Women's Open winner Miyu Yamashita has won the LPGA's Maybank Championship in a three-way play-off in Malaysia.

The 24-year-old Japanese player sealed her second career title in only her first full year on the tour with a birdie on the first playoff hole, while three-round leader Hye-Jin Choi of South Korea and Australia's Hannah Green could only manage pars.

Yamashita carded the day's equal lowest round of 65 to swiftly climb up a congested leaderboard to 18-under at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country club course.

Choi, who began the final round with a four-stroke lead, struggled to convert key putts as her advantage slipped away.

The 26-year-old Choi now has 29 career top-10 finishes, but is yet to find her breakthrough win on the tour. It's also the third time she has led a tournamen

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