Filipino Japanese teenager and Japan LPGA Tour player Yuka Saso won the U.S. Women's Open on Sunday, beating Nasa Hataoka in a three-hole playoff after the pair finished the final round tied for the lead at 4-under.
A dual citizen with a Filipino mother and Japanese father, Saso tied Park Inbee as the youngest champion at the tournament, winning at exactly the same age — 19 years, 11 months, 17 days — as the South Korean was when she won in 2008.
Only two other women with Japanese citizenship have won majors — Hisako Higuchi at the 1977 LPGA Championship and Hinako Shibuno at the 2019 Women's British Open.