Miyu Yamashita won the Women's British Open here on Sunday, becoming the sixth Japanese woman to clinch a major golf title.

Miyu Yamashita of Japan captured her first major title Sunday 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.

Yamashita won for the first time on the LPGA, although she’s won 13 times on the Japan LPGA and relied on that experience to ...