Saso still sizzling, leads by 1 | Inquirer Sports

Saso still sizzling, leads by 1

/ 05:15 AM January 11, 2018

Yuka Saso

Yuka Saso sustained her fiery form last week, carding a two-under-par 70 Wednesday to post a one-shot lead over reigning titlist Bianca Pagdanganan and four others in the 2018 Champion Infinity Philippine Ladies Open at Orchard Golf and Country Club in Cavite.

The Filipino-Japanese was hounded by poor putting in the early going at the backside of the Palmer layout, muffing three birdie chances, but hit birdies on Nos. 18, 1, 2 and 7 to compensate for missed green bogeys on the third and eighth.

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“The greens were difficult to read, there were putts that I thought would have gone in. But that’s golf. I just have to putt better tomorrow (Thursday) to get a good score,” said Saso, who’s gunning for a second straight crown after humbling the pros in the ICTSI Ayala Greenfield Ladies Challenge, the kickoff leg of the 2018 Ladies Philippine Golf Tour, last Friday.

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Pagdanganan also struggled on the unpredictable surface and had two three-putts and a missed-green bogey but came up with four birdies to tally a 71 with Harmie Constantino, Mikha Fortuna, Isabella Leung of Hong Kong and Phannarai Meeson-us of Thailand.

“I kept misreading the greens,” said Pagdanganan. —ROY LUARCA

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