Cover Filipino-born Japanese golfer Yuka Saso wins US Women’s Open Crown anew (Photo: Getty Images)
Filipino-born Japanese golfer Yuka Saso wins US Women’s Open Crown anew (Photo: Getty Images)
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Golfer Yuka Saso is the first Filipino to win the Women’s Open in 2021. This year, she bags the award for the second time—here’s everything you need to know about it
Filipina-born Japanese golfer Yuka Saso claimed her second US Women’s Open title last Sunday after shooting a two-under-par 68 for a three-shot win at Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania. In 2021, at 19 years old, she was the first Filipina to win the Women’s Open. This year, she is the first to do so in Japan.
Japan’s Hinako Shibuno finished second with a two-over-par 72, ending at one-under 279. On the other hand, third-round-co-leader Wichanee Meechai of Thailand shot a 77, finishing in a group at 282.
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Filipina-born golfer Yuka Saso (Photo: Getty Images)
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“I think I really wanted it,” said Saso. “Not just to get a second win but also to prove something to myself. I haven’t won in two and a half or three years. I definitely had a little doubt if I could win again or if I won’t win again. But I think those experiences helped a lot, and I think I was able to prove a little bit something to myself,” she said in an interview with LPGA.
“Since 2021, I haven’t won after that. I think it makes it special because after a long wait, and I wasn’t expecting to win the U.S. Women’s Open. The last time, too, I wasn’t expecting it, and this time, too, I wasn’t expecting it. I think that’s why it made me a bit emotional. Winning just makes you look back on all the things that your family and your team and my sponsors, they supported me throughout good or bad.”
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Filipina-born golfer Yuka Saso (Photo: Getty Images)
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Born in San Ildefonso, Bulacan, Saso’s father is a Japanese. At 20, she announced her citizenship preference when she made her to the LPGA of Japan Tour, a professional golf tour for women organised by the Japan Ladies Professional Golfer’s Association.
As stipulated by Japanese law, individuals are not allowed to acquire dual citizenship when they turn 22.
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