Yuka discovering her place amongst prime girls golfers; nonetheless No. 3 in cash listing

The Philippines’ Yuka Saso watches her drive from the tenth tee in spherical 3 of the ladies’s golf particular person stroke play throughout the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Video games on the Kasumigaseki Nation Membership in Kawagoe on August 6, 2021. (Photograph by YOSHI IWAMOTO / AFP)

Slowly however certainly, Yuka Saso is making her climb in girls’s golf.

Saso rose to a career-best No. 5 within the newest Rolex Girls’s Golf World Rankings following her sturdy outing within the Founders Cup in New Jersey, the place she completed tied for fourth and fifth locations at Mountain Ridge Nation Membership.

The Filipino-Japanese ace shot a 10-under 274 whole and was tied with South Korea’s Jeongeun Lee6, eight pictures behind eventual winner Ko Jin-young, who piled a scorching 18-under 266 whole for the victory.

Saso, 20, has been on a gradual rise within the rankings since claiming the US Open crown final June the place she soared from fortieth to eighth following her first main golf title.

American Nelly Korda stays on prime however Ko is closing in after her wire-to-wire win on the Founders Cup.

A pair of South Koreans in Inbee Park and Kim Sei-young maintain the third and fourth locations, respectively.

Saso appeared like she was going to fall off the highest 10 early within the fourth spherical of the Founders Cup when she coughed up a double bogey at No. 3 and headed out on a 2-over entrance 9. Beginning the spherical simply 4 strokes off the lead, Saso misplaced 4 extra pictures after Ko nailed two extra birdies within the entrance.

However the Tokyo Olympian and 2018 Asian Video games champion gunned down three birdies within the again 9 to maintain her lofty spot within the match.

Saso stays at No. 3 within the total cash listing for the season, having pooled round $1.5 million (round P76.2 million) in whole winnings regardless of enjoying considerably fewer occasions (8) than cash chief Korda ($1.97 million, 15 occasions) and No. 2 Ko ($1.66 million, 16 occasions).

Saso, a rookie within the Women Skilled Golf Affiliation tour, has completed within the prime 10 in 5 of these eight occasions.

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