Philippines cheers Filipino-Japanese Saso's win at U.S. Women's Open

The Philippine community cheered after Filipino-Japanese teenager Yuka Saso was crowned as the U.S. Women's Open champion on Sunday.Saso, who has a Filipino mother and a Japanese father and possesses dual citizenship, is the first Filipino to win a major and only the third Japanese woman to do so.At age 19, Saso also matched the existing record for the youngest champion at the tournament, after outlasting Japan's Nasa Hataoka in a sudden-death playoff hole. She represents the Philippines in competition."We're very proud and happy for Yuka and for the Philippines," Bones Floro, secretary gen…READ FULL ARTICLE