Yuka Saso from Japan won her second US Women’s Open championship by playing exceptionally well on the back nine. At Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania, she secured a three-shot victory with a score of two-under-par 68.
Three years after winning her first US Open at the Olympic Club in San Francisco while representing the Philippines, Saso claimed her second LPGA tour title with a total score of four-under-par 276. At 22, she is the youngest woman to win the US Women’s Open twice. She joins South Koreans Pak Se-ri and Chun In-gee as one of the few players to win major titles on the LPGA.
Saso achieved this despite a setback with a four-putt double-bogey on the par-three sixth hole. She then made a strong comeback, pulling ahead with four birdies between the 12th and 16th holes, leading over Australia’s Minjee Lee.