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Sakuma wins LPGA Japan title after late hot streak
Japan's Shuri Sakuma poses after winning the LPGA Japan Classic golf tournament at Taiheiyo Club Minori Course in Omitama, Ibaraki prefecture on November 8, 2026. (AFP)

Shuri Sakuma won the LPGA Japan Classic by four shots on Sunday after firing off six birdies in her last eight holes of a scorching final round.

Sakuma, who is ranked number two on Japan's JLPGA Tour, carded a final-day score of 8-under-par 64 after starting the round three shots behind leader Aki Iwai.

She rattled in eight birdies in a bogey-free final round at the Taiheiyo Club's Minori Course in Omitama, outside Tokyo.

It gave her a final score of 20-under overall, putting her comfortably clear of runner-up Iwai.

It was the 23-year-old Sakuma's fifth win of the season and her second in consecutive weeks on the Japanese tour.

Iwai finished a stroke clear of Erika Hara, with Yuna Araki and Thailand's Arpichaya Yubol one further back.

Japan's defending champion Nasa Hataoka, a seven-time winner on the LPGA Tour, finished seven strokes off the lead.

Thailand's world number two Jeeno Thitikul finished on 4-under overall.

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