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...
Photo from AFP Filipino-Japanese golfer Yuka Saso shot a one-under par 71 in the second round of the AIG Women’s British Open Friday (Friday night in Manila) at the Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland. The 20-year-old Saso had back-to-back birdies on 4 and 5 but she closed the front nine with a...
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)...
Yuka Saso (AFP) Filipino-Japanese golfer Yuka Saso finished with a final round of five-under par 67 that allowed her to tally a four-day total of 285 in the KPMG Women’s PGA Sunday (Monday in Manila) at the Highlands Course of the Atlanta Athletic Club in Atlanta, Georgia. It was the best round...
Yuka Saso of Philippines plays her shot from the ninth tee during the first round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club on June 24, 2021 in Johns Creek, Georgia. (AFP) Dottie Ardina of the Philippines fired a two-under 70 for a joint 10th place while Yuka Saso carded a...
Yuka Saso (AFP) Yuka Saso will be aiming for a second major title on US soil when she competes in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship scheduled June 24 to 27 at the Atlanta Athletic Club in John Creek, Georgia. Fresh from an inspiring comeback victory in the US Women’s Open championship two weeks...
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...
Filipino player Yuka Saso shows Rory McIlroy the Harton S. Semple Trophy which she won from ruling the US Women's Open earlier this month. (Photo from LPGA) Ahead of Yuka Saso’s 20th birthday, she got a special treat. She finally met her idol – Rory McIlroy. The meeting occurred Tuesday, June...
Yuka Saso (AFP) A week after ruling the US Women’s Open golf championship, Yuka Saso of the Philippines has moved up a spot higher in the Women’s World Golf Rankings as she now occupies the eighth spot. The 19-year-old Saso, the first Filipina to win the prestigious and oldest major...
President Rodrigo Duterte and Yuka Saso. (MB File Photos) President Duterte heaped praised on teen golfer Yuka Saso after she won the recently concluded 2021 US Women’s Open last Monday, July 7. Saso became the first Filipina to win a major title by beating Japanese Nasa Hataoka in a three-hole...
Yuka Saso (AFP) Filipino golfer Yuka Saso's way to the top of the US Women's Open was not without blood, sweat and tears. The 19-year-old Saso has a laborious training schedule which was crafted and enforced by her Japanese father Masakazu, who even made his daughter sign a pledge promising not to...
Yuka Saso of the Philippines (center), her father (left) Masakazu Saso, and caddie Lionel Matichuk celebrate with the Harton S. Semple Trophy after winning the 76th U.S. Women's Open Championship. (AFP) At one point during the presentation ceremony of the Harton S. Semple trophy, Filipino-Japanese...
