YUKA Saso fired a closing 71 to finish tied for 59th in the ANA Inspiration on Sunday in Rancho Mirage, California (Monday, Manila time).
The Filipina-Japanese golfer had three birdies and a double-bogey seven at Mission Hills’ Dinah Shore tournament course, to end up at even 288 for the tournament, 18 strokes of the winner.
She bagged US$10,081 (around P490,000).
Patty Tavatanakit of Thailand finished at 270 with a bogey-free final-round 68, holding off Lydia Ko of New Zealand, who carded a tournament-best 62 for a 272 aggregate.
The 62 matches the tournament record set by Lorena Ochoa in 2006.
Tavatanakit had earlier rounds of 66-69-67, bagging $465.
Ko bagged U$287,716.
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