Yuka Saso carded an eagle-aided 2-under-par 70 in the final round to finish at joint sixth place in the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions in Orlando, Florida Sunday, Jan. 22 (Monday in Manila).
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After shooting an eagle 3 on the second hole, the 21-year-old Fil-Japanese briefly stumbled with a bogey on the par-4 seventh before picking up her pace with three birdies in the next eight holes.
The 2021 US Women’s Open champion then fumbled with back-to-back bogeys on Nos. 16 and 17 to finish with a four-round aggregate of 280, eight strokes behind eventual champion Brooke Henderson.
Saso had earlier rounds of 70, 73 and 67.
Her sixth-place feat tied her with Paula Reto and Gaby Lopez, pocketing $56,117 (around P3.05 million).
Henderson, meanwhile, shot a similar 70 marred by a single bogey against three birdies to capture a four-stroke victory.
With earlier rounds of 67, 66 and 69, Henderson finished with a 272 total ahead of Maja Stark and Charley Hull.
Stark and Hull posted identical closing-round 69s for 276.