Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2019 17:30:08 +0000
For a generation of young women golfers who never before had an idol to emulate, it’s going to be about Jennifer Kupcho’s epic eagle in Amen Corner to win Saturday’s inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 17:00:14 +0000
Kupcho stood on 5-under par 139 with a one-stroke lead over Mexico’s Maria Fassi after 36 holes at nearby Champions Retreat with Americans Kaitlyn Papp and Sierra Brooks and Thailand’s Pimnipa Panthong another stroke adrift.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 19:30:54 +0000
Chief of mission Joey Romasanta told the Bulletin that the Japanese know about golfer Yuka Saso and judoka Kiyomi Watanabe.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 17:30:25 +0000
Saso’s third birdie for the day cushioned the impact of a double-bogey on the 15th hole as she tallied 145 for two rounds – enough to make it to the field of 30 players.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 16:00:57 +0000
In a roller-coaster round, Saso, 17, gunned down three birdies and the same number of bogeys to trail fancied Americans Jennifer Kupcho and 16-year-old Zoe Campos who fired similar 4-under 68 at Champions Retreat Golf Club, venue for the first two rounds.
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 09:06:12 +0000
By Waylon Galvez Like the men’s basketball team, golf association also intends to form its own dream team for the coming SEA Games. Though they are still in the process of finalizing the composition of the men’s and women’s teams, National Golf Association of the Philippines secretary general Bones Floro said they will do everything […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 09:05:48 +0000
Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz of weightlifting, Jakarta Asian Games gold medalists Yuka Saso of golf and Margielyn Didal of skateboarding lead the newest batch of Filipino athletes now under the Olympic Solidarity Movement, the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) said. Aside from Diaz, Saso and Didal, others who are under the program include taekwondo’s […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 08:56:06 +0000
By Waylon Galvez Asian Games gold medalists Hidilyn Diaz, Yuka Saso and Margielyn Didal, and gymnast Carlos Yulo are candidates to become the country’s flag bearer in the 30th Southeast Asian Games. Monsour del Rosario, the national team Chef de Mission, said that the task force, composed of POC members and Philippine Sports Commission officials, […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:00:50 +0000
“There’s nothing special with my win. I just played steady and I’m happy I made it for the second straight time,” said the reigning Asian Games gold medalist, who surged ahead by three with back-to-back 70s Wednesday.
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Credit to Author: Tempo Online| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 17:00:28 +0000
Asian Games double-gold medallist Yuka Saso sizzled in the early going but faltered with shaky putting, settling for a one-under 70 and a share of the lead with Thai Khawnuna Yosita and Mafy Singson at the start of the Champion Philippine Ladies Amateur Open at the Manila Golf and Country Club in Forbes Park yesterday.
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