Yuka Saso is celebrating the best of both worlds. In 2021, the Filipino-Japanese golfer became the first Filipina to capture the US Women’s Open title. This time, she hoisted the silver Semple Trophy and became the first player to win for Japan. Yuka Saso holds the tournament trophy after winning...
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — The first Filipina to win the U.S. Women's Open, and now the first from Japan. Sweetest of all for Yuka Saso was sharing the biggest prize in her sport with countries of both her parents. Saso delivered a masterpiece on the back nine at tough Lancaster Country Club on...
Yuka Saso (AFP/File photo) Filipino-Japanese golfer Yuka Saso punctuated her return to action with a pair of eagles that highlighted her six-under par 65 final round performance in the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Sunday (Monday in Manila) at the Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers, Northwest...
Yuka Saso (AFP) Filipino-Japanese golfer Yuka Saso has taken the No. 3 spot in the latest LPGA’s money list, three months after she pocketed $1 million for ruling the US Women’s Open Championship in San Francisco, California. The 20-year-old Saso has total earnings of $1,212,225, or...
Photo from AFP With three bogeys in the scorecard, Filipino-Japanese golfer Yuka Saso struggled almost all day in the third round as she shot a two-over par 74 in the AIG Women’s British Open Saturday (Sunday morning in Manila) at the Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland. Saso failed to convert on...
Photo from AFP Filipino-Japanese golfer Yuka Saso boosted her bid for a second major title after shooting a one-under 71 in the second round of the AIG Women’s British Open Friday at the Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland. Saso finished the day at five-under in the $4.5 million tournament...
Yuka Saso, left, of the Philippines plays for several rounds with former World No. 1 and 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist Lydia Ko of New Zealand Monday, August 2 at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Saitama, Japan. (Photo from the National Golf Association of the Philippines (NGAP) Facebook page)...
Senator Sonny Angara has filed a Senate resolution commending golfer Yuka Saso for scoring a “momentous victory” for the Philippines in the U.S. Women’s Open Golf Championship. In filing Senate Resolution No. 755, Angara noted that the Japanese-Filipina athlete joins the roster of Filipino...
