Saso finishes joint third in Amundi Evian Championship, pockets P15.5 M
Yuka Saso carded a closing 1-under par 70 to finish in a four-way tie for third place at the The Amundi Evian Championship in Evian-Les-Bains, France over the weekend.
The Fil-Japanese had a rollercoaster round of five birdies against four bogeys to tally a four-round total of 277, seven strokes behind eventual champion Celine Boutier. Boutier shot a 68 for 270 to capture the crown and the $1 million prize purse by six shots, becoming the first French winner of the tournament. Canadian Brooke Henderson took home the runner-up honors with a 276 after a closing 70. Saso, who pocketed $283,278 (around P15.5 million), came through with earlier rounds of 67, 69 and 71, to finish tied with Celine Borge (68), Gaby Lopez (68), and Korean A Lim Kim (69). She started with a birdie-bogey and then stumbled with back-to-back bogeys on the sixth and seventh holes, before firing three birdies in the next six holes. She encountered another bogey mishap on No. 14 before following it up with a birdie on the par-5 15th hole. Meanwhile, recently crowned US Women’s Open champion Allisen Corpuz, whose father hails from Ilocos Norte, limped home with a 73 for 288 to finish at joint 54th. For a moment, the Fil-American appeared swift with her shots after a front nine 32 spiked by three birdies until she struggled on the 10th with a triple bogey. She recovered with a birdie on the next hole, but found herself losing her touch with another bogey on the 13th and a double bogey on the 16th.
*Yuka Saso ties for third place at the close of the Amundi Evian Championship in France. (AFP)
*The Fil-Japanese had a rollercoaster round of five birdies against four bogeys to tally a four-round total of 277, seven strokes behind eventual champion Celine Boutier. Boutier shot a 68 for 270 to capture the crown and the $1 million prize purse by six shots, becoming the first French winner of the tournament. Canadian Brooke Henderson took home the runner-up honors with a 276 after a closing 70. Saso, who pocketed $283,278 (around P15.5 million), came through with earlier rounds of 67, 69 and 71, to finish tied with Celine Borge (68), Gaby Lopez (68), and Korean A Lim Kim (69). She started with a birdie-bogey and then stumbled with back-to-back bogeys on the sixth and seventh holes, before firing three birdies in the next six holes. She encountered another bogey mishap on No. 14 before following it up with a birdie on the par-5 15th hole. Meanwhile, recently crowned US Women’s Open champion Allisen Corpuz, whose father hails from Ilocos Norte, limped home with a 73 for 288 to finish at joint 54th. For a moment, the Fil-American appeared swift with her shots after a front nine 32 spiked by three birdies until she struggled on the 10th with a triple bogey. She recovered with a birdie on the next hole, but found herself losing her touch with another bogey on the 13th and a double bogey on the 16th.