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Yuka Saso (笹生 優花, Sasō Yūka) (born 20 June 2001) is a Japanese professional golfer. Saso was born in the Philippines, competing for them through 2021, having won the first ever gold medal for the Philippines in both women's individual and women's team event in Asian Games golf competitions .
Saso won $2.4 million from the $12 million purse, the largest in women's golf and in women's sports at a standalone venue. The victory also put Saso in position to return to the Olympics — she played for the Philippines in 2021 in the Tokyo Games and tied for ninth.
Saso’s first U.S. Open win came in 2021 when she was just 19 years old. She matched Inbee Park’s mark for the youngest woman to ever win the event to the day.
Saso has said she wishes she could play for two flags — her mother is from the Philippines, her father from Japan. She decided to switch citizenship before turning 21, and Saso wound up leading a strong showing by Japan. She won in a playoff at The Olympic Club in San Francisco. She won by three shots at Lancaster Country Club. ___
Saso's 10-foot putt for birdie on the third playoff hole Sunday helped her edge out Nasa Hataoka and become the second teenager to win the U.S. Women's Open. Yuka Saso wins US Women's Open on 3rd ...
Former champion Yuka Saso leaned on her putter to survive a brutally tough start to the U.S. Women's Open on Thursday, an opening round that featured Nelly Korda making a 10 on her third hole and ...
The big news was the victory of Yuka Saso at the U.S. Open on Sunday, the second time she has won title. Japanese papers still print special editions to mark such moments. She won in 2021 playing under the flag of the Philippines, the land of her birth. This time she won flying the flag of Japan, the birthplace of her father.
Yuka Saso, 19, became the first Filipino winner of the U.S. Women's Open and the second to win an LPGA Tour event title on Sunday. Victories: Saso represents the Philippines and is of Filipino and ...