FILIPINA golfer Yuka Saso ascended to joint second with a 4-under 67 in the penultimate round of the Cognizant Founders Cup in New Jersey, to stay on track for her second LPGA title. — REUTERS
FILIPINA golfer Yuka Saso was still in the mix at the Cognizant Founders Cup at West Caldwell, New Jersey, after the third round on Saturday (Manila time).
The Philippine Olympian, who is also the reigning US Women’s Open champion, ascended to joint second with a 4-under 67 in the penultimate round of the tournament being held at the Mountain Ridge Country Club, to stay on track for her second Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) title.
Entering the final round set for later on Sunday, 20-year-old Ms. Saso had a total of 9-under 204, four strokes down leader Jin-Young Ko of Korea (13-under 200).
At joint second with Ms. Saso were Korean So Yeon Ryu and Americans Elizabeth Szokol and Lindsey Weaver.
In the first two rounds, the Philippine bet carded scores of 67 and 70.
Ms. Saso is looking to improve on her joint 19th-place finish in the ShopRite LPGA Classic also in New Jersey last week.
Since winning the US Women’s Open in June, Ms. Saso, the seventh-ranked women’s golfer in the world, has been consistently finishing inside the top 40, including three in the top five, in LPGA tournaments she has competed in.
In the Olympics in August, she finished joint ninth. — Michael Angelo S. Murillo