As of Monday, a day after hostilities in the Tokyo Olympics wrapped up, Saso is already ranked 8th in the world.

The 23-year-old took the top spot in a tight competition that was also affected by the weather with home bet Mone Inami and New Zealand's Lydia Ko, with only a one-shot lead after the four rounds.

Fully banishing her uncharacteristic 3-over par performance in the opening round, Saso sizzled in the final day of golf hostilities.

Brushing off her first round struggles, Saso sizzled with a 4-under par performance to leap into the 20th spot where she's tied with four other golfers.

The rally hoped for from the Filipina golfers didn’t come but a continued struggle in sweltering heat that left them further behind after 36 holes of the Olympic women’s golf competition Thursday.