Three LPGA golfers have won consecutive tournaments in 2026. Might there be a fourth this week?
Miyu Yamashita of Japan, who won last week's CPKC Women's Open in a rout by nine shots, shot 2-under 70 on Friday. She had it to 10 under and the solo lead at one point but a late bogey dropped her into a three-way tie for the lead at the FM Championship.
Yamashita has two wins this season and a third this week would put her alongside three golfers who have won back-to-back starts in 2026: Hyo Joo Kim (Fortinet and Ford in March), Nelly Korda (Chevron and Riviera Maya in April) and Haeran Ryu (KPMG Women's PGA and Amundi Evian) in late June/early July.
Yamashita started on the back nine and birdie Nos. 16 and 17. A bogey on No. 1 was followed by birdies
at Nos. 2 and 6 before one more bogey at the eighth hole. A somewhat ho-hum round but she's co-leading alongside Kim, and Allisen Corpuz, who has yet to win in 2026. Two golfers tied for fourth, Morgane Metraux and Ruoning Yin, posted 7-under 65s. Suvichaya Vinijchaitham, tied for ninth, also shot 65, the best score of the day Friday.
Defending champ Lottie Woad is tied for 27th after a 73 on Friday.
Notables who advanced to the weekend at the 2026 FM Championship
- Ruoning Yin, T4, 8 under
- Haeran Ryu, T9, 6 under
- Sei Young Kim, T9, 6 under
- Jeeno Thitikul, T19, 4 under
- Rose Zhang, T19, 4 under
- Charley Hull, T27, 3 under
- Lottie Woad, T27, 3 under
- Anna Nordqvist, T32, 2 under
- Nelly Korda, T54, even
LPGA golfers who missed the cut at the 2026 FM Championship
- Brooke Henderson, T67, 1 over
- Jennifer Kupcho, T67, 1 over
- Lexi Thompson, T67, 1 over
- Lydia Ko, T77, 2 over
- Yealimi Noh, T101, 4 over
The tournament at TPC Boston, in its third year, has one of the largest purses on the LPGA at $4.4 million.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Miyu Yamashita co-leads FM Championship, aims to be 4th back-to-back winner in 2026
