Pro win bolsters Saso’s PLO bid
YUKA Saso hopes to ride the mo in a pro tournament as she joins - unfolding Jan. 10 at the Orchard Golf and Country Club’s Palmer
Saso humbled a tough inter Greenfield Ladies Classic last Friday, scoring a wire- to- wire shotmaker from Canlubang Golf for the country’s premier ladies championship that drew the cream of the country’s amateur crop and a host of talented players from nine countries.
They include the crack Thailand side bannered by Onkanok Soisuwan, Pimkwan Chookaew, Kultida Pramphun, Phannarai Meesom-us and Pinkaew Trachuentong along with Indonesian Michela Tjan, Singapore’s Shannon Tan, Callista Chen and Hailey Loh and Hong Kong’s Hei Nam Leung.
With local aces Harmie Constantino, Sam Bruce, Tomi Arejola, Nicole Abelar, Kristine Torralba, Sophia Legaspi, Felicia Medalla, Annika Cedo and Junia Gabasa also in the fold, a three-day shoot Land, G&W Clubshares, Inc., Crim
Still focus will be on Bianca Pagdanganan, who set a record Atthaya Thithikul and Saso, at Wack Wack’s West course last year.
But the reigning champion, tougher challenge this week with - laysian Juniors Open champion Mikha Fortuna and The Country Club teammates Sam Dizon, Laia Barro and Rafaella Singson.
are Golfer’s Club Shares, Inc., and Country Club, Mileage Asia, Vermogen, Golf Depot, Orchard Golf and Country Club, Alabang Ladies Chapter, Forest Hills GCC, Tagaytay Highlands, Sta. Elena Golf Club, Manila Golf Club and Canlubang GCC with TIB Taishan and The Turf Company- Texas Eagle as hole-in-one sponsors.
The organizing Women’s Golf Association of the Philippines said aside from the centerpiece Open category, also on tap are competitions in Classes A and B, both tipped to likewise go downto-the-wire.