Yuri Yoshida reacts after winning the World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup at Ibaraki Golf Club in Tsukubamirai, eastern Japan, on May 7, 2023. (Kyodo) Yuri Yoshida managed a 1-over 73 in Sunday's rain-hit final round of the World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup to win Japan's first women's golf major of the year. The 23-year-old Yoshida finished at 1-over 289, three strokes clear of South Korean runner-up Shin Ji Yai, at Ibaraki Golf Club in Ibaraki Prefecture. Her first major title and third win on the tour earned Yoshida 24 million yen ($178,000) and a three-year tour exemption after she held on to her overnight lead with three birdies and four bogeys.

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