and Cassie Porter.

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What's next?

The women's major continues this week at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, held at Hazeltine National in Minnesota, where Minjee Lee is defending champion and Nelly Korda chases a third consecutive major victory.

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