Generous Saso not feeling so charitable as she eyes Hokota title


  • Golf
  • Thursday, 25 Apr 2019

Building bridges: (From left) Yuka Saso of the Philippines, Yuka Yasuda of Japan, Lei Ye of China, Atthaya Thitikul of Thailand and Grace Kim of Australia posing for a photo at the Ono Shiosai Hamanasu Park prior to the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific championship which will be held at The Royal Golf Club in Hokota, Japan.

HOKOTA (Japan): Golfer Yuka Saso from the Philippines is generous off the greens but it will be all business when she tees off at the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific (WAAP) championship in Hokota, Japan today.

The 17-year-old revealed that she has donated an entire sum of 10mil pesos (RM2.179mil) that she received from the government for winning the double gold at the Jakarta Asian Games last year to the Philippines National Golf Association to develop junior and amateur golf.

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