In 2025, Japan’s Miyu Yamashita won the Maybank Championship in a playoff with a four-round total of 18-under 270. This year, the 25-year-old is already at 18 under through 54 holes at Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club in Malaysia, holding a two-shot edge over Yan Liu and Pauline Roussin-Bouchard as she aims to win her third LPGA title of the 2026 season and her fifth in 14 months.
Yamashita’s ball-striking has been impressive in her title defense. During Saturday’s third round, she hit 13 of 14 fairways and 15 of 18 greens as she posted a third straight score in the 60s. That said, she’s coming into the tournament with momentum having finished inside the top-10 in four straight starts. That leaves her with 12 top-10s to date in 2025 as she is putting together the best LPGA season of her young career.
If Yamashita holds on to win, she’ll claim a $450,000 first-place prize money payout from an overall purse of $3 million.
Here’s the prize money payouts for every golfer in the 78-player, no cut event. Come back on Sunday after the final round to see individual names and paydays.
Win: $450,000
2: $273,806
3: $198,627
4: $153,654
5: $123,674
6: $101,187
7: $84,698
8: $74,205
9: $66,710
10: $60,712
11: $56,214
12: $52,466
13: $49,168
14: $46,171
15: $43,472
16: $41,074
17: $38,976
18: $37,177
19: $35,679
20: $34,478
21: $33,280
22: $32,080
23: $30,882
24: $29,681
25: $28,633
26: $27,584
27: $26,532
28: $25,484
29: $24,435
30: $23,535
31: $22,636
32: $21,736
33: $20,836
34: $19,937
35: $19,189
36: $18,438
37: $17,690
38: $16,940
39: $16,189
40: $15,590
41: $14,991
42: $14,392
43: $13,791
44: $13,192
45: $12,742
46: $12,292
47: $11,842
48: $11,392
49: $10,942
50: $10,493
51: $10,195
52: $9,894
53: $9,593
54: $9,295
55: $8,994
56: $8,693
57: $8,395
58: $8,094
59: $7,796
60: $7,496
61: $7,347
62: $7,195
63: $7,046
64: $6,897
65: $6,745
66: $6,596
67: $6,447
68: $6,295
69: $6,146
70: $5,997
71: $5,923
72: $5,845
73: $5,771
74: $5,696
75: $5,628
76: $5,556
77: $5,486
78: $5,416
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
