YUKA Saso has been grouped with Lexi Thompson of the US and Brooke Henderson of Canada for the first two rounds of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games women’s golf championship at the Kasumigaseki Country Club.
The group is set to start at 8:25 a.m. (7:25 a.m. Manila time) on Wednesday in the women’s individual stroke play on Wednesday.
Eyes will be on the 20-year-old Saso, a Filpina-Japanese who won the US Women’s Open in June.
Yuka Saso and Bianca Pagdanganan
Incidentally, on her way to winning the major last June, Saso overcame a one-shot deficit to Thompson entering the final round to take the championship and beat Japan's Nasa Hataoka in a playoff.
Bianca Pagdanganan, meanwhile, starts with Leona Maguire of Ireland and Matilda Castren of Finland at 7:52 a.m. (6:52 a.m. Manila time).
Meanwhile, world No. 1 Nelly Korda of the United States, winner of the Women’s PGA Championship this year, is in a group with No. 2 Ko Jin Young of Korea and Hataoka.
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