Saso now 76th in world rankings
MANILA, Philippines — There’s no stopping Yuka Saso.
From No. 221 to No. 117, the red-hot Fil-Japanese broke into the world women’s Top 80 at No. 76, easily the next most significant leap recorded next to German Sophia Popov in the last month.
Saso, who stood at No. 282 at the end of last year, marked her debut in the LPGA of Japan Tour with a fifth place finish in the Earth Mondahmin Cup in Chiba last June to improve to No. 221. Then her four-shot victory in the NEC Karuizawa in Nagano early last month drove her past a slew of players to post the biggest gain that week at No. 113 before settling for No. 117 heading to the Nitori Ladies tournament in Hokkaido.
With a strong start and a gutsy finish, the 19-year-old 2018 Asian Games double-gold medalist topped the Nitori tilt and completed a rare back-to-back JLPGA title romp, thus crashing into the Top 80 with a 1.36-point average for total points of 47.52 over 14 tournaments.
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