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Saso rises, Pagdanganan falls in the world rankings
Joey Villar (Philstar.com) – November 17, 2020 – 1:47 pm
MANILA, Philippines – Yuka Saso continued to lead the world rankings despite another season of missed cuts last week, moving to No. 55 with two top-tier events before ending his remarkable rookie campaign on the LPGA Tour of Japan. .
Averaging 1.95 points out of a total of 68.33 points from 21 tournaments, he improved two places from last week’s position with 19-year-old Fil-Japanese, who dreams of becoming world No. 1 one day, and you are expected to do your best. this week and the next in an attempt to break into the World’s Top 50.
Meanwhile, Saso will be doubly motivated to do better at the Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open that kicks off Thursday in Ehime Prefecture, as she attracted rival Sakura Koiwai and recent Mitsubishi Electric winner Yuna Nishimura in one of flights featured in the Y100 million event.
Saso (928.85 points) and Koiwai (897.09 points), along with a rising Ayaka Furue (831.78 points, are in a fierce battle for Player of the Year honors, guaranteeing slambang action right on the spot. first round of the 72-hole championship). which is 18 million yuan and 300 qualifying points for the winner.
Furue will start behind Saso’s 8:20 am flight at No. 10 with defending champion Hinako Shibuno and Momoko Osato.
The region’s top women’s circuit ends its pandemic-shortened season next week for the latest major tournament, the JLPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup in Miyazaki, which has a total prize pool of 120 million yuan and 400 qualifying points.
With two wins and a runner-up, ICTSI-backed Saso is safe in the money-list race with Y82,753,170 with Koiwai in second place with Y59,432,542 with a pair of good results at the Elleair Open and Ricoh. Cup likely to give him a record sweep of the two coveted tour titles for a Tour rookie.
Meanwhile, Bianca Pagdanganan dropped two notches to world No. 154 after a three-week break, but the LPGA driving leader is ready to make up for the slip as she resumes her campaign at the Pelican Women’s Championship in Florida starting in Thursday.
The Pinay duo also held their No. 26 (Saso) and No. 40 (Pagdanganan) positions in the Olympic rankings with the mighty tandem hoping to hold their spots until next year in an attempt to clinch the Philippines’ two spots in the The Tokyo Olympics was moved from July 23 to August 8, 2021 due to the global health crisis.
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