Miyu Yamashita shares the first-round LPGA lead in Japan as she tries for two wins in a row

OMITAMA, Japan (AP) — Miyu Yamashita, who won the LPGA's Maybank Championship in Malaysia over the weekend, was among three players atop the leaderboard after Thursday's first round of the Toto Japan Classic.Yamashita and fellow Japanese Aki Iwai and Sayaka Takahashi players shot 6-under-66s for a one-stroke lead over a group of three more just off the pace.