Japan's Miyu Yamashita and Rio Takeda pull away from the field at Women's British Open
The Japanese players, both among the top 15 in the women's world ranking, played in the same group at Royal Porthcawl and put on a show in the second round, matching great shots and big putts along the way that left the rest of the field far behind.
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