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Yuka Saso's Golf Swing And Highlights
Yuka Saso In this Japanese name, the surname is Saso. Yuka Saso Personal information Born June 20, 2001 (age 20) San Ildefonso, Bulacan, Philippines Height 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) Sporting nationality Philippines (through 2021) Japan (from 2022) Career Turned professional 2019 Current tour(s) LPGA of Japan Tour - LPGA Tour Professional wins 3 Number of wins by tour LPGA Tour 1 LPGA of Japan Tour 2 Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1) Yuka Saso (Sasō Yūka) is a Philippine-born Japanese professional golfer. She competed for the Philippines until the start of 2022, 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. As of 2022, she is representing Japan. Saso was born on June 20, 2001, to a Filipina mother and a Japanese father, hence her Japanese name. She started training in the sport of golf at the age of eight in 2009. She admired Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy as a role model and watched video clips of him as a teenager, modeling her game after his style. Amateur career  At the 2017 PSA Annual Awards, Saso received an award for winning the gold medal at the 2016 World Junior Girls Championship as well as leading the Philippines to victory in the team event. Saso competed at the 2018 Women's Victorian Open as a part of the 2018 Ladies European Tour and finished at 17th position in the women's individual event.With Bianca Pagdanganan and Lois Kaye Go, Saso secured an unexpected historic gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games in the women's team event. She also won the women's individual competition, the first Asian Games gold medal for the Philippines in the women's individual event. Saso also took part in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina where she almost won a medal. After the final round of the women's individual competition, two other golfers, Alessia Nobilio of Italy and Emma Spitz of Austria, matched her result of 214 with Kim Grace of Australia winning the gold medal. Saso, Nobilio, and Spitz had to take part in a three-way playoff. Saso narrowly failed to win a medal with Nobilio winning silver and Spitz bronze. Saso also played in the mixed team event pairing with male golfer and compatriot, Carl Jano Corpus. Saso did not participate in the Southeast Asian Games, opting to skip the regional games due to conflicting schedule in both the 2017 and 2019 editions. Saso is one of the three Filipino golfers who competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She finished 9th in the women’s individual event. Professional career Saso turned professional in November 2019 after earning a LPGA of Japan Tour card for 2020.[17] In late June 2020, she made her debut at the Earth Mondahmin Cup in Chiba where she placed fifth. 
Saso earned her first victory at the 2020 NEC Karuizawa 72. She then won the next event, the Nitori Ladies Golf Tournament. On June 6, 2021, she won the 2021 U.S. Women's Open in a playoff against Nasa Hataoka, her first major title, becoming the first Filipino to win the tournament. Saso, at age 19 years, 11 months, 17 days, matched Inbee Park (2008 U.S. Women's Open champion) as the youngest golfer to win the tournament. Starting the 2022 LPGA Tour, Saso would be representing Japan following her decision to keep her Japanese citizenship as per Japanese law on dual nationality. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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