Miyu Yamashita kept her hot streak alive at TPC Boston, sharing the lead after tying the LPGA Tour's 72-hole scoring record just days earlier. She put together a dominant nine-stroke victory in Canada to enter this event rolling, and she carried that momentum straight into the weekend.
Yamashita's form suggests she's hitting a peak at exactly the right time in the season. The consistency needed to post a record-tying score and then immediately contend again at another event separates the best players from the rest of the field. Her position at the top of the leaderboard here confirms she's not riding a one-week wave. This is a player who's locked in.
For the rest of the field chasing her, Yamashita represents the kind of opponent nobody wants to see standing over a tee shot. When you've just set the tour's standard for 72-hole scoring, you carry confidence that's hard to shake. The players tied with her know they'll need to play clean golf and capitalize on opportunities. Yamashita won't gift them anything.