Saki Baba

Saki Baba (馬場咲希, Baba Saki) (born 25 April 2005) is a Japanese amateur golfer. She won the 2022 U.S. Women's Amateur.[1]

Saki Baba
馬場咲希
Personal information
Born (2005-04-25) 25 April 2005
Tokyo, Japan
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Sporting nationality Japan
Career
StatusAmateur
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipCUT: 2023
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenT49: 2022
Women's British OpenCUT: 2023
Evian ChampionshipCUT: 2023

Career

In 2021, Baba finished sixth in the Kanto Women's Amateur and seventh in the Kanto Junior Championship. The next year, she won both tournaments.[2]

Baba qualified for the 2022 U.S. Women's Open at the Boso Country Club in Japan on 25 April, her 17th birthday, carding rounds of 69-70. At Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club, Baba shot 73-72-70-78 to finish tied for 49th, one of four amateurs to make the cut.[3]

In August 2022, Baba won the U.S. Women's Amateur, becoming the second Japanese player to capture the title after Michiko Hattori in 1985. Baba won the last six holes of the 36-hole final, ending the match against Canadian Monet Chun with a birdie on the 27th hole, for a score of 11 and 9.[4]

Baba represented Japan at the 2022 Espirito Santo Trophy in France alongside Mizuki Hashimoto and Miku Ueta. They shared third place with Germany, one stroke behind Sweden and the United States.[5]

Amateur wins

Source:[2]

Team appearances

Amateur

References
  1. "17-year-old wins U.S. Women's Amateur with wild 11&9 beatdown at Chambers Bay". Golf.com. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  2. "Saki Baba". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  3. "Player Bio: Saki Baba". USGA. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  4. "Golf: Japan's Saki Baba, 17, wins U.S. Women's Amateur championship". Kyodo News. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  5. Leonard, Todd (27 August 2022). "U.S. charge comes up short as Sweden women win World Amateur Team title". Golf Digest. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
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