Aside from Shibuno, the only Japanese to win a major golf tournament was Hisako "Chako" Higuchi in 1977.

Yuka Saso walked a tightrope but pulled through in the end, grinding out a 3&1 victory over Hinako Shibuno to keep her playoff hopes alive in the T-Mobile Match Play Championship.

The Japanese golfer triumphs in the historic Major ... She secures a three-stroke lead over her compatriot Hinako Shibuno and four strokes over Americans Ally Ewing and Andrea Lee.

MANILA, Philippines — Yuka Saso’s road to redemption hit an early roadblock as the Filipino-Japanese golfer fell to Narin ... to regroup as she faces Hinako Shibuno at 1:55 p.m. on Thursday ...

Saso got up-and-down for par from short of the 18th green to finish at 4-under 276, winning by three shots over Hinako Shibuno, who in 2019 became the first Japanese ... in women's golf and ...