OMITAMA (AFP) -- Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Mone Inami got her game together at just the right time to win the LPGA Japan Classic on Sunday, Nov. 5, as overnight co-leader Nasa Hataoka imploded. Japan's Mone Inami poses with the trophy after her victory in the final round of the LPGA Japan...
Yuka Saso of Japan plays her shot from the 12th tee during the second round of the 75th U.S. Women's Open Championship at Champions Golf Club Jackrabbit Course on December 11, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Carmen Mandato/Getty Images/AFP Yuka Saso missed the cut of the first LPGA of Japan Tour event this...
Yuka Saso. (Photo from PGA of America) By REY C. LACHICA She’s just a rookie in the Japan Ladies Professional Golf Association (JLPGA) but Fil-Japanese Yuka Saso is already a multi-millionaire. The country’s lone double-gold winner in the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia breached the P30-million...
Yuka Saso (File Photo) Yuka Saso and Momoko Ueda try to engage each other in a virtual “match play” when they see action in the Descente Ladies Tokai Classic beginning Friday at the Shinminami Aichi Country Club’s Mihama course in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Yuka Yasuda was actually the one...
Yuka Saso (File Photo) Filipino-Japanese Yuka Saso failed on her ‘comeback’ bid as she carded a four-over par 76 to finish tied for 13th in the JLPGA Championship Konica Minolta Cup Sunday in Okayama, Japan. Saso, who was in joint fourth place to start the final round, managed a...
Asian games gold medalist takes home P6.58M prize money Filipina golfer Yuka Saso bags her first win in the JLPGA tournament. (File Photo) Asian Games gold medalist Yuka Saso finally won in the Japan LPGA Tour as she fired a 9-under par 63 to rule the NEC Karuizawa Tournament Sunday in...