Miyu Yamashita WITB: Everything in the bag of this year's Women's Open winner

Deep dive into the setup of one of the hottest talents in the women's game.

Miyu Yamashita WITB
Miyu Yamashita WITB

24-year-old Japanese golfer Miyū Yamashita is quickly becoming one of the hottest prospects on the LPGA Tour.

Having turned pro at the tender age of just 16, Yamashita spent most of her formative years as a pro dominating on the LPGA tour of Japan, racking up 14 wins in relatively short order before moving over to the LPGA tour full-time.

Quickly, she established herself as a force to be reckoned with, tying for second at the 2024 Women's PGA before placing in the top 15 at this year's Evian.

The matter of Yamashita's first win outside of her native Japan, and indeed her maiden major victory, seemed like a case of when rather than if, and already she's delivered on both counts, delivering a clinic in windswept conditions at Royal Porthcawl to claim the AIG Women's Open by 2-strokes.

A Srixon staff player, Yamashita is among a prized selection of Japanese players on the LPGA tour to game the company's clubs. Indeed, 2025 is proving to be an immense year for the brand, with J.J. Spaun winning the U.S. Open with Srixon clubs, Keegan Bradley claiming victory at the Travelers a week after, and two of Yamashita's compatriots and Srixon team members Minami Katsu and Rio Takeda, claiming places in the Women's Open top 5.

As such, with both Yamashita and Srixon themselves on the ascendency, we thought it high time to dive deep into the set up that's brought the new world number 15 so much success.

Miyū Yamashita WITB

Miyū Yamashita Bio
Age24
Turned pro2020
Major wins1
Professional wins14
Miyu Yamashita WITB
DriverSrixon ZXi (9 degrees; Fujikura Speeder NX Green 40 SR)
WoodsSrixon ZX Mk II (3-wood, 5-wood; Fujikura Speeder NX Green 50 SR)
HybridsSrixon ZX Mk II (4-hybrid, 5-hybrid); Fujikura Ventus Blue HB 7-S)
IronsSrixon ZXi5 (6-iron; True Temper Dynamic Gold 85 R300), Srixon ZXi7 (7-iron-PW; True Temper Dynamic Gold 85 R300)
WedgesCleveland RTZ (48-degree, 52-degree, 58-degree)
PutterTaylorMade Spider Tour X Black L-Neck
Golf ballSrixon Z-Star XV
Golf ShoeNew Balance Fresh Foam Contend V2

Driver & Woods: Srixon ZXi

While Srixon's team of players have prevailed in many a tournament so far this year, Yamashita's victory at the Women's Open represents by far the biggest victory for Srixon's ZXi driver since its launch earlier this year. In fact, alongside Shane Lowry and big-driving American Ryan Fox, Yamashita is one of just a few Srixon staff players to game a full suite of the brand's flagship woods. Hideki Matsuyama still plays his old Srixon ZX5 MKII and the likes of Spaun and Bradley preferring woods from different brands altogether. 

Yamashita's victory, then, will be a welcome signal that Srixon is capable of making a major-winning driver after all. 

Yamashita's choice of driver shaft carries through to her fairway woods, all three being equipped with Fujikura's mid-launch, mid/low spin Speeder NX Green.

Hybrids: Srixon ZX Mk II

Yamashita is yet to transition into Srixon's current-gen  hybrids, instead sticking with what she knows in the ZX Mk II woods that were released back in 2023 and not supplanted until the ZXi launched earlier this year. She plays two in total, with a choice of 4-hybrid and 5-hybrid all available to her for launch, accuracy and versatility in a range of scenarios off both the tee and fairway.

Her hybrids come equipped with Fujikura's ever-popular Ventus Blue—something of an all-rounder with a mid launch, low spin profile.

Irons: Srixon ZXi5, Srixon ZXi7

Yamashita is one of many Srixon tour players who game a combination of the brand's irons, reflecting a growing trend among tour fitters to put their players into a variety of different models to provide differing levels of forgiveness and workability. 

Yamashita in particular plays a combination of Srixon's ZXi5 and ZXi7 irons—both introduced as player-oriented models but complementing eachother in terms of performance. Her ZXi5s provide additional launch and forgiveness towards the longer end of the bag, while the ZXi7 is more workable around the greens.

Wedges: Cleveland RTZ

Cleveland's wedges aren't generally a hugely common sight in most winner equipment lists, with Titleist's Vokey and TaylorMade's MG wedges by far the most popular choices on tour. The RTZ, however, has proven sucessful this year so far, racking up wins in the hands of Keegan Bradley, Sepp Straka and Hideki Matsuyama. Yamashita's victory at the open brings the range a milestone first major victory.

Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X Black L-Neck

The one area where Yamashita does deviate from the Srixon/Cleveland pairing is in her choice of putter. She, like countless other tour players, is a devotee of Taylormade's Spider Tour X—a model beloved by the likes of Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, to name just a couple.

Like the world number 1, Yamashita games hers in the Tour X Black L-Neck set-up, with the classic plumbers neck design beloved for its ability to promote a natural, consistent putting arc.

Golf Ball: Srixon Z-Star XV

Behind the Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x, Srixon's Z-Star XV is, surprisingly the third-most popular golf ball in the professional game. Half a dozen male tour pros play it, including Shane Lowry and Lucas Glover, while the XV is also enduringly popular at LPGA level as well. 

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