S-1: Winner of the 2021 U.S. Women's Open
S-10: Top 30 points leader in the 2022 LPGA Race to the CME Globe
S-17: Top 75 points leader in the Rolex Rankings as of May 3, 2023
Matched Inbee Park to the day (19 years, 11 months, 17 days) as the youngest champion in U.S. Women's Open history when she defeated Nasa Hataoka in an aggregate-score playoff at The Olympic Club in 2021. It was her first victory on the LPGA Tour and third worldwide. She became the first player from the Philippines to win the U.S. Women's Open, although a few months after the victory, Saso declared that she was now representing Japan, the country of her father. She is a dual citizen of Japan and the Philippines, the country of her mother. Saso enjoyed a highly decorated junior/amateur career before turning pro in the fall of 2019. Saso was the stroke-play medalist in the 2019 U.S. Girls’ Junior and lost to Jillian Bourdage in the semifinals. Saso also was a semifinalist in the 2016 U.S. Women’s Amateur, defeating Hataoka in the quarters. Saso turned pro in November of 2019, and quickly won a pair of LPGA Tour of Japan events in 2020: the NEC Karuizawa 72 and Nitori Ladies Golf Tournament.
YEAR
2023
SITE
Pebble Beach Golf Links
SCORES
72-75-75-71--293
TO PAR
+5
FINISH
T-20
YEAR
2022
SITE
Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club
SCORES
77-74
TO PAR
+9
FINISH
MC
YEAR
2021
SITE
The Olympic Club (Lake Course)
SCORES
69-67-71-73—280
TO PAR
-4
FINISH
Win
YEAR
2020
SITE
Champions Golf Club
SCORES
69-71-77-72—289
TO PAR
+5
FINISH
T-13
YEAR
2019
SITE
Country Club of Charleston
SCORES
71-77
TO PAR
+6
FINISH
MC