AP PHOTOSAN FRANCISCO: Yuka Saso birdied the third playoff hole to beat Nasa Hataoka on Sunday (Monday in Manila) and become the second teenager to win the U.S. Women's Open after Lexi Thompson collapsed down the stretch. Saso matched 2008 winner Inbee Park as the youngest U.S. Women's Open champion at 19 years, 11 months, 17 days. 9 and 18 in the two-hole aggregate playoff, sending the tournament to sudden death back at the ninth hole. That left her winless in 15 tries at the U.S. Women's Open that she first competed in as a 12-year-old in 2007. cheers from the fans in the galleries who were a welcome site in the first LPGA tournament open to the public since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Source: Manila Times June 06, 2021 23:48 UTC